Medvedev establishes environmental buffer zone around Wrangel Island
On December 27, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree creating a new buffer zone around Wrangel Island in…
The boom and bust of Arctic national parks
As the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating its 50 anniversary, it is coming under renewed threat. Newly-elected Alaskan governor…
Nation building in the Canadian North
The Globe & Mail has an interesting editorial on the Parks Canada expedition to find the wreckages of three lost…