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Is this the End of the Arctic Council and Arctic Governance as we know it?

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, on May 7,

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

Geo Climate Biodome Resort Granted Planning Approval – Will be World’s First

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”,

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

Trump’s Greenland Plan: The Rebirth of an 1867 American Dream

Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes Late last Thursday, #Greenland was among the most trending items on Twitter – and, oddly, for

Sustainable Tourism Development in the Nordic Arctic: Proceedings of 2019 Iceland Workshop

Since 2018, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) has joined forces with the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) to host

Commercial Sealers under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

Woodstock in northern Newfoundland. © Nikolas Sellheim Nikolas Sellheim On 17 December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted

Delegates from 20 Nations convene in the United Kingdom for Arctic Encounter London 2019

Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) and the Arctic Encounter host the first Arctic Encounter London in London, UK, on

Dr Nikolas Sellheim on The Seal Hunt: Cultures, Economies and Legal Regimes

Iceland’s Biodome – A Global Leader in Sustainability, Tourism and Geo Climate Technology

An architect’s impression of ALDIN Biodome Reykjavik – A geo climate oasis, wellness attraction and all-weather destination in Reykjavik. ©

Trade and the Canadian North

(L to R) Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Mexican Minister of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo

Proceedings of ‘SDGs in the Arctic’ High-Level Dialogue Series, Session II: Arctic Spirit Conference 2017, Finland

Session 2 Date: 16 November 2017 Venue: Borealis Auditorium, Lapland University of Applied Sciences. Rovaniemi, Finland. Principal follow up discussion

Proceedings of ‘SDGs in the Arctic’ High-Level Dialogue Series, Session I: Arctic Circle Assembly 2017, Iceland

Session 1 Date: 14 October 2017 Venue: Arctic Circle Assembly 2017, Reykjavik, Iceland Download PDF: SDGs in the Arctic –

Building the Reykjavík Biodome: Interview with founder Hjördís Sigurdardóttir

Polar Research and Policy Initiative Fellow Thomas Bishop interviewed Hjördís Sigurðardóttir, Founder and CEO of Spor i Sandinn, about Aldin, Biodome Reykjavík.

Lessons from Iceland: Kicking the fossil fuel addiction

Energy
Iceland
20 December 2016

When one thinks of the Arctic, certain words spring to mind: cold, dark and remote. For settlements in the far

The Icelandair Saga: Passing with Flying Colours

Iceland
Interview Series
Tourism
03 November 2016

Image via Icelandair Although the idea is already a few decades old, it is much more recently that Nordic countries

Recalibrating Maritime Security in the Arctic

Gender Equalities in the Arctic: Current Realities, Future Challenges (2015)

Arctic
Iceland
15 May 2016

This report has been published in 2015 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland, in cooperation with the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation

A Parliamentary Resolution on Iceland’s Arctic Policy (2011)

Iceland

This policy paper, approved on March 28 2011 by the Icelandic Parliament, Althingi, focuses on the strategy of the Icelandic

Is this the End of the Arctic Council and Arctic Governance as we know it?

The Ellett Line: Scotland’s Decades of Subpolar Marine Observation

Geo Climate Biodome Resort Granted Planning Approval – Will be World’s First

The Arkansas Cotton in Trump’s Woolly Greenland Linen

Embassy of Iceland to the UK and PRPI host Evening on Sustainable Arctic Tourism in London

Trump’s Greenland Plan: The Rebirth of an 1867 American Dream

Sustainable Tourism Development in the Nordic Arctic: Proceedings of 2019 Iceland Workshop

Commercial Sealers under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

Delegates from 20 Nations convene in the United Kingdom for Arctic Encounter London 2019

Dr Nikolas Sellheim on The Seal Hunt: Cultures, Economies and Legal Regimes

Iceland’s Biodome – A Global Leader in Sustainability, Tourism and Geo Climate Technology

Trade and the Canadian North

Proceedings of ‘SDGs in the Arctic’ High-Level Dialogue Series, Session II: Arctic Spirit Conference 2017, Finland

Proceedings of ‘SDGs in the Arctic’ High-Level Dialogue Series, Session I: Arctic Circle Assembly 2017, Iceland

Building the Reykjavík Biodome: Interview with founder Hjördís Sigurdardóttir

Lessons from Iceland: Kicking the fossil fuel addiction

The Icelandair Saga: Passing with Flying Colours

Recalibrating Maritime Security in the Arctic

Gender Equalities in the Arctic: Current Realities, Future Challenges (2015)

A Parliamentary Resolution on Iceland’s Arctic Policy (2011)

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