Moratorium on fishing north of Alaska
On August 20, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke approved a plan to close 200,000 square miles of the waters…
Canada intensifies involvement in Arctic
This month, both the Canadian government and military are ramping up their activities in the Arctic. Prime Minister Stephen Harper…
An Arctic gold rush in Russia
Russian mines that haven’t been in operation since the days of the Soviet gulags are being reopened in an effort…