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Weekend video: Football at the edge of the North Atlantic

Weekend video: Football at the edge of the North Atlantic

This short film follows NSÍ Runavík forward Petur Knudsen, son of the bobble-hatted Faroese…

Polar geoengineering ideas may cause irreparable harm, study says

Polar geoengineering ideas may cause irreparable harm, study says

“But none of the most high-profile ideas are viable — worse, they may cause…

Denmark to buy $9 billion air defence systems as tensions with Russia grow

Denmark to buy $9 billion air defence systems as tensions with Russia grow

Denmark plans to buy European-made air defence systems for 58 billion Danish crowns ($9.11…

In Canada’s North, the U.S. now ranks as the top Arctic threat

In Canada’s North, the U.S. now ranks as the top Arctic threat

Residents of the Canadian Arctic increasingly see the United States as the most serious…

Ticket to the Arctic: Inside Russia’s system of convict labor

Ticket to the Arctic: Inside Russia's system of convict labor

It was a mild spring evening in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, but Yekaterina…

Astronomic increase in passengers drives hotel investment in Nuuk

Astronomic increase in passengers drives hotel investment in Nuuk

Nuuk is bracing for a surge of new hotels as international access reshapes travel…

How Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers ensure its Arctic supremacy

How Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers ensure its Arctic supremacy

The significance of the Russian nuclear icebreaker Ural extends beyond technical feats. It symbolizes Russia’s Arctic…

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Two MiG-31K armed with ballistic Kinzhal missiles conduct mock strikes over the Barents Sea

Navy forces land at Franz Josef Land as part of exercise Zapad-2025

Norway confiscates Russian fishing vessel which was ordered to leave last winter

“I feel irritated looking at this pile of rubbish”

A 20-year-old ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker without ice-class is entering icy Arctic route

Ship involved in Russian weapons deliveries is on the way to Svalbard

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Business

Astronomic increase in passengers drives hotel investment in Nuuk

Nuuk is bracing for a surge of new hotels as international access reshapes travel…

A Texas firm is gearing up for a $150 million search for oil beneath the Arctic Ocean

Narwhal Exploration is one of three small, privately owned companies with offshore leases in…

Orsted wins approval for emergency rights issue as Trump threatens US projects

Offshore wind developer Orsted won shareholder approval on Friday for a $9.4 billion emergency…

Travel

United Airlines confirms Greenland flights will continue in 2026

United Airlines says it will resume nonstop service between Newark and Nuuk in summer…

Why Helsinki is Europe’s hottest coolcation city break

A fan of the Finnish capital for more than 20 years, Sarah Marshall says…

Travel to Iceland rises 20% as summer season begins

The number of air passengers arriving in Iceland increased by 20% in June compared…

Geopolitics

Denmark to buy $9 billion air defence systems as tensions with Russia grow

Denmark plans to buy European-made air defence systems for 58 billion Danish crowns ($9.11…

In Canada’s North, the U.S. now ranks as the top Arctic threat

Residents of the Canadian Arctic increasingly see the United States as the most serious…

Ticket to the Arctic: Inside Russia’s system of convict labor

It was a mild spring evening in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, but Yekaterina…

Norway

🇳🇴 KSAT joins the Norwegian Space Cluster

🇳🇴 KSAT joins the Norwegian Space Cluster

We are now a member of a national arena bringing together the full spectrum of…

Norway must remain a reliable energy supplier, PM says after election win

Norway should continue to explore for oil and gas and remain a reliable energy supplier…

Norway’s ruling Labour seen winning re-election

Norway's minority Labour Party government is on course to narrowly win re-election on Monday,…

USA

Russia is building a ‘new’ Arctic base on Wrangel Island

The National Interest has published a story asserting that Russia is “quietly” constructing a…

A Texas firm is gearing up for a $150 million search for oil beneath the Arctic Ocean

Narwhal Exploration is one of three small, privately owned companies with offshore leases in…

Maine shouldn’t take a backseat to Alaska in plans for the Arctic

Maine shouldn’t take a backseat to Alaska in plans for the Arctic

Story originally published in the Bangor Daily News. Washington’s current hyperbolic rhetoric often obscures…

Sweden

🇸🇪 Yangi secures landmark investment round to industrialize fiber packaging at scale

🇸🇪 Yangi secures landmark investment round to industrialize fiber packaging at scale

Yangi, a pioneer in fiber-based packaging innovation, has successfully secured 10 million euros in…

Kiruna: The Swedish city on the move

Last week, as part of the Arctic Frontiers Workshop on Critical Minerals, I visited…

🇸🇪 NIB funds Volvo Cars’ R&D in next generation EV platform

🇸🇪 NIB funds Volvo Cars’ R&D in next generation EV platform

NIB and Volvo Car AB have signed an 8-year EUR 150 million loan agreement…

Russia

Denmark to buy $9 billion air defence systems as tensions with Russia grow

Denmark plans to buy European-made air defence systems for 58 billion Danish crowns ($9.11…

Ticket to the Arctic: Inside Russia’s system of convict labor

It was a mild spring evening in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, but Yekaterina…

Elizaveta Vereykina

“I feel irritated looking at this pile of rubbish”

A group of volunteers in northern Norway have raised the alarm about the amount…

Greenland

Astronomic increase in passengers drives hotel investment in Nuuk

Nuuk is bracing for a surge of new hotels as international access reshapes travel…

EU proposes €530 million increase in funding for Greenland, Sermitsiaq reports

The European Commission is proposing to more than double its financial support to Greenland,…

Forced contraception victims deserve more contrition from Denmark: Commentary

It felt like whiplash. First came the heartache on Aug. 11, when Aviaja-Luuna was…

Iceland

🇮🇸 ORF Genetics has secured €5 million to scale production of our MESOkine growth-factor portfolio

🇮🇸 ORF Genetics has secured €5 million to scale production of our MESOkine growth-factor portfolio

We are excited to share with you an important milestone! ORF Genetics has secured…

🇮🇸 Landsvirkjun and atNorth Akureyri sign new green firm PPA

The five-year agreement Landsvirkjun and atNorth, the Nordic data centre operator in Akureyri, have…

Icelandic government spent nearly $2.4 billion on disasters in past decade

Iceland’s government has spent almost 338 billion krónur ($2.4 billion) over the past decade…

Denmark

🇩🇰 Understory raises €12 million in Series A funding

🇩🇰 Understory raises €12 million in Series A funding

Thousands of experience businesses are not realizing their full growth potential. Understory aims to…

Denmark to buy $9 billion air defence systems as tensions with Russia grow

Denmark plans to buy European-made air defence systems for 58 billion Danish crowns ($9.11…

🇩🇰 Teton.ai raises $20 million to reinvent elderly care

🇩🇰 Teton.ai raises $20 million to reinvent elderly care

Copenhagen, DK / San Francisco, US – September 9, 2025 – Teton.ai, the predictive intelligence…

Finland

🇫🇮 ICEYE launches high-performance Gen4 satellite for commercial operations

🇫🇮 ICEYE launches high-performance Gen4 satellite for commercial operations

Gen4 sets a new SAR satellite performance standard, featuring up to 16 cm…

🇫🇮 Agate Sensors raises €5.6 million to bring spectral vision to everyday devices

🇫🇮 Agate Sensors raises €5.6 million to bring spectral vision to everyday devices

The funding round will accelerate production of chip-scale sensors that give any camera the…

🇫🇮 ReOrbit secures €45 million to manufacture sovereign satellites and connected systems for national security

🇫🇮 ReOrbit secures €45 million to manufacture sovereign satellites and connected systems for national security

September 9, 2025 Helsinki, Finland – 9 September 2025 – ReOrbit, a European space…

Canada

In Canada’s North, the U.S. now ranks as the top Arctic threat

Residents of the Canadian Arctic increasingly see the United States as the most serious…

‘Ice-class’ cargo ship runs aground in Northwest Passage

Dutch ship Thamesborg was making its way through passage with load of carbon blocks…

Why northern Canadians get a raw deal when it comes to healthcare: Commentary

How does a country provide adequate healthcare to around 150,000 people spread across an…