Arctic Council close to reaching agreement on marine oil pollution preparedness
At the last Arctic Council meeting in Nuuk, Greenland in May 2011, the eight member states decided to form a…
Iceland stakes out status as coastal Arctic state
Iceland sits right on the divide between the North American and Eurasian continental plates. A little hotspot of volcanic activity…
Russia launches its 40th-ever drifting ice station
Russia has just launched a drifting ice station in the Arctic with 16 people on board. The researchers will be…