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Silencing the screaming — The discovery of rare earth metals in Sweden

Reindeer in a Saami camp. © Isabell Schulz Dr Nikolas Sellheim Director, Sellheim Environmental Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative

Now and Never: Banning Hydrocarbon Extraction in Antarctica Forever

Dr Patrick Flamm and Dr Alan Hemmings The Glasgow Climate Pact called the 2020s a “critical decade” for still meeting

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

Greenwich Park, with the City of London in the background. Project Lead: Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes Project Team: Mikhail Radkevitch, Helena Roberts,

Contextualising the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use

Image by Renaldo Matamoro on Unsplash. Dr Nikolas Sellheim Dr Nikolas Sellheim investigates and evaluates whether the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration

Mining in Greenland – Down, but not out

Mikkel Schøler On November 9, the ruling coalition in Greenland consisting of IA and Naleraq passed legislation banning not only

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

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

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

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
18 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear more from Niels Henriksen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark

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

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
16 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear more from Kent Brooks – Emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

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

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
15 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear more from Brian Upton, Professor at the University of Edinburgh, about his early

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

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
14 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear more from Niels Henriksen, emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark

06: Kent Brooks – The Plane Crash

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
12 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear from Kent Brooks, Emeritus Professor at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about a

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

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
11 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode of Polar Podcasts, we hear more from Brian Upton, Emeritus Professor of Geology at the

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

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
10 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear from Bjørn Thomassen, Emeritus senior scientist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and

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

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
09 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear from Kent Brooks, Emeritus Professor from the Geological Museum in Copenhagen, about how

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

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
08 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear from Brian Upton, Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh, about

01: Niels Henriksen – The beginnings of a more than half-century career mapping Greenland

Arctic
Greenland
Mining
07 September 2020

Julie Hollis In this episode, we hear from Niels Henriksen, known to many as Oscar, Emeritus senior scientist with the

Polar Podcasts: Stories from Greenland’s Geologists

Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) is delighted to partner with Julie Hollis in bringing you Polar Podcasts, a new

Listening to Arctic Voices in Extractive Industries

Rachael Lorna Johnstone and Anne Merrild Hansen in Tasiilaq. Dr Rachael Lorna Johnstone Adjunct Professor of Law, Ilisimatusarfik, Greenland; Professor of

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

Silencing the screaming — The discovery of rare earth metals in Sweden

Now and Never: Banning Hydrocarbon Extraction in Antarctica Forever

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

Contextualising the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use

Mining in Greenland – Down, but not out

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

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

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

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

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

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

06: Kent Brooks – The Plane Crash

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

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

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

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

01: Niels Henriksen – The beginnings of a more than half-century career mapping Greenland

Polar Podcasts: Stories from Greenland’s Geologists

Listening to Arctic Voices in Extractive Industries

From Dales Voe to Scapa Flow: Scotland, a Leading Marine Hub for the Arctic

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