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The US is using a mine in Greenland to counter China

The geopolitical collapse of the Arctic

Russia’s war in Ukraine pushes China to reorient Arctic plans

Radar returns to the Arctic, thrusting communities into geopolitical crosshairs

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Navalny & Nord Stream 2: It all goes back to the Arctic

The poisoning of Putin's fiercest critic, Alexei Navalny, could disrupt plans for Nord Stream 2, which would bring gas from…

Mia Bennett 2September 16, 2020Sticky
USA/Alaska

What the Arctic reveals about coronavirus

The biological residues of the 1918 Spanish Flu dug up from the Arctic's frozen recesses may inform how we react…

Mia Bennett 2March 21, 2020Sticky
Climate Change

Welcome to the geoengineered Arctic

At Arctic Circle 2019, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, it seemed, had not gotten the memo: Oil is out,…

Mia Bennett 5October 15, 2019Sticky
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The US is using a mine in Greenland to counter China

The U.S. has offered $657 million to develop the world's northernmost mine in Greenland to counter China. Is it worth it?Continue Reading →

Geopolitics

The geopolitical collapse of the Arctic

Hint: It's not because of climate change.

Mia Bennett 1May 24, 2022
Geopolitics

Russia’s war in Ukraine pushes China to reorient Arctic plans

As Russia is frozen out of its own backyard, for China to realize its visions for polar and global development,…

Mia Bennett 0May 13, 2022
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Travel & Photo

Central Asia’s collapsing water tower

Remembering a trek through Central Asian highlands where glaciers look like spilled milk - and where they irrigate actual dairy…

0October 8, 2021

Fieldwork Friday: Snow globes and screens

As the pandemic lingers on and the possibilities for doing fieldwork, particularly in the social sciences, remain remote, I thought…

4October 1, 2021

A night at the volcano

An essay accompanied by photos and maps on the 3 times I tried to see flowing lava at Iceland's Fagradalsfjall…

0August 31, 2021

The surprising industrial legacy of Iceland’s remote Westfjords

Tucked away into the Hornstrandir Peninsula's silent fjords and icy rivers, rusting ruins from the 20th-century whaling industry remind those…

2August 14, 2021

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Asia & the Arctic

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Chinese artist-sailor Zhai Mo (翟墨) has just set sail from Shanghai to embark on a four-month journey around the Arctic…

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This symposium will leverage Hong Kong’s historic position as a meeting place between East and West to bring together social…

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While a population of musk ox may have survived in southern Siberia and Mongolia, the animals don't seem to have…

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Pompeo’s swashbuckling fantasies aside, geopolitical competition in the contemporary Arctic is not about who controls swaths of continents or oceans.…

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Maps & Satellite Imagery

Could NASA’s newest satellite witness an ice-free Arctic Ocean?

Landsat 9 will continue NASA's important work documenting 50 years of changes to the Earth's surface from space. But for…

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Every week, hundreds of flights on U.S. airlines pass through Russian airspace. Only a handful of these flights actually start…

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New European satellite provides crystal-clear view of Arctic

Featured image: Ice flowing out to sea near Ilulissat, Greenland In June of last year, a satellite called Sentinel-2 rocketed into space.…

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Seen from space: Canadian highway to Arctic Ocean nears completion

Featured image: The Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway seen from space with NASA’s Landsat-8 satellite. A few days ago, The Washington Post ran a story…

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