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Kjolur is Icelandair's first Boeing 737 Max to land in Nuuk.

Touching down at Nuuk’s expanded airport

In a rebordered Barents region, Kirkenes Conference takes place

In Longyearbyen, local issues outweigh geopolitical concerns

The Netherlands: Europe’s age-old middleman for Arctic resources

Tromsø, Norway early one April morning.

Skiing to work in North Norway

US Arctic research faces “existential threat”

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Kjolur is Icelandair's first Boeing 737 Max to land in Nuuk.
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Touching down at Nuuk’s expanded airport

A 2200-meter runway has been carved into Greenland's lunar landscape, thrusting passengers into a duty-free paradise of cigarettes and alcohol.

Mia Bennett 0June 3, 2025
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In a rebordered Barents region, Kirkenes Conference takes place

Never would I have thought I'd use my Russian rudimentary language skills to chat to a Ukrainian refugee displaced to…

Mia Bennett 0May 26, 2025
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In Longyearbyen, local issues outweigh geopolitical concerns

On the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, community issues take priority over scrambles for the Arctic.

Mia Bennett 0May 16, 2025
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Travel & Photo

Tromsø keeps the dream of the ’90s alive and splashing

On the Arctic's suburban fringe, weekends center on skiing, shopping at the mall, and swimming. In a time of global…

0April 27, 2025
Tromsø, Norway early one April morning.

Skiing to work in North Norway

As much as North Norway is in the global crosshairs, I have to admit that I feel a sense of…

0April 8, 2025

A visit to North Dakota: The Siberia, or Scandinavia, of the West

With the top of the world getting crowded, I have to go elsewhere to get a fresh take on cryopolitics.…

2February 11, 2025

Day tripping in the Arctic: A cruise to Pyramiden

Finding the world on board a cruise to Pyramiden, an abandoned Soviet mining town on Svalbard.

4September 30, 2024

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Featured image: The Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway seen from space with NASA’s Landsat-8 satellite. A few days ago, The Washington Post ran a story…

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