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Iceland showed last week why it is indeed ice-land. This amazing photograph taken by a NASA satellite is from the Earth Science department of the University of Iceland.
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Danish researchers believe they have a breakthrough in tidal power, using the waves of the ocean to generate energy.
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The Arctic Cup starts today with exciting matches in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Arctic Cup is an International Ice Hockey tournament of Arctic Countries the Arctic states.
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The venue for the 5th Polar Law symposium will be Rovaniemi in Finland. The symposium is held in September 2012.
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As reported here on Arctic Portal Icelandic glaciers are retreating fast, and now the BBC reports the same problem in France.
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Iceland could lose all its glaciers in a few hundred years. A glacier expert predicts a 6m rise of the sea.
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The 2011 Arctic Report Card has been published. Amongst the results are significant changes in the atmosphere and the sea ice and the ocean.
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Denmark will be self-sufficient with oil and gas, at least until 2050. These new numbers are much higher then anticipated.
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Greenpeace fooled oil company executives into a meeting to lecture them about exploration. A real meeting was held, but the executives were directed to another location.
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A new website was launched today, PAGE21.eu. The EU funded project brings leading scientists together studying permafrost.
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The Northern Sea Route was busier then ever this year. In total, 34 vessels used the route, a significant increase from only 4 in 2010.
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1. December is the Antarctica Day, a young tradition only first celebrated last year. It celebrates the signature of the Antarctic Treaty on 1 December 1959 and the worldwide significance of this landmark.
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"No, congratulations to you!" one of the crew in new Icelandic guard ship Þór (named after the God of Thunder) told me as I walked aboard to have a look around. "This belongs to all Icelanders, and they should all be proud if it," he said and smiled.
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Lack of ice is hindering hunting in Greenland. Humans are not the only one who rely on hunting in, the dogs in Qaanaaq are starving.
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The Ministry Transport in Russia has introduced a new bill regarding "state regulation of merchant shipping in the waters of the Northern Sea Route. The website of the Ministry reads that Minister of Transport, Sergey Aristov, introduced the bill in Duma.
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