Author: Over the Circle

Globus II Radar Station at Vardø, Norway, near the Russian Border [Photo via Wikimedia Commons] by Marc Lanteigne The question of security in the Arctic has become more pronounced in the region of late. This is thought to be a result of the shredded relationship between the West and Russia, which is showing more frequent… Continue reading Whose Arctic Security Is It Anyway? →

[Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Mingming Shi 1) As RÚV reported, this year the inhabitants of the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago in southern Iceland have assisted over 5,000 pufflings in guiding the way to the sea. Young puffins tend to be misled by artificial lighting in towns, rather than making their way to the sea, and therefore,… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 31 August-6 September →

by Mingming Shi 1) A new book, Benefit Sharing in the Arctic: Extractive Industries and Arctic People, was published this month. This open-access work seeks to examine the relationship between regional natural resource exploration and exploitation activities, and Indigenous peoples in the Arctic, including case studies focusing on Russia's northern areas. 2) As Eye on the… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 24-30 August →

Norwegian (left) and Russian border markers [Photo by Blyngre via Wikimedia Commons] by Marc Lanteigne Compared with some of Russia’s other neighbours, the country’s border with Norway is relatively short, (approximately 196 kilometres), but from a political viewpoint this frontier has, of late, seemed much larger. The events of this year, including the pandemic and… Continue reading Good Fences? Good Neighbours? The Diplomatic Travails of Norway and Russia →

Greenland [Map via Wikimedia Commons] by Mingming Shi Geography and Inhabitants Greenland, (Kalaallit Nunaat in Greenlandic and Grønland in Danish), is the largest island in the world, measuring 2,166,086km2. The island possesses the world’s second largest ice sheet, after the one in Antarctica, and is now seen as seriously endangered. Most of the territory of… Continue reading The ABCs of Greenland →