Author: Over the Circle

[Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Mingming Shi 1) According to Sermitsiaq, a local news service in Greenland, a short film [in Danish] calling for Greenlandic sustainable halibut fishing was released by Oceans North, a non-governmental organisation based in Canada.  2) 6 February marks the Sámi National Day. This event can be traced back to the… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 1-7 February →

Narsaq, Greenland [Photo by Helene Brochmann via Wikimedia Commons] by Mikkel Schøler, CEO of Sikki.gl One proposed mining project in Greenland has been driving many dynamics within Greenlandic politics for almost a decade. As the project inches closer to completion, this enterprise has the potential to affect great power politics as well. Situated in beautiful… Continue reading Opinion: The Kuannersuit Mining Project – Impacting Greenlandic and International Politics for a Decade →

The Tinganes district in Tórshavn. [Photo by Mingming Shi] by Mingming Shi 1) CBC News reported that the Inuktitut language would be added to the translation program operated by Microsoft, which has already provided such programming for over seventy other languages. Through this software, users can translate Inuktitut to and from other languages. Inuktitut itself… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 25-31 January →

Reindeer in Åre, Sweden [Photo by Marcus Löfvenberg via UnSplash] by Mingming Shi 1) Condé Nast Traveler published a feature on Iceland, describing how the country is hoping to update its tourism sector to offer more opportunities for outdoor adventures. Despite losses in 2020, tourism remains a key part of the Icelandic economy, and the… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 18-24 January →

[Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Mingming Shi 1) As the Guardian news service revealed in an exposé, clothes laundering in Europe and North America are the probable sources of microplastic fibres being found in the Arctic Ocean. As researchers have argued, this plastic pollution is not only damaging to the natural environment, but is also… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 11-17 January →