Politics

“No Arctic Sovereignty Without Inuit Security”: Nunavut Leads the Arctic Debate

As the Arctic once again attracts military and economic interest, Nunavut reminds Ottawa and the world of a fundamental truth: Canadian sovereignty in the North cannot exist without the Inuit. Gathered in Iqaluit, political leaders, elders, and youth defended a vision rooted in security, culture, and infrastructure.

The Polar Retrospective – Permafrost thawing, a shift in Nordic skies, and ATCM closure

Polar Journal AG Team

The Polar Retrospective looks at recent stories from around the world’s polar regions. This week we take a look at ancient permafrost thawing, a change in airline ownership, and the conclusion of Antarctic Treaty meetings without any major declarations.

The Polar Retrospective - Alaskan senator between ice and oil, Antarctic debates in Milan and leopard seals' diet

Polar Journal AG Team

The Polar Retrospective looks at recent stories from around the world’s polar regions. This week we take a look at an Alaskan senator facing warming state and icy situation in Washington, at the 47th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, and the impact of leopard seals' diet.

Politics

“No Arctic Sovereignty Without Inuit Security”: Nunavut Leads the Arctic Debate

The Polar Retrospective – Permafrost thawing, a shift in Nordic skies, and ATCM closure

The Polar Retrospective - Alaskan senator between ice and oil, Antarctic debates in Milan and leopard seals' diet

"The Sámi want to be part of the defense value chain, so to speak"

U.S. Polar Budget: Cutting Ties with an Antarctic Icebreaker

"If the military doesn't understand the livelihood, they don't understand the losses and damage their activities cause to the Sámi, either"

France welcomes (quietly) Greenland

NATO gains altitude in Bodø

Will the Trump administration's budget cuts have an impact on Antarctic protection ?

Nuuk prison more than full

Arctic development as seen by the Russian population

Denmark and Greenland Navigating Arctic Geopolitics as Diplomatic Icebreakers

The Polar Retrospective – A Chilean plan for Antarctica, US agencies spying in Greenland, and new Arctic coastlines

Meeting Heidi Møller in Ilulissat - break free for independence

Australia Re-elects Labor - What it Means for the Antarctic Program

Podcast Radio Arctic – Female Leadership and Entrepreneurship across the Arctic

Denmark, Greenland and Iceland Navigate a New Geopolitical Reality

Meet Palle Jerimiassen - 28 years of politics in Ilulissat

The Baffin Island crossing was nothing new

Greenland's Political Marriage: Navigating the Harbor of Governance

The Demokraatit party must forge alliances

A right turn for Greenland

Greenland’s online spaces are at risk - and the stakes have never been higher

The Polar Retrospective - Russia-US Arctic oil talks, a withdrawn documentary, 'glacial fracking', and Greenlanders' genes

Three topics that will decide Greenland’s upcoming election

The Polar Retrospective - A portal to the ice, three new vessels, and the pursuit of Antarctic bird flu

Denali, the ever-changing name mountain

The Polar Retrospective - Alaskan drilling, Greenlandic protests, and a year of glacial preservation

Climate change is fuelling Trump’s desire to tap into Canada’s water and Arctic resources

The quiet voices lost in Greenland’s Trump saga

Geopolitical turmoil, anti-institutional demagoguery and krill fishing

Report on the "Fishing in the Polar and Southern Regions" round-table discussion

Donald Trump wants Greenland again. Could he actually succeed?

The Polar Retrospective - A free Watson, birds perishing, a giant iceberg moving and the successor of Polarstern

As AI makes Arctic languages accessible, fears of disinformation rise

People of Greenland are protesting the forced removal of their children

Underwater curtains: a risk for the Antarctic Treaty?

Trump's new term bodes ill for the Arctic region

Norway apologizes to the Sami people

Tropical climatic phenomenon affects Antarctic fishery

Cross inspection of Casey and Dumont d'Urville research stations

"These companies are destroying the environment and harming the local people in Chukotka"

The Polar Retrospective – ACA 2024 between business as usual and new tone

Arctic basic education - a self-serving gift

A time of great opportunity for reconfiguring the governance of the Arctic

In shrinking Soviet towns, Northern Sea Route promise is keeping hope alive

Greenland start-up to build dam and export glacial water across the world

The Polar Retrospective - Alaska, arctic region of contrasts

Greenland ministers criticize researchers for not telling them about landslide study

"An evolution of the System towards the establishment of safeguards for greater equity?"

"It's major, because it brings the polar subject closer to the glacial"

Culture

Whalers’ Memory Bank: When Former Whalers Tell Their Story

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Tourism in Greenland: a fragile balance, an update after the elections

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