Newsletter: The Fight for the Arctic
A sunny day in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo: Birgitte Annie Hansen)
Dear reader. Should we be happy with the status quo or continue to fight for more? This week's newsletter offers ideas and stories from the Arctic in the form of the Arctic Council's latest podcast episode, a unique Finnish mayor, and Greenlandic wolf hybrids. Here is the latest news from the North.
The Arctic Council's newest This Way Up podcast episode has been published on High North News. In this episode, three voices with unique perspectives discuss how they advocate for the Arctic.
The mayor of the Finnish city of Sodankylä has his own unique perspective on the fight for his region.
During a trip to the Finnish Arctic, commentator Arne O. Holm met with the mayor of a town that does not wish to grow.
Weakened cooperation
At the end of the year, Finland will withdraw from the Barents Council. Journalist Astri Edvardsen met Hanna Honkamäkilä in the Oulu region, who believes the situation is regrettable.
Norwegian national media outlets are reducing their presence in the districts. When the Norwegian national news broadcaster TV2 is cutting its photographers at regional offices, only two reporters will cover half of Norway. Journalist Hilde Bye has met the journalist who will largely do the job alone.
Strengthens security
The US aims to further revitalize its shipbuilding capacity and Arctic icebreaker fleet under the trilateral ICE Pact.
And Finland is building up their space-based reconnaissance capacity and wants to join forces with allies to strengthen their joint defense ability.
A dog's life
Our most recent scientist profile is truly worth a read. Science journalist Birgitte Annie Hansen met with researcher Manumina Lund Jensen in Greenland, who spent the last 8 years studying sled dog culture in Greenland and has some fascinating finds.
Fisheries and sanctions
After much uncertainty, this year's fisheries negotiations between Norway and Russia will now be held digitally at the start of December.
The UK maritime services ban will expand to include a key provider of shipping services to Russia’s Yamal LNG project, the UK government confirms to HNN.
Read about all this and more at High North News. Stay tuned for more news from the culture sector in the North, among other things.
On December 4th, you can also experience Holm at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute's traditional High North seminar, which will be streamed.
Arctic greetings from Editor-in-Chief Trine Jonassen