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China opens new Arctic trade route – but obstacles will prevent its wider use

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Come for Greenland’s beauty. Leave with its spirit.

United returns to Nuuk for a second summer season

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In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

How a young artist is mapping the competing demands of mines, wind farms and reindeer in Sweden’s North

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

🇳🇴 Hydro joins Siemens Mobility led project to recycle aluminium from end-of-life trains

The great Arctic security convergence

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

🇺🇸 Abbie Tingstad named director of Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center

Trump suggested Iceland become 51st US state in 2024 call with then-prime minister

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

How a young artist is mapping the competing demands of mines, wind farms and reindeer in Sweden’s North

🇸🇪 Saab receives order from FMV for further work on future concept

WANTED. Russia issues arrest warrant against Barents Observer journalist Denis Zagore

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In a secret Arctic operation, Putin’s yacht was moved from Severomorsk to Kamchatka

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

Greenland’s oil dispute is testing Arctic sovereignty

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

🇮🇸 Andritz Hydro to supply stators for Búrfell Station

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

🇩🇰 Seed Capital closes Fund V with €130 million to back founders across the Nordics

The Arctic is where NATO’s AI stack is being built

🇫🇮 Can satellites spot illicit crops from space? Kuva Space shows hyperspectral imaging and in-house AI models boost detection at scale

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

🇫🇮 Nordic Foodtech VC announces €30 million investment from European Investment Fund

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

Trump posts map showing Iceland under U.S. flag