A virtual solution to temporary problems (Graphic: University of York) With a median age of less than 27, Nunavut is far and away the youngest of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories. Of its 37,000 residents, more than a third are under 18. As in any...
Residents of Nunavut’s largest city must continue to show patience when it comes to their drinking water supply. Image: Anick Marie via Wiki Commons CC SA 4.0 For months, the residents of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, in Arctic Canada, have been suffering...
Still at the beginning of December the world was fine in Svalbard. No COVID cases, hardly any tourists and a good vaccination rate ensured a relaxed mood before Christmas. But now omicron has also reached Svalbard and the measures have to be tightened. Picture:...
The study results may delight some Greenlanders – they stay healthy not in spite of their sugar consumption, but because of it. Photo: Dr. Michael Wenger The holidays are over and so are the binge eating over Christmas. Many a person has now made a resolution to...
Due to the entry ban to Norway and strict testing and isolation measures, no case of COVID-19 has been detected in Longyearbyen so far. In the meantime, most adults have been vaccinated. But the virus threatens to reach the archipelago after all as visitor numbers...