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Why should Bangladesh seek an observer seat on the Arctic Council?

Prof Kamrul Hossain The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum comprising the eight circumpolar Arctic states – Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States. The Council was founded in 1996 through the Ottawa Declaration, the purpose

A Radioactive Limit - What is next for Greenlandic mineral extraction?

© Mikkel Schøler Mikkel Schøler The Kuannersuit mining project hearing is officially still underway with a September 13 deadline. Still, the project seems dead for the near future, as the current coalition has announced its intention to ban mining of minerals with

Finland's New Strategy for Arctic Policy

Nina Brander, Secretary General of the Arctic Advisory Board in the Strategy Department of the Finnish Prime Minister's Office and a Member of the Board of the Arctic Society of Finland, discusses Finland's new Strategy for Arctic Policy. Nina Brander The Finnish

Setting up a U.S. Consulate in Greenland, Again

Sung W. Choi, pictured, who has served as Consul at the U.S. Consulate Nuuk from June 2020 to June 2021, takes stock of the key milestones in the 12 months since the United States reestablished a permanent U.S. State Department

Russia's Proposed Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean: Science Setting the Stage for Law

Prof Kamrul Hossain On 31 March 2021, Russia lodged two submissions with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) proposing an extension of its continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. Prof Kamrul Hossain evaluates the status

The Arctic Council Goes Back to Basics

Press Conference of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Icelandic Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarsson [Photo: Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs/Sigurjón Ragnar] Dr Marc Lanteigne After the tumultuous Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Rovaniemi two years ago, which concluded with no unanimous

The New Fish Wave: The Iceland Ocean Cluster turns 10

Dr Thor Sigfusson Today, 24 May, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Iceland Ocean Cluster (IOC). Ever since its establishment, the IOC has emphasised building bridges between people in the blue economy, and, by that, creating value and jobs in

Arctic Stewardship in Reaching Net Zero – Carbon Capture Solutions

Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson tour the Hellisheidi Geothermal Plant - the site of the original Carbfix project - in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 18 May 2021. (Image: Ron Przysucha/US Department of State) Hilmar

The Geopolitics of Rebuilding New Zealand's Scott Base in Antarctica

(Image: Scott Base in Antarctica © Dr Alan Hemmings) On 20 May 2021, the New Zealand Government announced its 2021 Budget, committing funding for the redevelopment of Scott Base in Antarctica. What rationales may be in play behind this announcement? Dr

A RARE Opportunity: How Greenland came to be central to the Biden Presidency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Greenlandic Minister of Foreign Affairs, Business, Trade, and Climate Pele Broberg; Faroese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture Jenis av Rana; and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod in Copenhagen, Denmark on 17 May 2021. [Image:

How will Finland's Arctic Strategy change?

Prof Timo Koivurova looks at how Finland's new Arctic Strategy, currently in the process of finalisation, differs from the previous strategy adopted in 2013. Prof Timo Koivurova Research Professor Arctic Centre, University of Lapland The new strategy rightly places the fight against climate change

The Case for a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance: Focus on Greenland

Nearly 500 news outlets feature PRPI's Five Eyes-Greenland Report and Election Coverage

Over the course of March and April 2021, the Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) report The Case for a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance: Focus on Greenland, authored by PRPI Director Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes and launched on 4

Launch of Report: The Case for a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance focusing on Greenland

New report by PRPI Director Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes calls on the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to develop a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance partnering in, and with, Greenland. Today, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) launches its

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

Greenwich Park, with the City of London in the background. Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes On the occasion of its fifth anniversary since its establishment, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) is pleased to join forces with the London-based investment advisory firm High North

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland (Greenland APPG)

© gags9999/Flickr Title: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland (Greenland APPG) Purpose: To strengthen the UK-Greenland relationship on matters political, economic, social, cultural and scientific. To raise greater awareness about Greenland within the UK and promote closer cooperation with the Greenlandic

Greenland’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister address UK MPs and Peers in historic meeting

Greenland's Foreign Minister Steen Lynge (left) and Deputy Foreign Minister Kenneth Hœegh (right) London, 28 January 2021 The first ever UK parliamentary group dedicated to Greenland has taken a huge step forward in building links with its Arctic neighbour. On 26 February 2021,

World first as UK Parliament establishes cross-party group dedicated to Greenland

London, 16 November 2020 The UK Parliament has become the first in the world, outside the Kingdom of Denmark, to create a special group specifically focussing on Greenland. Last Friday (13 November), Parliamentarians from across the UK political spectrum including the three largest

The Arctic Circle Road: The Road to Freedom?

The construction of the Arctic Circle Road, connecting Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut, commenced in 2020. © Dwayne Menezes Justin Barnes On 20 July 2020, Greenland’s first ever road project meant to connect settlements officially broke ground. The road between Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut has

The Future of US Arctic Policy under President Biden: Policy Recommendations

© Joe Biden Press Conference 2020/Flickr. Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes Founder and Managing Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative After a frightfully divisive and agonisingly protracted US presidential campaign, with votes still being counted at this time and with results that continue to

THE IDITAROD IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS: ONE LOOK INSIDE THE COVID-19 STORM

© Anita Parlow, 2020. Anita Parlow The Iditarod Committee, located in Wasilla, Alaska, has announced that 57 mushers signed up on opening day to compete in the 2021 dogsled race, “The Last Great Race on Earth.” The Committee reported that it is

10: Niels Henriksen: Mapping the Caledonian Fold Belt – the Alps of East Greenland

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear more from Niels Henriksen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about his years spent mapping the Caledonian Fold Belt, an ancient mountain belt in remote parts of northeast Greenland. https://youtu.be/QBxNOKC0crY To

09: Kent Brooks – Earliest drilling of the remarkable Skaergaard layered intrusion

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear more from Kent Brooks – Emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen – about the Skaergaard Intrusion, which he first encountered on a geological expedition in 1966, and which was to become the

08: Brian Upton – Beginnings of understanding plate tectonics, “a hell of an exciting time!”

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear more from Brian Upton, Professor at the University of Edinburgh, about his early years as a researcher when the theory of plate tectonics was being developed, his time at Caltech, in Iceland, in La

07: Niels Henriksen – Lifting the ‘iron curtain’ on geological mapping Northeast Greenland

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear more from Niels Henriksen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about the late 1960s, when the survey embarked on an ambitious and very successful campaign of systematic geological mapping

After the British revival of OneWeb, what next for sat comms in the Arctic?

The collapse of OneWeb in March was just the latest in a string of failures in the satellite sector. The company, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, promised universal high-speed broadband and, eventually, 5G for remote areas, including in the

06: Kent Brooks – The Plane Crash

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear from Kent Brooks, Emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about a chance discovery while on a geological expedition to East Greenland in 1966, the implications of which followed him over forty years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52livg2MLCE To

05: Brian Upton – Mapping the unusual alkaline rocks of the Gardar Province

Julie Hollis In this episode of Polar Podcasts, we hear more from Brian Upton, Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh, about working on the unusual alkaline igneous rocks of the Gardar Province in South Greenland in the 1950s

04: Bjørn Thomassen – ‘Taken in’ – Beginnings that led to 42 summers exploring Greenland

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear from Bjørn Thomassen, Emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, about what drew him to Greenland and kept him coming back for 42 summers, working as an economic geologist and

03: Kent Brooks - The kindling of a 50-year career studying East Greenland

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear from Kent Brooks, Emeritus Professor from the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about how his fifty-year career, studying the geology of Greenland, was kindled. And about his first – very memorable – field season in

02: Brian Upton - “Ilimaussaq is magic” – Beginnings of a lifelong passion for alkaline rocks

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear from Brian Upton, Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh, about starting out in South Greenland with the Geological Survey of Greenland in 1955, and what became a lifelong passion for researching

Coronavirus Observatory: Tracking the Pandemic in the Arctic and the Antarctic

Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg discusses the COVID-19 pandemic at the Norwegian Government’s press conference for children, 16 March 2020.

Coronavirus Observatory: Tracking the Pandemic in the Arctic and the Antarctic

Why should Bangladesh seek an observer seat on the Arctic Council?

A Radioactive Limit – What is next for Greenlandic mineral extraction?

Finland’s New Strategy for Arctic Policy

Russia’s Proposed Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean: Science Setting the Stage for Law

The Arctic Council Goes Back to Basics

The New Fish Wave: The Iceland Ocean Cluster turns 10

Arctic Stewardship in Reaching Net Zero – Carbon Capture Solutions

The Geopolitics of Rebuilding New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica

A RARE Opportunity: How Greenland came to be central to the Biden Presidency

How will Finland’s Arctic Strategy change?

Launch of Report: The Case for a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance focusing on Greenland

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland (Greenland APPG)

Greenland’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister address UK MPs and Peers in historic meeting

The Arctic Circle Road: The Road to Freedom?

World first as UK Parliament establishes cross-party group dedicated to Greenland

The Future of US Arctic Policy under President Biden: Policy Recommendations

THE IDITAROD IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS: ONE LOOK INSIDE THE COVID-19 STORM

After the British revival of OneWeb, what next for sat comms in the Arctic?

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