Danielle Bochove

Not far from the top of the world, a Norwegian town of 3,600 people is becoming an unlikely hotbed of East-West rivalry

US claims to a vast section of the seabed floor — and the potential resources buried within — have no basis in international law and should be rejected, according to government representatives from Russia and China.

The US will expand its military readiness and surveillance in the Arctic given heightened Chinese and Russian interest coupled with new risks brought on by accelerating climate change, the Pentagon said in a new report.

Canada is preparing a long-awaited Arctic strategy to respond to the growing threat posed by Russia and to strengthen security ties with northern NATO members.

The Aland Islands are variously described as the lock to Finland, a pistol pointed at Sweden, and a beacon of peace.

There’s a reason former US President Donald Trump offered to buy Greenland, and it wasn’t to save the polar bears.

Former BlackBerry chief executive Jim Balsillie called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to establish a comprehensive national strategy for the Arctic — and his research organization has even written up a draft version.

The island’s vast ice sheet has retreated about 20% more than previous estimates, NASA scientists found.

Canada’s current immigration policy — among the most open in the world — is now causing economic damage and needs to be reconsidered, according to the country’s top economists.

The US extended its claims on the ocean floor by an area twice the size of California, securing rights to potentially resource-rich seabeds at a time when Washington is ramping up efforts to safeguard supplies of minerals key to future technologies.

Melting ice and greening tundra signal rapid warming at the top of the world, says the 2023 Arctic Report Card.

NATO is increasingly concerned about China’s shipping on Russia’s Northern Sea route, and the possibility that its commercial and scientific interests could be a precursor to a Chinese military presence in the Arctic, the alliance’s senior military officer said.

Collaboration between Western and Russian scientists stopped after the invasion of Ukraine and is still nearly impossible, putting vital research in jeopardy.

Loss of sea ice means more time fasting on land for mother bears, reducing their milk supply and contributing to shrinking bear populations, researchers say.

It could be the start of “a long-term trend of decline” in the ice due to climate change, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the US.

Travelers In Limbo After India Halts Visas in Canada in Escalating Dispute

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will reverse a contentious plan to allow development of previously protected lands around Toronto.

Help can be slow to arrive in the vast polar region, where marine traffic has increased significantly as melting ice opens up new routes.

Vast, frozen and remote, the high Arctic has long been a neutral region, belonging to everyone and no one. But a post-Cold War era characterized by de-militarization and scientific cooperation among the countries that border it is being tested by both global warming and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Melting sea ice is opening trade routes and creating new possibilities for resource exploration, prompting expanded claims for seabed rights by some states. At the same time, Russia’s war is fomentin

Justin Trudeau won Canada’s highest office with a pledge to find a balance between its fossil-fuel-driven economy and a more muscular plan for climate change. Eight years later, it’s still one of his biggest challenges, encapsulated by what’s happening in the Arctic.