Back to Publications China’s Yellow River Arctic Station on Svalbard, 2010. Photo: Eating the Sun China’s role in the Arctic continues to be an important research focus in 2025. The Arctic Institute’s 2025 Series on China’s role in the Arctic presents over …
Back to Publications Emergency Preparedness Exercise Takes Place in Finland As reported by High North News on October 1, the international exercise Rescue Borealis, focusing on the joint management of major incidents involving chemical, biological, …
Back to Publications The Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) represents the people of Sweden. The parliamentary building, inaugurated in 1905, is located on Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm. Photo: Ulf Grünbaum The Arctic region has had its more than fair …
Back to Publications Trump Cuts Funding for Arctic Research Consortium Forcing it to Shut Down After 37 Years Alaska Beacon reported on September 19 that the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS), founded in 1988, will shut down its …
Back to Publications Russia’s Zapolyarnoye natural gas field on the Gydan Peninsula in 2016. Photo: Gazprom The Arctic Institute NATO Series 2024-2025 Ironically, even as Russia embarked on its expansionist war, Moscow remained committed at the outset of …
Back to Publications Denmark Considers Boeing Aircraft for Arctic Surveillance On September 16, Reuters reported that Denmark’s Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen announced the country may purchase Boeing P-8 maritime patrol aircraft to enhance …
Back to Publications Arctic re-militarization had already been under way for several years, but since 2022 has greatly intensified. Photo: Robert Sullivan The Arctic Institute NATO Series 2024-2025 Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, there’s been a …
Back to Publications American air power is a long-standing pillar of NATO’s northern force posture. Photo: PxHere NATO must consider a variety of non-military factors that inform an innovative, accountable, maximally situationally aware, and minimally …
Back to Publications Second Canadian Coast Guard Vessel Reaches Grounded Cargo Ship As reported by Eye on the Arctic on September 8, a second Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, the CCGS Jean Goodwill, has arrived in the Franklin Strait, where the cargo ship …
Back to Publications Flowers bloom across the harsh Arctic landscape. Photo: Khoeriyah The Arctic Institute Resilient Roots Series 2025 Aside from their visually striking and brightly colored blooms, the diverse roles of flowering plants often go unnoticed …
Back to Publications LUMI supercomputer HPE Cray EX. Photo: Mikael Kanerva The recent visits of Canadian ministers Anita Anand to Finland and Mélanie Joly to Sweden mark a notable deepening of Canada’s ties with two of the most technologically advanced …
Back to Publications Russian Tanker Delivers First Arctic LNG 2 Shipment to China As reported by Reuters on August 29, China received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, according to ship-tracking data …
Back to Publications Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at the European Council, June 2024. Photo: European Council It felt like whiplash. First the heartache on August 11, 2025 when Danish authorities once again forcibly separated an Inuit newborn, …
Back to Publications Economic reforms and military spending from NATO’s increased presence materializes in militarization of the Nordic Arctic and affects demographic, economic and environmental domains in the Nordic Arctic. Photo: superphoto.be The Arctic …
Back to Publications Norway Unveils New Arctic Strategy High North News reported on August 27 that Norway released its new Arctic strategy “Norway in the North: Arctic Policy in a New Reality,” replacing the 2017 version from the previous government. At …
Back to Publications A low-growing lingonberry bush nestled in forest undergrowth. Photo: Malin K. The Arctic Institute Resilient Roots Series 2025 Berries are the few fruit-bearing plants capable of surviving in the Arctic and sub-Arctic’s harsh …
Back to Publications Chinese Sabotage Ship Spotted in the Arctic Again As reported by The Barents Observer on August 19, the Chinese container ship Newnew Polar Bear, which was involved in a sabotage incident near the region in 2023, has returned to Arctic …
Back to Publications Wooden cabin nestled in a Norwegian valley, surrounded by a lush sprawl of native vegetation. Photo: Vidar Nordli-Mathisen When I mentioned Arctic flora to my grandmother, who’s spent a lifetime tending windswept Scottish gardens, I …
Back to Publications This article aims to examine the ramifications of clearer but also more adversarial posturing in the Arctic through the analysis of two domains of international policymaking: climate change mitigation and the exploitation of natural …
Back to Publications The eroding coastline of a permafrost covered Nunivak Island on the Bering Sea. Photo: Juho Karhu While President Trump pitches this week’s Alaska summit as a chance to arrest the war in Ukraine, clever diplomacy could also deliver an …
