Thule Air Base: something American in the state of Denmark (Photo: Heiner Kubny) If there is one theme that runs through Denmark’s annual threat assessment, it is the increasingly tense relations amongst the United States, China and Russia. Directly or indirectly, the...
The “Arktika” in the middle of the polar night and the ice of the Northeast Passage. With its 81,500 horsepower, the 173-meter-long ship is the most powerful icebreaker in the world. After initial engine difficulties, the nuclear icebreaker was now able to...
On the scientific side, several research station and two Polar research vessel (here: Xue Long) underline China’s ambitions as a Arctic power. However, the plans of the Chinese government go far beyond research and science as outlined in the White Paper...
Wrangel Island, which covers some 7,600 square kilometres, lies in the middle of the Arctic Ocean and is the last mainland area before the North Pole when traveling north from the Bering Strait. Few tourists come here and usually experience the island from the coast....
The Akademik Ioffe and her sister ship Sergey Vavilov were commissioned as research vessels by the Soviet Union. After the collapse of the USSR, they were used as expedition ships in the polar regions. In 2019, the owner withdrew the vessels and returned them to their...
