Over the Circle

Early in the new year, Over the Circle will be moving... Over the Circle. The blog, (and not coincidentally, its editor), will be moving shop from that unsung Arctic state (New Zealand) to Tromsø, Norway (69°40′58″N) in the coming weeks. Once settled, (and acclimated to the polar night!), OtC will continue to provide news and… Continue reading OtC Announcement: A Change in Hemisphere →

This week, the government of Iceland published a white paper [In Icelandic] on the country’s financial system, a move which widely viewed as signalling a long-awaited conclusion to ten years of economic recovery from the country’s devastating banking crisis, commonly known in the country as the kreppa. Among the recommendations of the report were improved regulation and… Continue reading Kreppa No More? Iceland’s Decade of Economic Recovery →

A look at Arctic news from around the region. 'Northern Lights to Neon Lights: Kirkenes to Transform into Polar Chinatown,' [Cryopolitics] 'US Climate Report Warns of Damaged Environment and Shrinking Economy,' [The New York Times] 'Extreme Weather Is Turning the Arctic Brown, Signalling Ecosystem’s Inability to Adapt to Climate Change,' [Smithsonian.com] 'Responsibility for the Arctic… Continue reading Elsewhere… →

Among the growing list of non-Arctic states with extensive interests in the circumpolar north, the Netherlands stands out, not because of its size but rather due to its considerable contributions to the study of the region over a period of several centuries. In recent years, the country has begun to pay greater attention to the emerging… Continue reading The Netherlands in the Arctic: Clear Skies and Choppy Waters →

On 1 November, the 2018 edition of the Arctic Yearbook was published online, featuring chapters on numerous aspects of Arctic development, economics and politics. Among the essays featured in this year's edition is a piece co-written by OtC's editor, Marc Lanteigne, along with Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær, (Researcher at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen, Associate… Continue reading New Chapter: ‘The Polar Silk Road & the West Nordic Region’ →