Over the Circle

[Photo by Kristaps Grundsteins via Unsplash] Although the Polar Silk Road (bingshang sichou zhilu 冰上丝绸之路), which has been in development since 2017 and has since been incorporated into the China's greater Belt and Road Initiative, continues to be perceived as a challenge to the Arctic, in fact the PSR has experienced several obstacles in recent years. In a… Continue reading New Article: ‘The Rise (and Fall?) of the Polar Silk Road’ →

[Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne The far north has long been considered a barometer for the measurement of global climate change, including via phenomenon such as higher average temperatures, wildfires at ever-higher latitudes, permafrost loss, and reduced ice coverage of the Arctic Ocean, as well as the melting ice sheet in Greenland. This summer, however, has shaped up to… Continue reading The Arctic in a Warming World →

[Photo by Souvik Banerjee via Unsplash] After a bit of a delay(?), Over the Circle has finally opened a Twitter account, where new articles will be announced, as well as links provided to other stories in and around the Arctic. Our Twitter account is here: https://twitter.com/circle_over (@circle_over) And our Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/overthecircle .

Press conference by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Ann Linde following the signature of the NATO Accession Protocols for Finland and Sweden [Photo via NATO] by Marc Lanteigne As the Russian invasion of Ukraine entered its fifth month, and… Continue reading A Line Drawn Here: Arctic Boundaries Shift in a Time of Conflict →

The Fram Centre, home of the Arctic Council Secretariat, in Tromsø, Norway [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne Since early March of this year, the Arctic Council and its agencies, including the Working Groups which focus on various environmental and safety initiatives, have been placed ‘on pause’ as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.… Continue reading And Then There Were Seven: The Arctic Council Carries On- Minus Russia →