Alaska’s Changing Oil Landscape and the BP-Hilcorp Deal: What’s at stake?
The Trans-Alaska Pipeline spans 1,300 km from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Alaska. Photo by Luca Galuzzi
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India’s SaGHAA: Where the Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas meet
Hriday Sarma Hriday Sarma, India Fellow at Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI), recently spoke to Dr Sulagna Chattopadhyay, President
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Education in Scotland: International Engagement with the Arctic
Image: The Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen. © University of Aberdeen Library/Flickr. Liz Bowman On Monday, 23 September
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From Dales Voe to Scapa Flow: Scotland, a Leading Marine Hub for the Arctic
Scapa Flow © Damien Entwistle/Flickr. Peter Sherwin On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy
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The North holds the Key: Unlocking Canada-Scotland Trade Potential
Dr Dwayne Menezes and Dr Karen Everett On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework
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Scotland’s New Arctic Policy: Deepening Collaboration With Canada
Stromness Marina. © Alan Jamieson/Flickr. On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework in
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Scottish Land Reforms: Lessons in Community Regeneration for the Arctic?
Ulva. © James Stringer/Flickr. Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes (with thanks to Max Baring of Thomson Reuters Foundation for the film)
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Win-Win Scottish Arctic Policy can Build Greater Connectivity and Resilience
Dales Voe. Image from Lerwick Port Authority. https://www.lerwick-harbour.co.uk/decommissioning Prof Brooks Kaiser On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s
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The Rural North – Opportunities and Challenges for Scottish and Arctic Communities
Image by Bill Kasman from Pixabay. Dr Nikolas Sellheim On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first
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Climate Vulnerability Index for World Heritage: From Orkney to the Arctic
Ring of Brodgar, Orkney. The most northerly of Britain’s stone circles, the henge at Brodgar is the centrepiece of the ‘The
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The Ellett Line: Scotland’s Decades of Subpolar Marine Observation
RRS Discovery Scientific Cruise DY052 – The Extended Ellett Line. ukosnap.wordpress.com/ © Captain Smurf/Flickr. Erin Willahan On Monday, 23 September 2019, the
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Scotland, the Arctic, Outer Space
Max Daniels On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework in Stromness, Orkney. You
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Scotland, the UK and the EU in the Arctic: Strengthening Partnerships
Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes and Micheil Page On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework
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Shots Heard ‘Round the World: Future of Arctic Research in Face of Alaska’s Budget Crisis
University of Alaska Fairbanks. © Alaska Center for Energy and Power. Erin Willahan and Liz Bowman This summer, the only
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Three Takeaways from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy
Crossing glacier-fed streams in the Akshayuk Pass, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island. © Peter Morgan (Flickr). Dr Andrew Chater The
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Maritime Futures 2035: The Arctic Region. SALIENSEAS Scenario Workshop, Denmark
Doug Cost, Assistant Professor, at University of Alaska Fairbanks, at the 2018 SALIENSEAS Scenario Workshop Dr Berill Blair On 13
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Geo Climate Biodome Resort Granted Planning Approval – Will be World’s First
An artist’s impression of the ALDIN at dusk in the Elliðaárdalur Valley & Park, Reykjavik, Iceland (Source: WilkinsonEyre © 2019).
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The Arkansas Cotton in Trump’s Woolly Greenland Linen
Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes The Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen might have dismissed Trump’s plan to purchase Greenland as “absurd”,
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Embassy of Iceland to the UK and PRPI host Evening on Sustainable Arctic Tourism in London
On 26 June 2019, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) had the great pleasure of hosting an evening on Sustainable
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CITES and the Polar Bear
Dr Nikolas Sellheim Introduction The parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
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