Norilsk, Russia: The inescapability of the company town on the tundra
There are many ways of framing Arctic climate change. On the one hand, countries in the south often see themselves as…
Greenland: Barrels of oil and bottles of water
In the past week, there have been two interesting stories about Greenland in the news. The first is in The Economist,…
Russia’s Arctic military build-up is real, and you can see it from space
Due to Kremlin secrecy, poor reporting out of Russia, and a Western media inclined to report aggressive Russian behavior, it's hard…