In-depth coverage of the issues affecting the circumpolar Arctic and its 4 million inhabitants, featuring reporting, analysis, expert interviews and commentary. https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/rss en Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:15:16 +0000 John Thompson https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/15/thank-you-deeply https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/15/thank-you-deeply An important message for the Arctic Deeply community. Northern People & Health Fri, 15 Sep 2017 05:41:43 +0000 Susan Nerberg https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/15/building-a-home-for-labradors-inuit-cultural-revival https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/15/building-a-home-for-labradors-inuit-cultural-revival Construction is wrapping up on the Illusuak Cultural Centre, a striking wooden structure being built on the shores of the North Atlantic in Nain, Canada, to celebrate the region’s Inuit heritage. Research Thu, 14 Sep 2017 05:54:59 +0000 Megan Stewart https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/14/uncovering-clues-about-the-arctics-past-climate-in-old-whaling-logs https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/14/uncovering-clues-about-the-arctics-past-climate-in-old-whaling-logs Arctic cruise passengers are being enlisted to help analyze logbooks kept by whalers nearly two centuries ago in an effort to better understand how sea ice in the region has shrunk. Energy & Natural Resources Environment Infrastructure Wed, 13 Sep 2017 04:25:24 +0000 Gloria Dickie https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/13/proposed-port-and-road-in-canadas-central-arctic-raise-caribou-concerns https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/13/proposed-port-and-road-in-canadas-central-arctic-raise-caribou-concerns Nunavut is pushing for federal cash to help advance a mining project that would bring badly needed jobs to the territory’s northwest. But critics – including territorial government biologists – worry about the impact on a nearby barren-ground caribou herd. Research Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:12:49 +0000 Brian Owens https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/12/canadas-new-arctic-research-facility-prepares-to-open https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/12/canadas-new-arctic-research-facility-prepares-to-open The Canadian High Arctic Research Station in Cambridge Bay will serve as a base for scientists studying everything from the region’s changing cryosphere to how to best deploy renewable energy projects in northern communities. Economy Infrastructure Northern People & Health Mon, 11 Sep 2017 08:29:05 +0000 Douglas Clark https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/09/11/charting-a-path-for-churchill-to-become-a-sustainable-arctic-community https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/09/11/charting-a-path-for-churchill-to-become-a-sustainable-arctic-community The northern Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba, may be an early casualty of climate change, but it could become an Arctic sustainability pioneer, says Douglas Clark, an associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan. Economy Energy & Natural Resources Mon, 11 Sep 2017 03:00:40 +0000 Mia Bennett https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/11/canada-looks-to-build-another-road-to-nowhere https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/11/canada-looks-to-build-another-road-to-nowhere Canada’s self-proclaimed environmentalist prime minister has taken a page out of the playbook of his conservative predecessor by cozying up to northern mining interests, writes Mia Bennett, a research fellow in the Department of Geography at UCLA. Northern People & Health Fri, 08 Sep 2017 08:51:54 +0000 Margaret Williams https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/08/literary-norway-roaming-hearts-family-secrets-and-childhood-recollections https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/08/literary-norway-roaming-hearts-family-secrets-and-childhood-recollections In Norway, on the final stop of her literary tour of the Arctic, the World Wildlife Fund’s Margaret Williams finds an amalgam of writers providing a unique sense of place and home. Environment Research Thu, 07 Sep 2017 03:18:04 +0000 John Thompson https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/09/07/unlocking-the-secrets-stored-in-arctic-lake-mud https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/09/07/unlocking-the-secrets-stored-in-arctic-lake-mud John Smol with Canada’s Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Laboratory sees in lake sediment the stories of dramatic environmental changes underway in the Arctic. Northern People & Health Wed, 06 Sep 2017 06:19:07 +0000 Kevin McGwin https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/06/the-case-for-creating-a-saami-art-museum https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/06/the-case-for-creating-a-saami-art-museum A playful experiment performed at Norway’s Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum earlier this year saw the entire premises temporarily transformed into a museum dedicated to Saami art. Now there’s a push underway to create something longer lasting. Environment Research Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:38:17 +0000 Gloria Dickie https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/09/05/answering-some-burning-questions-about-arctic-wildfire https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/09/05/answering-some-burning-questions-about-arctic-wildfire Climate change is leading to bigger, more frequent wildfires in the North American Arctic. These fires will have wide-ranging impacts on northern peoples and wildlife, warns author Ed Struzik. Northern People & Health Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:10:09 +0000 Danita Catherine Burke https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/04/romantic-notions-about-the-arctic-must-not-forget-indigenous-rights https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/09/04/romantic-notions-about-the-arctic-must-not-forget-indigenous-rights Canadians’ perceptions of the Arctic are sometimes out of sync with the political and legal realities of the governance of the region, says Danita Catherine Burke, a postdoc at the University of Southern Denmark. Northern People & Health Fri, 01 Sep 2017 03:00:44 +0000 Mara Johnson-Groh https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/09/01/songs-for-decolonization-a-qa-with-saami-singer-sofia-jannok https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/09/01/songs-for-decolonization-a-qa-with-saami-singer-sofia-jannok The Saami singer Sofia Jannok from Sweden combines traditional joiking with modern electronic music. Her lyrics, sung in three languages, aim to overturn colonial attitudes and express Indigenous views. Northern People & Health Wed, 30 Aug 2017 03:00:21 +0000 Megan Stewart https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/08/30/talking-art-and-activism-with-an-accomplished-inuit-carver https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/08/30/talking-art-and-activism-with-an-accomplished-inuit-carver Meet Billy Gauthier, an acclaimed artist from northern Canada who participated in a hunger strike last summer to to protest the environmental impacts of a new hydroelectric dam in Labrador. Environment Research Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:15:45 +0000 Paul C. Sokoloff https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/29/whats-in-a-name-hunting-the-lichens-of-the-canadian-high-arctic https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/29/whats-in-a-name-hunting-the-lichens-of-the-canadian-high-arctic A recent research expedition should help scientists better understand the botanical diversity of Canada’s rapidly warming Arctic, writes the Canadian Museum of Nature’s Paul Sokoloff. Environment Research Mon, 28 Aug 2017 03:54:51 +0000 Kathryn Adamson https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/28/how-rapid-climate-change-on-greenland-will-affect-us-all https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/28/how-rapid-climate-change-on-greenland-will-affect-us-all Greenland is an important cog in the global climate system. It’s also especially vulnerable to climate change, writes Kathryn Adamson, a senior lecturer in physical geography at Manchester Metropolitan University. Environment Research Fri, 25 Aug 2017 03:00:06 +0000 Gloria Dickie https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/25/canary-in-the-arctic-coal-mine-warming-harms-migratory-birds https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/25/canary-in-the-arctic-coal-mine-warming-harms-migratory-birds As Arctic snows melt earlier in the year, insects are emerging ahead of schedule. That’s bad news for some migratory songbirds, such as the red knot, that depend on the bugs as fuel before their long flights south. Northern People & Health Solutions Wed, 23 Aug 2017 03:00:53 +0000 Kassina Ryder https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/23/nunavuts-capital-aims-to-curb-alcoholism-by-liberalizing-access https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/23/nunavuts-capital-aims-to-curb-alcoholism-by-liberalizing-access Opening a beer and wine store isn’t an obvious approach to addressing a community’s devastating relationship with drinking. But Iqaluit is taking that step in the hope of reducing consumption of bootlegged hard liquor. Northern People & Health Research Tue, 22 Aug 2017 03:00:17 +0000 Brian Owens https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/22/how-are-we-now-inuit-health-survey-returns-to-nunavik https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/22/how-are-we-now-inuit-health-survey-returns-to-nunavik A health survey of Inuit communities in northern Quebec found widespread food insecurity and other problems 13 years ago. A follow-up now underway will see how much things have changed. Northern People & Health Mon, 21 Aug 2017 03:00:42 +0000 Steven Fry https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/21/no-pame-no-gain-for-indigenous-groups https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/21/no-pame-no-gain-for-indigenous-groups The Arctic Council’s Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment working group gives Indigenous voices a meaningful say over sustainable solutions, making it a model worth emulating, says Steven Fry, a master’s student in international studies from the University of Washington. Northern People & Health Thu, 17 Aug 2017 03:00:13 +0000 Lauren Kaljur https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/17/a-look-at-russian-reindeer-herders-battle-with-the-bottle https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/17/a-look-at-russian-reindeer-herders-battle-with-the-bottle Nenets reindeer herders have some counterintuitive strategies to lessen the harm of heavy drinking, but these approaches are creating problems as nomads settle into villages. Northern People & Health Solutions Tue, 15 Aug 2017 03:31:34 +0000 Glen Jeffries https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/15/introducing-a-saami-centered-solution-to-substance-abuse https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/15/introducing-a-saami-centered-solution-to-substance-abuse The Saami Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Mental Health and Substance Use has found success in a strategy that leans heavily on exposing its clients to the outdoors. Governance Northern People & Health Mon, 14 Aug 2017 03:00:13 +0000 Malina Dumas https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/08/14/breaking-the-ice-for-indigenous-voices-on-the-world-stage https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/08/14/breaking-the-ice-for-indigenous-voices-on-the-world-stage The Arctic Council may be helping advance the idea of allowing Indigenous groups to play a more central role on the world stage, writes Malina Dumas, a J.D. candidate at the University of Washington School of Law. Fri, 11 Aug 2017 07:23:44 +0000 Eric Holthaus https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/11/greenland-the-land-of-ice-and-snow-hit-by-wildfire https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/11/greenland-the-land-of-ice-and-snow-hit-by-wildfire Scientists are not sure what to make of an unprecedented fire raging in western Greenland, but they suspect it is another sign of the impact of climate change in the Arctic. Northern People & Health Solutions Thu, 10 Aug 2017 03:00:12 +0000 Gloria Dickie https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/10/robots-to-the-rescue-drones-could-help-with-arctic-search-operations https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/10/robots-to-the-rescue-drones-could-help-with-arctic-search-operations McGill University’s Climate Change Adaptation Research Group is looking at the potential for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to assist with search-and-rescue operations in Canada’s eastern Arctic. Geopolitics & Security Mon, 07 Aug 2017 03:00:27 +0000 Andrew Chater https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/07/valuable-lessons-about-russia-from-the-bears-role-in-the-arctic https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/07/valuable-lessons-about-russia-from-the-bears-role-in-the-arctic Russia sometimes behaves badly, but Arctic politics shows us there is a way to work multilaterally with the country, writes Andrew Chater, an expert in Arctic governance with the Polar Research and Policy Initiative, a U.K. think-tank. Northern People & Health Fri, 04 Aug 2017 03:00:14 +0000 Lisa Gregoire https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/04/arctic-food-window-to-the-past-key-to-the-future https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/04/arctic-food-window-to-the-past-key-to-the-future NUNATSIAQ NEWS: Circumpolar food culture could be key to ensuring Indigenous northern peoples’ survival, so the Arctic Council has prepared a compendium to help capture this traditional knowledge. Infrastructure Northern People & Health Thu, 03 Aug 2017 08:37:13 +0000 Emily Gertz https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/03/proposed-arctic-railway-would-cut-through-lapland-reindeer-habitat https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/03/proposed-arctic-railway-would-cut-through-lapland-reindeer-habitat A new railway project would help Finland and Norway take advantage of melting sea ice to ship products from the Arctic coast. But Indigenous communities fear the rail line would disrupt their reindeer herding traditions. Health Northern People & Health Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:34:54 +0000 Kassina Ryder https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/08/02/a-small-arctic-community-wins-a-big-fight-in-canadas-top-court https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/08/02/a-small-arctic-community-wins-a-big-fight-in-canadas-top-court The former mayor of Clyde River reflects on lessons learned from his community’s legal battle to stop seismic tests they feared would harm marine life and jeopardize ancient hunting traditions. Environment Research Tue, 01 Aug 2017 03:00:00 +0000 Gloria Dickie https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/01/unexpected-life-found-at-the-bottom-of-high-arctic-lakes https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/08/01/unexpected-life-found-at-the-bottom-of-high-arctic-lakes Warmer temperatures mean the Canadian High Arctic’s shallow lakes are no longer freezing to the bottom, allowing tiny creatures to thrive. Researchers predict these new conditions will be inhospitable to fish and will produce more greenhouse gases.