January 31, 2019
Fourteen undergraduate students, led by Dr. Michelle Koutnik and graduate student John Christian from the Department of Earth and Space Sciences (ESS), as well as co-instructor Dr. Hans Christian Steen-Larsen
April 11, 2018
Current Canada Fulbright Visiting Chair in Arctic Studies Mark Mallory is featured in an article in Canada’s The Chronicle Herald titled “Study warns seabirds not adapting to shifting climate“. Malloy and a
January 16, 2018
Popular Science article “Seagulls are eating all of our garbage” reports a paper co-authored by Mark Mallory, 2017-2018 UW Canada Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies. The paper, published originally in the Archives
December 21, 2017
Scott Montgomery, Jackson School Lecturer, writes about why after decades of bitter struggle, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seems on the verge of being opened to the oil industry with the
October 19, 2017
As I fly over the southern tip of Greenland en route to the Arctic Energy Summit (September 18–20, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland), I can’t help but reflect on the unique
October 19, 2017
Resilience, resistance, and strength. The history of the Sámi from medieval times to the present is one of not only colonization but also Indigenous survival and resistance, which is sometimes
October 5, 2017
As I fly over the southern tip of Greenland en route to the Arctic Energy Summit (September 18–20, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland), I can’t help but reflect on the unique
September 19, 2017
On July 6, 2017, the third Korea Arctic Academy (KAA) kicked off with an opening ceremony, which included welcoming remarks from Justin Kim, Director General of Industry Intelligence and Strategy
September 11, 2017
The Canadian North is a region where both land and society are vulnerable to climate change. Commonly defined as territory above 60° latitude (Yukon, Northwest Territories [NWT], and Nunavut), as
September 7, 2017
Animal-rights activists stirred a global outcry against the Canadian seal hunt in the 1970s and 80s with graphic pictures of the annual slaughter of baby harp seals. The anti-sealing campaigns—aided