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…
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…
Russia discovers a new island in its Arctic
In September 2013, two military helicopter pilots transporting equipment from Tiksi, a port city in northeast Russia, to the New Siberian Islands spotted…