Author: Over the Circle

by Mingming Shi 1) According to the Canadian regional news service Eye on the Arctic, Greenland and Denmark have settled on an agreement for joint cooperation on responding to marine pollution. This deal would allow for a greater sharing of information and resources.  2) After years of planning, Yukon College has officially become Yukon University,… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 18-24 May →

by Mingming Shi 1) Nunatsiaq News, a news agency specialising in the Canadian North, reported on a goose watch competition for Inuit peoples in Canada. The event was initiated by SIKU, an Indigenous knowledge app launched in 2019.  2) A new article was posted in OtC on the joint US-British naval manoeuvres in the Barents… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 11-17 May →

by Mingming Shi 1) According to Morgunblaðið, a local news agency in Iceland, the country's Foreign Minister, Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, has been hinting that the country may reopen to welcome foreign visitors in the near future.  2) Also in Morgunblaðið, it was reported that Iceland glaciers have been observed to have shrunk significantly in the past two… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 4-10 May →

by Marc Lanteigne Since the beginning on 2019, the government of the United States has begun to consider the Arctic as an emerging region of insecurity, one not created by climate change, (which the current administration continues to maintain does not exist), but rather by great power pressures being applied in the region by Russia… Continue reading Cold Games? The US Navy (Re-)Enters the Barents Sea →

by Mingming Shi 1) Marc Lanteigne, Chief Editor at Over the Circle, commented on the identity diplomacy of China in Arctic affairs for the Arctic Institute. This piece explained how Beijing has been utilising the concept of being a ‘near-Arctic state’ and how it has been building up its relations with the Arctic states, via the ‘Polar… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 27 April – 3 May →