Author: Over the Circle

[Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Mingming Shi 1) Marc Lanteigne, Chief Editor at OtC, authored an Interlude article for the blog which looked at the offbeat connections between the Arctic, including Russia's widening policies in the far northern region of this world, and the recent discovery in the skies of the planet Venus of a… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 21-27 September →

Rósalind, the unofficial mascot of the University of Iceland, Reykjavík [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Mingming Shi Where would the world be without cats? This year, under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, Icelanders are actually suffering from a cat shortage, in particular of young kittens [in Icelandic]. Cats are a common sight in Iceland, especially in the… Continue reading Interlude: The Kitten Shortage of Iceland →

Venus dayside synthesized false color image by UVI (2018 Mar 18) No.1 [Photo: (C) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)] by Marc Lanteigne For years, the planet Venus was considered the ultimate cautionary tale about the dangers of the Earth’s global warming, given that the world’s cloud-shrouded atmosphere is composed almost entirely of carbon dioxide,… Continue reading Interlude: Venus Favours the Bold? Russia and the Second Planet →

[Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Mingming Shi 1) According to RÚV, ten pilot whales were discovered stranded on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, in western Iceland, and almost all had perished on the beach. Attempts to move one of the whales back to sea were also unsuccessful. The reason behind the tragedy was not immediately confirmed by… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 14-20 September →

[Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Mingming Shi 1) As RÚV reported, the Diamond Circle of Iceland has opened. It is a tourism region in Northern Iceland which consists of a number of destinations, such as Goðafoss, Dettifoss and Lake Mývatn. The new tourist area is seen as an answer to more well-known Golden Circle in… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 7-13 September →