Coverage

Iceland hosts U.S. Seabees who repair a derelict airfield during the 2026 Northern Viking NATO exercise, underscoring the country’s reliance on U.S. defense under a 1951 treaty while it continues to host multinational exercises to strengthen security cooperation.

Cambridge University Press has issued a call for papers on Arctic governance, security, research diplomacy, and socio‑ecological futures, with submissions due April 30, 2027.

Buffalo Airways managed to load a Ford Maverick pickup onto a Boeing 737‑200 for delivery to a remote Canadian Arctic community, overcoming space constraints by removing slash guards and limiting the load to four pickups per flight, with an average cost of about $10,500 USD per vehicle.

Whitehorse’s first Fashion Week debuted this weekend at the Kwanlin Dún Cultural Centre, drawing over 200 front‑door attendees and featuring local and national models on the runway; organisers plan to return next year.

The 2027 Arctic Winter School is a 3‑ECTS programme in Kiruna, Sweden, that runs from 22‑27 Feb 2027 and combines academic classes, field visits to Esrange Space Center, LKAB mine, Nutti Sámi Siida, ICEHOTEL, and online activities focused on the Arctic environment, space research, climate change, sustainability, and innovation.

U.S. Army and Navy labs have raised the operational temperature range of deployable TRICON shelters from –15°F to –65°F through enhanced thermal protection, enabling more reliable sanitation and expanded base camp coverage in extreme Arctic conditions.

Allied Command Transformation’s Task Force X‑Arctic Beacon Project is reinforcing collective deterrence and defence in the North Atlantic.

ArcticSIT‑ReconNet offers a multi‑source deep‑learning framework for basin‑scale Arctic sea‑ice thickness reconstruction and variability analysis, enabling more accurate monthly estimates.

Nordic banks have lent over DKK 20bn to Norwegian Arctic energy projects.

The Nordic Whale Reserve plans to bring captive belugas and orcas from global aquariums to a protected fjord in Kirkenes, Norway, to learn self‑sufficiency and potentially re‑enter the wild, while creating tourism jobs and economic growth for the local community.

How Korea's homegrown startup helps in Arctic route navigational intelligence

U.S. Army and Navy research labs, together with CRREL and NAVFAC EXWC, created a Triple Container shelter that operates at temperatures down to –65 °F after successful testing in a New Hampshire cold chamber, providing reliable sanitary facilities and extending Arctic deployment capabilities.

Dalhousie University is offering a fully funded PhD position in ocean‑bottom seismology, focusing on recent ocean‑bottom seismometer deployments in Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea as part of Canada’s National Facility for Seismological Investigations.

Russian ornithologist Sofya Rozenfeld, a leading expert on Arctic birds, was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony for two 1,000‑ruble donations to Alexey Navalny’s Anti‑Corruption Foundation.

Interior Department streamlines Arctic NEPA reviews and outlines upcoming offshore and onshore lease sales

The 109th Airlift Wing airlifted a 15‑person special operations team to a remote Arctic location for the joint exercise Apex Indigo (August 10‑26). Using ski‑equipped LC‑130H aircraft, the wing inserted and sustained the force for four days of combat, mobility, and logistics training in a harsh polar environment, highlighting U.S.‑Denmark cooperation and Arctic power‑projection capability.