In 2009, the Greenland Self-Government Act came into force, granting the nation greater autonomy from the Kingdom of Denmark. Greenland is the world’s largest island and is rich with natural resources. Erica Dingman, senior fellow and director of Arctic in Context at World Policy Institute, caught up with Inuuteq Holm Olsen, the first Greenlandic representative at

By June Grønseth I’m very happy to have been born and raised in my current home of Lofoten, Norway, where I am able to capture the beauty each day brings in my photographs. Unfortunately, though, the story that I tell in my work does not have a happy ending. As humans, we have hard work

By Klaus Dodds and Duncan Depledge Imagining what the future might hold in the Arctic is no easy task. After you have attended a few future-looking events, you begin to form an impression about how they might work, both organizationally and intellectually. You will almost certainly be confronted with political leaders, civil servants, scientists, business

By Benjamin Schaller In many public debates around the globe, the narrative of ‘”Arctic War” has become the predominant narrative of the future of Arctic security: Driven by climate change, the Arctic ice cap is melting and large amounts of untapped oil and gas resources as well as lucrative shipping routes are becoming increasingly accessible.

Örvar Atli Þorgeirsson / Iceland The Global Arctic Awards host a yearly international photography competition highlighting images from the North. A panel of judges considers submissions in a wide range of categories, including landscapes, wildlife, and ethnography, as well as more specific categories such as northern lights and iceberg images. The images showcase the diversity

This article was originally published in Up Here Magazine. By Tim Edwards A letter from Senator Nick Sibbeston used to sit above the coffee machine at the Yellowknifer newspaper offices, congratulating publisher Jack “Sig” Sigvaldason on a lifetime achievement award and cryptically mentioning a 1980’s session of the territorial council, precursor to the legislative assembly, and

By Ingrid A. Medby Another year of Arctic conferences has begun, and first up was Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø, Norway.  With an ever-dropping oil price and the U.N. Climate Conference (COP21) fresh in mind, the most surprising thing to emerge from the week was the rhetoric of “business as usual” in the Arctic. However, while

By Chantal Bilodeau While world leaders convened at the United Nations 2015 Paris Climate Conference in November and December 2015, artists across the world mobilized to present cultural events in support of a global agreement reducing carbon emissions. One such event was the international Climate Change Theatre Action, a joint venture between NoPassport, The Arctic

By Edward Struzik When seabird biologist David Irons recently discovered the carcasses of some 8,000 murres on the shores of Prince William Sound in Alaska, the initial response was one of bewilderment. Murre die-offs have occurred in the past, but no one had seen anything quite as massive as this one. In various media reports,

By Ashley Chappo Climate change is not always seen as a negative, at least if you listen to some increasingly animated venture capitalists weighing in over the melting of the Northern sea ice. In February 2015, the maximum annual Arctic sea ice extent measured just 5.61 million square miles during its winter peak, the lowest