'Looking Back on the Year that Was in the Arctic,' [Cryopolitics] 'Russian Legislators Ban Foreign Shipments of Oil, Natural Gas and Coal along Northern Sea Route,' [The Independent Barents Observer] 'Algae Growth Speeds Up Greenland's Melting,' [Scientific American] 'Arctic Dilemma: Scientists Came to Explore Canadian Arctic but Their Work Could Also Change Its Future,' [National… Continue reading Elsewhere…
Happy Holidays!
Saying Happy Holidays / Joyeuses Fêtes / ᕿᑲᖕᓇᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦᓯ to everyone from chilly Ottawa!
The Northwest Passage: Present Status and Emerging Questions
The Northwest Passage, traditionally defined as the Arctic waters between Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait in the east to the Bering Strait in the west, is emerging as a major issue for both Canadian and greater Arctic affairs as a result of eroding ice and the possibility of the waterway being used in the… Continue reading The Northwest Passage: Present Status and Emerging Questions
On Greenland’s Political Future: State or Wait?
This month, it was reported that Inuit populations in northern Canada and Greenland were seeking to assume greater control over the waters which separate Nunavut’s Baffin and Ellesmere Islands on two sides and Greenland on the other. This was in response to a report released in November this year by the Pikialasorsuaq Commission of the… Continue reading On Greenland’s Political Future: State or Wait?
Hyvää Syntymäpäivää!* Finland’s Centenary and the Arctic
6 December marked the hundredth anniversary of the independence of Finland (Suomi) from what was then the nascent Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). Since that time the country has sought to carve out a distinct identity with, on one side, the Nordic region and on the other, greater Europe and the Soviet Union /… Continue reading Hyvää Syntymäpäivää!* Finland’s Centenary and the Arctic
