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by Mingming Shi  1) What is the population of Greenland? a) Around 15,000 b) Around 56,000 c) Around 350,000 d) Around 5.7 million a) Greenland is a small state, with a population of 56,000.  2) What is the capital of Greenland? a) Nuuk b) Narsaq c) Ilulissat d) Reykjavík a) Narsaq and Ilulissat are towns in… Continue reading 20 Questions about Greenland – Answers →

by Mingming Shi, OtC Greenland made global headlines for many reasons this past year, but how much do you know about the country? Answers will be uploaded next week! 1) What is the population of Greenland? a) Around 15,000 b) Around 56,000 c) Around 350,000 d) Around 5.7 million 2) What is the capital of Greenland?… Continue reading 20 Questions about Greenland →

In the two years since China published its first White Paper on Arctic policy, the country has continued to develop its scientific, economic and political interests in the far north. Although there have been concerns raised in the United States and Europe about Beijing's strategic aims in the Arctic, there has also been the perception… Continue reading Podcast: China as a ‘Near-Arctic’ State →

Arctic stories from around the region... 'Going Underground in Kiruna,' [Cryopolitics] 'Arctic Report Card 2019,' [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] 'Earth’s North Magnetic Pole is Heading for Russia at an Unprecedented Rate, Scientists Say,' [Eye on the Arctic] 'Year in a Word: Greenland,' [Financial Times] 'Putin’s New Arctic Law Paves Way for Biggest Ever Industrialization… Continue reading Elsewhere… →

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