Arctic News and Analysis
Svalbard continues to see itself in the middle of rapidly changing geopolitics throughout the Arctic. Norway has been seeking to strengthen its sovereignty in the archipelago, but pushback in the form of Russian and Chinese alternative narratives is becoming more difficult to ignore.
Air Greenland plane at Nuuk Airport [Photo by Marc Lanteigne] by Marc Lanteigne It was in 1954, after two years of test flights, when Scandinavian Airline Systems (SAS) successfully began a Copenhagen to Los Angeles route over the north polar region (with stops in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland and Winnipeg), using DC6 aircraft. These trips opened up the possibility of shorter transits between… Continue reading ‘Can’t Keep My Mind From the Circling Sky’: The Take-off of Arctic Air Routes
Over the Circle 