Russia’s Arctic Corridor: Between Ice and Isolation
Absent a series of shifts, Russia’s Northern Sea Route will likely remain a niche corridor that is not predictable or de-risked enough to attract the world’s container giants.
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Outsider Geopolitics: To Be, or Not to Be, in the Arctic
Outsiderness in the Arctic is not a fixed condition but rather a relational and narrated identity for states such as Turkey and France, and institutions like the EU.
Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but US halt to data sharing will make it harder, scientists warn
News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelvesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastScientists analysing the cascading impacts of record low levels of Antarctic sea …
Arctic Worries: Melting Ice, and a Russia-China Partnership
DEEP DIVE – As more Arctic ice melts and more avenues for navigation and commerce open up at the top of the world, there’s a […] More
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Arctic Worries: Melting Ice, and a Russia-China Partnership
DEEP DIVE – As more Arctic ice melts and more avenues for navigation and commerce open up at the top of the world, there’s a […] More
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Norway hands over Arctic Council intact after ‘difficult’ term as chair
Ukraine conflict and Trump’s threat to seize Greenland have caused internal tensions within intergovernmental bodyNorway is to hand over the leadership of an intergovernmental body comprising countries with territory in the Arctic after what its foreig…
Weather tracker: Arctic winter sea ice at record low in 2025, scientists say
Annual peak is lowest on record, covering 5.53m sq miles – about 30,000 sq miles below the previous low in 2017Winter sea ice in the Arctic has reached a record low in 2025, according to Nasa and the US’s National Snow and Ice Data Center. The annual p…
Denmark hits back at ‘tone’ of US vice-president’s criticism over Greenland
‘This is not how you talk to your close allies,’ says Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke RasmussenDenmark has hit back against JD Vance’s comments that Copenhagen has not done enough for Greenland.The US vice-president made his remark on Friday during …
Coast Guard awards nearly $1B contract mod to Bollinger for heavy icebreaker design, construction
The contract award comes as President Donald Trump has been publicly calling for the United States to buy dozens of new icebreakers.
Danish PM accuses US of ‘unacceptable pressure’ over planned Greenland visit
US vice-president JD Vance later says he will join unsolicited visit to Arctic island, which Mette Frederiksen says is ‘not what Greenland needs or wants’Europe live – latest updatesMette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, has accused the US of pu…