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Peter Freuchen – the colonial adventurer and his legacy

Peter Freuchen – the colonial adventurer and his legacy

Posted on 22 October 2019 by Arctic Relations

By Iben Bjørnsson In Denmark, there is a chapter of The Adventurers’ Club, an early 20th Century gathering of male ‘explorers’ who travelled the world. One might think that such a […]

Polar bear microbiota in a changing world

Polar bear microbiota in a changing world

Posted on 20 August 2019 by Arctic Relations

By Sophie Watson As one of the most ice-dependent Arctic marine mammals, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are an iconic species of climate change. The media is peppered with evidence of […]

Recent Developments in Arctic Maritime Constabulary Forces: Canadian and Norwegian Perspectives

Recent Developments in Arctic Maritime Constabulary Forces: Canadian and Norwegian Perspectives

Posted on 13 June 2019 by Arctic Relations

By Timothy Choi Within ongoing discussions on the state of Arctic geopolitics and prospects for continued interstate cooperation, a prominent variable has been the changes in Arctic states’ respective military […]

Marine Mammals in the Military

Marine Mammals in the Military

Posted on 5 June 2019 by Arctic Relations

By Charlotte Gehrke In April 2019, a beluga whale wearing a harness with a label reading ‘Equipment St. Petersberg’ was repeatedly spotted in Norwegian waters. This headline appeared only a few […]

China’s great power climate responsibility and the Arctic

China’s great power climate responsibility and the Arctic

Posted on 20 February 2019 by Arctic Relations

By Sanna Kopra. Despite scientific consensus on the multiple adverse effects of climate change, international negotiations on climate change have been slow and troublesome. In my previous study, I suggested […]

Women in the Arctic and Antarctic

Women in the Arctic and Antarctic

Posted on 8 February 2019 by Arctic Relations

By Danita Burke. My name is Danita Catherine Burke and I am an international politics and Arctic politics scholar with over 12 years of experience doing Polar research. I am […]

Taking the Long View: Arctic Relations and the Historical Imperative

Taking the Long View: Arctic Relations and the Historical Imperative

Posted on 5 February 2019 by Arctic Relations

By John Woitkowitz. Speaking during the 2nd Arctic Science Ministerial in Berlin in October 2018, Georg Schütte, State Secretary for Education and Research made the case for Germany’s Arctic bona fides: […]

Writing an Introductory Textbook on the International Politics and Governance of the Arctic

Writing an Introductory Textbook on the International Politics and Governance of the Arctic

Posted on 29 January 2019 by Arctic Relations

By Sebastian Knecht. Writing an introductory book on the international politics and governance of the Arctic region turned out to be much more difficult than my co-authors, Kathrin Stephen and […]

‘Peopling’ the Arctic

‘Peopling’ the Arctic

Posted on 18 January 2019 by Arctic Relations

By Ingrid Medby. When Arctic political relations make it into international news – often under a headline of competition or crisis – it is not unusual that the actors in […]

Polar Entanglements: A new perspective to explain political dynamics in the Polar Regions

Polar Entanglements: A new perspective to explain political dynamics in the Polar Regions

Posted on 18 January 2019 by Arctic Relations

By Dorothea Wehrmann. For a long time the Arctic and the Antarctic have been framed as “our planet’s last great frontiers”, as regions containing untapped resource reserves where the management […]