An aerial view of the Armenian capital of Yerevan, which is hosting this year’s COP 17. (Karen Minasyan/AFP via Getty Images) Inuit and Sámi representatives at the UN biodiversity conference
Image: The Crow and the Goose. Textile by Abigail Hanna, 2021. Crow — Qalngaa’aqQalngaa’aq tan’ertuq. (N), Qalngaa’aq tamlertuq. (S) – The crow is black. Alaska is home to one species
Photo by Eric Marshall/UAF Geophysical Institute A two-stage NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket launches Oct. 21, 2026, from Poker Flat Research Range. The rocket carried a NASA experiment to
Kirkenes Mayor Magnus Mæland and Kazakh Ambassador to Norway Adil Tursunov at the Kirkenes war memorial. (Atle Staalesen/The Independent Barents Observer) In a ceremony devoted to the 82nd anniversary of
Wood Buffalo National Park, one of several parks managed by Parks Canada. The federal agency told CBC News it has dozens of employees in the North who could be affected
The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place in Antalya, Turkey in November. (Adem Altan/ AFP via Getty Images) As this year’s UN climate conference in Turkey looms on
A railway in Arctic Sweden. (Eilís Quinn/Eye on the Arctic) Major industrial projects in northern Sweden have resulted in funds flowing to countries that are currently under sanctions, Swedish Radio
ARRESTED: Russki Dom (Russian House) is the travel company Grumant’s expedition center in Longyearbyen. It includes a few guest rooms, an office and a small shop. Grumant is owned and
Oilsands tailings ponds and processing facilities sit adjacent to the Athabasca River at Suncor’s Base Plant north of Fort McMurray, Alta. Environmental advocates and downstream communities have raised ongoing concerns
Missing peace? The Harpa Conference centre and site of the 2026 Arctic Circle Assembly, Reykjavík. (Marc Lanteigne) Shortly after the start of the 2026 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík earlier