Tag: Ukraine

Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska is a reminder that the 49th state was once a Russian territory

Polar Journal AG Team

On Aug. 15, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. It will reportedly be the first time a Russian leader has set foot in Alaska since Russia sold the territory to the U.S. 178 years ago.

The Polar Retrospective - Russia-US Arctic oil talks, a withdrawn documentary, 'glacial fracking', and Greenlanders' genes

Polar Journal AG Team

This week we look at the latest statement of Russian official Kirill Dmitriev, a now withdrawn documentary, glacial fracking, and a new study on Greenlandic genes.

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

Guest Author

In this guest article, Doaa Abdel-Motaal, Visiting Professor of Polar Studies at Sciences Po, Paris, argues that the time is right to reduce tension in the Arctic and that in the current geopolitical situation de-escalation is possible.

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

A painted history of the Northern Sea Route, photographed in Tiksi in 2019. Photo: Olga Povoroznyuk

Ole Ellekrog

A research project at the University of Vienna is attempting an, at the moment, difficult task: to conduct anthropological research on the Russian Arctic.

Need a new treaty for polar cooperation?

Camille Lin

The Arctic Council, based on declarations of intent with a flexible legal nature, also known as soft law, has suffered from the current geopolitical tensions.

The Northern Sea Route after one year of conflict in Ukraine

Camille Lin

The conflict in Ukraine is straining the political and economic situation in the Russian Arctic, and the dream of free movement, summer and winter, on the Northeast Passage, is likely to remain one.

Red snow at Antarctic Vernadsky station

Heiner Kubny

On the territory of the Antarctic station "Akademik Vernadsky" the snow has turned bright red. The reason for the color change was snow algae.

Ukrainian Antarctic Office Partially Destroyed by Missile Attack

Heiner Kubny

On October 10, massive Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities also damaged the NASC office in central Kyiv.

Greenland ivory used to be traded as far as Kiev

Dr. Michael Wenger

Walrus bones and ivory parts discovered in Kiev show how far the trade network of Greenlandic Norsemen had reached in the Middle Ages.

Oslo is worried Moscow will fight sanctions with espionage

Kevin McGwin

Norwegians and Russians can usually get along. More money for Norway's spy agency aims to help keep things that way even as the war grinds on