Coverage

Frontiers North Adventures and Polar Bears International celebrated 25 years of their partnership in Churchill, Manitoba, marking a legacy of joint research, education, and sustainable tourism that supports polar‑bear conservation and Arctic outreach.

Arctic sea ice has been shrinking about 80,000 km² per year since the 1980s, heightening worries about further decline.

Typhoon Halong’s remnants struck western Alaska on Oct 12 2025, producing up to two metres of flooding in Kipnuk and displacing over 1,600 residents, underscoring how rising sea levels, retreating sea ice, and thawing permafrost are amplifying storm surge threats in the Yukon‑Kuskokwim Delta.

Vitaly Orlov, owner of Russia’s largest fishery company Norebo, is expanding port and shipbuilding infrastructure along the Northern Sea Route with backing from President Putin. The company was sanctioned by the EU and Norway for alleged intelligence activities, leading it to file a lawsuit against the Norwegian state.

In Finnish Lapland, a protected Arctic peatland near Sodankylä contains copper and nickel deposits sought by Europe for battery production, while environmental activists and reindeer herders fear lasting impacts; mining proponents argue the project would boost resource security, support the energy transition and create jobs, but Finnish and EU authorities have yet to decide.

MLA Vince McKay says RCMP highway surveillance is a first step in addressing the Northwest Territories drug problem and urges the return of a K‑9 unit to Hay River.

Premier RJ Simpson signed a memorandum of understanding on nuclear energy with Alberta and Saskatchewan, though the NWT has no immediate plans to invest, while Indigenous groups have voiced concerns over consultation and environmental impacts.

The study used microfocus X‑ray computed tomography to measure shell density in the ostracode species Paracyprideis pseudopunctillata from Beaufort Sea sediments, finding density remained constant from 1969 to 2018 and earlier, indicating no persistent acidification damage while noting some post‑mortem diagenesis.

Nordic surgeons general met in Nuuk, Greenland, hosted by Danish Defence, touring Joint Arctic Command and Queen Ingrid's Hospital to exchange insights on Arctic military medicine.

The Naturescape Gallery at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is showcasing Greg Fiske’s ‘Cartographies of Arctic Change,’ featuring maps of Arctic communities on permafrost ground and the Lena River delta, offering insights into climate impacts for both the public and scientists.

The Government of Greenland rejected Greenland Minerals' 2026 application to renew the Kvanefjeld exploration licence, underscoring regulatory and infrastructure constraints that could limit the region’s rare‑earth supply to Western markets.

The European Commission reaffirmed its moratorium on Arctic oil and gas drilling, while Norway signals plans to pursue projects in the northern Barents Sea, underscoring its role as Europe’s main gas supplier.

A deep‑learning model called SIC‑ResU‑Net is presented to enhance super‑resolution estimation of Arctic sea ice concentration, addressing limitations of low‑resolution data.

A surge in fin, humpback, and minke whales now populates East Greenland’s waters, with thousands seen each summer and large groups recorded off the Blosseville coast, driven by warming seas and shifting prey habitats.

The U.S. Senate blocked S. 5438, a bill that would have opened oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Refuge and National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska with reduced oversight.

Study finds Arctic winter boundary layer occupies two preferred radiative states, a cold, clear state and a heat‑trapping, cloudy state.

Ivan Klochkov completed a 3,840‑km kayak journey along Russia’s northeastern coast from Petropavlovsk‑Kamchatsky to Uelen near Cape Dezhnev, paddling 124 days from 24 May to 1 Sep amid rough, foggy conditions.