Back to Publications Northwest Spitsbergen National Park. Photo: Ekaterina Uryupova The global research community has been collecting regular data about Earth for decades. With access to modern technologies and the potential to store massive amounts of …
Back to Publications Left to Right – Cynthia Lazaroff (Board Member of the Arctic Institute), Pavel Devyatkin (Senior Associate at The Arctic Institute), Anatol Lieven (Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute), Jennifer Spence (Director of …
Back to Publications Knowledge production in the Arctic is an inherently contested process. Photo: Hans-Jurgen Mager As the past months have seen a rise in interest and headlines calling attention to geopolitical competition and climate change in the …
Back to Publications Orbis et Globus, symbolizing cycles in Arctic knowledge and geopolitics. Photo: Andrii Gladii The Arctic Institute Knowledge Production Series 2025 In The Myth of Sisyphus,1)Camus A (1942). Le Mythe de Sisyphe. Paris: Gallimard. Albert …
Back to Publications Arctic Policy Hackathon participants at the residence of the Ambassador of Canada to Iceland, Jeannette Menzies, during an event welcoming them to Reykjavík. Photo: The Gordon Foundation The Arctic Institute Knowledge Production Series …
Back to Publications Soviet time building. Photo: Maxim Bogdanov When it comes to constructing strategic narratives, Russia might be among the most successful actors in the world. Moscow’s messaging regarding the ongoing war in Ukraine has been aggressive …
Back to Publications Take Five is taking a short summer break and will return with fresh insights on August 22. Greenlanders Celebrate National Day As reported by ABC News on June 21, Greenlanders celebrated their National Day while marking the summer …
Back to Publications Meteor shower and Northern Lights over Snæfellsnes glacier, Iceland. Photo: Diana Robinson There is a story we tell ourselves about the Arctic. Every Arctic expert knows it by heart. It began in Murmansk, 1987, when Soviet leader …
Back to Publications Updates to U.S. Strategy in Greenland As reported by Defense News on June 17, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed the transfer of operational control of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland from U.S. European Command (EUCOM) to U.S. …
Back to Publications The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Beaufort Sea, northeast of Barrow, Alaska. Photo: NASA As global geopolitical competition intensifies, Sweden finds itself at a strategic crossroad. Beyond the immediate concerns of the Baltic …
Back to Publications Quebec Authorities Monitoring Tuberculosis Outbreaks in Nunavik As reported by CBC News on June 10, Quebec’s public health service stated that it is closely monitoring the increasing number of tuberculosis cases in Nunavik. Currently, …
Back to Publications A map of the U.S. Federal Subsistence Management Program Regional Advisory Council Regions and hub communities as established by ANILCA in 1980. Photo: U.S. Federal Subsistence Management Program Regional Advisory Council The Arctic …
Back to Publications US Coast Guard Deploys New Interim Icebreaker on Maiden Voyage As reported by The Maritime Executive on June 4, the US Coast Guard’s newly acquired icebreaker Storis departed on its maiden voyage from Pascagoula, Mississippi on June …
Back to Publications Indian Prime Minster attending the Second India Nordic Summit alongside his Nordic Counterparts in Copenhagen in 2022. Photo: Indian Ministry of External Affairs At the 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Indian Prime Minister …
Back to Publications The recent media frenzy surrounding Greenland demands a rethink of who can be considered an expert. Photo: Visit Greenland The Arctic Institute Knowledge Production Series 2025 Trump’s 2019 and 2024 efforts to obtain Greenland for the …
Back to Publications Britain Steps Up Arctic Military Cooperation to Counter Russian Expansion As reported by The Telegraph on May 28, the UK government announced that British sanctions have blocked the delivery of a 200-metre Russian floating dock in the …
Back to Publications Installation at Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany. The signpost stood in front of the former Neumayer II station in Antarctica until 2009. Photo: Charlotte Gehrke The Arctic Institute Knowledge Production Series 2025 In …
Back to Publications NATO Air Operations Move to Bodø As reported by High North News on May 21, Bodø is set to welcome the new permanent base of NATO’s third Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC). The center will command and control NATO’s air operations …
Back to Publications In 2021, the Japanese icebreaker Shirase was seen in the southern part of Cockburn Sound, Western Australia, between Garden Island and the Kwinana Grain Terminal. Photo: Calistemon The SHIPS for America Act of 2024, introduced in …
Back to Publications The production of Arctic knowledge requires a negotiation between different forms of knowledge. Photo: Tom Öhlin The production of knowledge in and about the Arctic is inherently contested. While some work has explored the role of …
