How China wants to create a ‘Polar Silk Road’ through the Arctic

The same year, Beijing unveiled its Arctic policy, which envisages “a ‘Polar Silk Road’ through developing the Arctic ...

In the Arctic, the major climate threat of black carbon is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions

A coalition of nations and environmental groups is lobbying the International Maritime Organization to create regulations around black carbon, or soot, that spews from ships and blankets parts of ...
The Barents Observer

Russia's renowned polar geological company is closing the doors

The closure of a company that has made a series of major mineral resource discoveries across the Arctic might mean a looming ...
Reuters

As Arctic ice melts, polluting ships stream into polar waters

LONDON (Reuters) - As melting sea ice opens the Arctic to navigation, more ships are plying the loosely regulated polar waters, bringing increasing amounts of climate-warming pollution, a Reuters ...

Ship traffic steadily increasing in Canadian Arctic waters, researchers say

Ship traffic in the Canadian Arctic, just as in other circumpolar regions, continued to grow in 2024 — driven mainly by the ...
Newsweek

China’s Icebreakers Challenge US Staying Power on Arctic Frontier

For the first time ever, China sent three icebreakers to the Arctic, ship-tracking data showed, while a United States vessel of the same type aborted its mission in the region after an onboard fire.
TASS

One in four Russians plans visiting Arctic in 2025 — survey results

As many as 72% of Russians believe that the Arctic is just snow, ice and polar bears, though more than 20,000 biological species live in that macroregion MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/. The NAFI Research ...