Arctic News and Analysis
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
by Mingming Shi 1) The Government of Iceland has launched new, and more stringent, regulations covering arrivals in the country, in the wake of the resumption of international flights. This series of rules, the authorities have warned, may be applied for months, as reported in the Iceland Monitor. As well, the Arctic Circle Assembly which… Continue reading Arctic News Roundup: 17-23 August
Gold dredge site in Fox, Alaska, near Fairbanks [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne In the conventional wisdom of business circles, the value of gold tends to increase in times of global economic uncertainty, as the precious metal is often considered a ‘safe haven’ investment option when other financial indicators start trending downwards. When… Continue reading Cold Gold in the Arctic
Sixteenth century ethnographic map of Siberia and the Russian Far East [Image via Wikimedia Commons] by Kara K. Hodgson ‘The history of Russia is the history of a country that colonizes itself.’ So said the eminent nineteenth-century Russian historian, Vasilii Kliuchevskiy, (himself quoting another nineteenth-century historian, Sergei Solovyev). Ever since the time of Ivan the… Continue reading Comment: Russia Colonizes Itself… Again
