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Reconnected Normativity: How Arctic Science Diplomacy Facilitates Contestation

Reconnected Normativity: How Arctic Science Diplomacy Facilitates Contestation

Posted on 17 September 2026 by Arctic Relations

By Brett Lewis In 2019, an expedition like no other took place in the Arctic. The Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of the Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition planned for […]

Following Ecological Indicators: Threshold-Based Governance in the Arctic Ocean

Posted on 3 June 2026 by Arctic Relations

By Katharina Heinrich The ocean is used by individuals and states for a number of maritime activities, such as fishing, shipping, tourism, and research. It is also home to a […]

Seeing Climate Change Through Time: Why Historical Archives Matter for Polar Literacy

Seeing Climate Change Through Time: Why Historical Archives Matter for Polar Literacy

Posted on 3 June 2026 by Arctic Relations

By Jürgen Merz   Climate change is often described through numbers: degrees of warming, centimeters of sea-level rise, gigatons of ice lost. While these metrics are essential, they are rarely […]

From the Floe Edge: Visualising Sea Ice in Kinngait, Nunavut

From the Floe Edge: Visualising Sea Ice in Kinngait, Nunavut

Posted on 21 August 2025 by Arctic Relations

By Isabelle Gapp In March 2025, I returned to Kinngait (Cape Dorset), located at the southern tip of Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island), Nunavut, for the third time—and the second as part […]

Bridging Knowledge and Action: A Polish-Norwegian Perspective on Arctic Science-Policy Collaboration

Bridging Knowledge and Action: A Polish-Norwegian Perspective on Arctic Science-Policy Collaboration

Posted on 2 June 2025 by Arctic Relations

By Monika Szkarłat The relationship between science and policy is a dynamic and complex area of research. At its core, it examines how scientific knowledge informs decision-making and addresses societal […]

Unpacking the Motivation Behind Wintering at Polar Stations

Unpacking the Motivation Behind Wintering at Polar Stations

Posted on 10 May 2025 by Arctic Relations

Agnieszka Skorupa The Extreme Workplace Polar stations, whether in the Arctic or Antarctica, offer conditions that are both isolated and confined. Imagine living in a remote, harsh environment where communication […]

Working the Ocean’s White Gold: A Nutshell History of a Living Bering Strait Tradition

Working the Ocean’s White Gold: A Nutshell History of a Living Bering Strait Tradition

Posted on 4 March 2025 by Arctic Relations

By Michael Engelhard Sculpting walrus tusks is an act of transformation, turning animal into art. It also is revitalization: what is dead once more becomes animated. Lastly, it is the […]

Political Participation in the Arctic: Who is heard, when, and how?

Political Participation in the Arctic: Who is heard, when, and how?

Posted on 12 November 2024 by Arctic Relations

By Ingrid A. Medby, Charlotte Gehrke, Tiril Vold Hansen, Pirita Näkkäläjärvi & Kim Insuk In late October 2024, like every October for the last 11 years, former President of Iceland Ólafur […]

Exploring the Arctic: My Journey Through a Postgraduate Diploma in Arctic Studies

Exploring the Arctic: My Journey Through a Postgraduate Diploma in Arctic Studies

Posted on 29 June 2024 by Arctic Relations

By Frederik Gerke Greetings, Arctic enthusiasts! I am excited to share my experience pursuing a postgraduate diploma in Arctic Studies at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik in 2023. As […]

Impressions from our qualitative expert interviews on changing political priorities in the Arctic

Impressions from our qualitative expert interviews on changing political priorities in the Arctic

Posted on 3 December 2023 by Arctic Relations

By Jakob Schwörer, Jan Phillip Ronde & Christoph Humrich At the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Nordic Countries, we have recently launched a program of research and events on progressive politics of the Arctic. […]