The Netherlands: Europe’s age-old middleman for Arctic resources
For four hundred years, the Netherlands has been importing resources from the Arctic for the rest of Europe – whether…
IMO Polar Code ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping moves ahead
An International Maritime Organisation working group has recommended to ban the use of heavy fuel oil in Arctic shipping, with…
How a doomed Arctic voyage presaged transpolar flights
Last month, I flew from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on one of those sleek jets that fuse heaven and…