Meandering through Murmansk at midnight
Last week, I recounted my overland journey with thirty-some colleagues from Kirkenes, Norway to Murmansk, Russia. The five-hour road trip…
Smelters, huskies, and fish pies: the road from Norway to Russia
On a gray June day, a group of thirty-odd Arctic scholars and artists participating in a traveling symposium called the…
Putin opens bridge to Crimea, leaving a Siberian city hanging
Featured image: Yakutsk is one of the world’s most isolated cities and still has no bridge across the Lena River…