Author: Over the Circle

by Marc Lanteigne With plans in the works for more than a year, it was announced [in Danish] this week by the Government of Greenland that it was moving forward with the idea of establishing a representative office in China, with a confirmation to be made by the country’s parliament (Inatsisartut) at some point this… Continue reading Greenland’s Widening World →

by Mingming Shi 1) Heiðrún Lind Marteinsdóttir, the Managing Director of Fisheries Iceland, the association of companies in the country's fishery industry, (Samtaka fyrirtækja í sjávarútvegi in Icelandic), expressed her concerns over the current situation and future of exports of fresh fishery harvests from the country, in an interview with RÚV. Given the situation with… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 16-22 March →

by Mingming Shi 1) Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her cabinet have agreed to adopt specific economic measures to ease the damage to tourism and related sectors due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. The relief package includes the granting of some affected companies a postponement of tax payments, according to RÚV.… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 9-15 March →

by Marc Lanteigne Over the past five years, China has been seeking to place its own diplomatic and economic stamp on the Arctic, via what has, since 2018, been frequently referred to as the ‘Ice’ or ‘Polar Silk Road’ (Bingshang Sichouzhilu 冰上丝绸之路), or PSR. The foundation of this ‘road’ was to be the development of… Continue reading The Twists and Turns of the Polar Silk Road →

Fellow Arctic news service Eye on the Arctic published a summary on 13 March of information regarding COVID-19 in the region and how various governments are addressing the situation. 'Roundup of COVID-19 Response Around the Arctic,' by Eilís Quinn, Levon Sevunts and Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic. https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic-special-reports/roundup-of-covid-19-responses-around-the-arctic-circle/