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 …
Back to Publications The Kingdom of Denmark Takes Over the Arctic Council Chairship As reported by The Barents Observer on May 12, Norway has handed over the two-year rotating chairship of the Arctic Council to the Kingdom of Denmark, which comprises …
Back to Publications This is the gavel used by the Chair of Senior Arctic Officials at Arctic Council meetings. In 2025, Norway will pass the Arctic Council gavel on to the Kingdom of Denmark and two years later Sweden will be next in line. Photo: Arctic …
Back to Publications UK Government Funds Scientific Efforts to “Refreeze” the Arctic The Times reported on May 8 that the UK government is set to invest £10 million in research to explore whether Arctic sea ice can be artificially thickened. Led by …
Back to Publications Sermitsiaq (Saddle) Mountain forms a backdrop for Nuuk, capital of Greenland. Photo: David Stanley On May 12, 2025, at the 14th ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council, Norway will officially conclude its Arctic Council Chairship, …
Back to Publications Homepage of Trump’s White House website from January 2025. Photo: whitehouse.gov When historian Barbara W. Tuchman chronicled the cascading series of escalations that resulted in the calamity of World War I, she brilliantly (and …
Back to Publications China Asked to Remove Lion Statues in Svalbard As reported by High North News on April 23, Norwegian authorities have instructed China to remove two lion statues that have stood outside its Yellow River Station in Ny-Ålesund for over …
Back to Publications A huge iceberg in Lancaster Sound, Nunavut. Photo: Juho Karhu In a time characterised by the global climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution, imagining new ways of thinking and organising human-nature relations are crucial to …
Back to Publications US Arctic Ambassador Position Remains Vacant As reported by Northern Journal on April 21, the US Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs position is still vacant following the resignation of Ambassador Mike Sfraga on January 20, which …
Back to Publications A polar-centric view of the northern hemisphere reveals the Arctic’s inherent and enduring geographic centrality, of increasing geopolitical salience as the polar-thaw continues. Photo: Malte Humpert The Arctic Institute Planetary …
Back to Publications Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a video-conference meeting on the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, 13th April 2022. Photo: President of Russia Northern Europe has historically been an area of conflict …
Back to Publications The sailboat ‘Lumi’, somewhere in the Beaufort Sea. Photo: Juho Karhu The Arctic Institute Planetary Series 2025 Ice moves, it freezes, squeezes, ice breaks, ice travels, ice melts – ice acts. Ice defines the polar regions, yet that …
Back to Publications Arctic Sea Ice Extent at Historic Low Point in March 2025 As reported by The Weather Network on April 8, Arctic sea ice extent in March was the lowest ever recorded for that month, measuring six percent below the long-term average. …
Back to Publications According to The Washington Post, the White House is calculating the cost of taking over control with Greenland. Photo: The White House The Washington Post (WP) recently wrote that the White House is calculating the potential cost of …
Back to Publications Vessel navigating in sea ice. Photo: Samuel Martínez Llobet The Arctic Institute Planetary Series 2025 The Arctic is one of Earth’s most rapidly changing regions, with profound implications for its human and more-than-human inhabitants …
Back to Publications Arctic Military Leaders Convene Over Hybrid Threats On April 2, High North News reported that military leaders from seven Arctic states and observer nations met in Kirkenes, Norway to discuss hybrid threats in the Arctic region. The …
Back to Publications Kilchurn Castle in the rugged Scottish Highlands. Photo: Connor Mollison During World War II, Norwegian soldiers of Kompani Linge trained in the Scottish Highlands from 1941 to 1945, preparing for the harsh conditions they would face …
