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Denmark’s King Frederik (right) and Greenland’s new Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen at Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday. King Frederik’s trip to Greenland was postponed on Monday due to bad weather. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix via AP

Danish king’s Greenland trip pushed back a day amid Trump interest

Monday trip postponed after closure of Greenland’s airport due to bad weather. Trump has expressed interest in taking over the Arctic island.

29 Apr 2025 - 2:19AM

Greenland’s new PM says island cannot be bought, US is not showing respect

28 Apr 2025 - 5:24AM

China’s new tech boosts sub hunt capabilities near Alaskan waters

16 Apr 2025 - 10:50PMvideocam

‘Hard on the body’: Canadian troops train for Arctic defence

Canada is making a significant push to boost its military strength in the Arctic amid climate change and growing risk of confrontation with rivals.

12 Apr 2025 - 11:46AM

Canadian soldiers interact with a local dog during a community engagement event at a community centre, during Operation Nanook in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada, on February 28. Photo: AFP

Head of US Space Force base in Greenland fired after Vance visit

Colonel Susan Meyers sent a base-wide email showing support for Greenland and Denmark, amid Trump’s repeated threats to annex the territory.

12 Apr 2025 - 2:04AMvideocam

US won’t take over Greenland, Denmark PM says, vowing support against Trump

Mette Frederiksen is on a three-day trip to the Arctic island days after US Vice-President J.D. Vance stirred controversy with his visit.

3 Apr 2025 - 3:29AMvideocam

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Greenland’s new prime minister says US will not get the island

Trump wants to annex the Arctic territory, claiming it’s needed for national security purposes.

31 Mar 2025 - 12:02PM

The old city of Nuuk, Greenland. Photo: Reuters

Finland’s president boosts ties with Trump with round of golf in Florida

The meeting comes a day after Trump’s VP J.D. Vance accused Denmark – Finland’s close ally – of doing a poor job keeping Greenland safe.

30 Mar 2025 - 5:38AM

Opinion | Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.

29 Mar 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Vance slams Denmark for not keeping Greenland safe from China and Russia

As his vice-president visited a base in the territory, Trump told reporters the US needed Greenland to ensure ‘peace of the entire world’.

29 Mar 2025 - 3:59AMvideocam

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the U.S. military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)

Warming US-Russia ties could put China’s Arctic ambitions on ice, experts warn

Beijing has relied on Moscow for access to the far north but a geopolitical realignment is under way that could see it frozen out.

16 Mar 2025 - 10:00PMvideocam

Melting ice has opened up the prospect of commercially lucrative sea routes through the North Pole. Photo: Shutterstock

Video | Why Putin cares about Trump’s Greenland threats

The Kremlin said it will keep a close eye on developments after US president-elect Trump said he would acquire the world’s biggest island

10 Jan 2025 - 9:30PM

Video | Russia unveils nuclear-powered icebreakers

23 Nov 2022 - 8:00PM

Polar bear ventures into Quebec, Canada prompting officials to warn residents

Quebec provincial police urged people to stay indoors after the bear’s very rare appearance. In Canada, polar bears are listed as ‘vulnerable’ species.

1 May 2022 - 5:52AM

A polar bear roams a field in Madeline-Centre, Quebec, Canada on April 30. Photo: Sophie Bonneville / AFP

Will Russia sanctions freeze Asia’s climate change research on the Arctic?

27 Apr 2022 - 6:25PMvideocam

An iceberg floats past Bylot Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. File photo: AP

What next for China’s Polar Silk Road as Putin’s war sparks Arctic freeze?

Arctic Council boycott of chair member Russia leaves China facing delicate balancing act regarding main polar partner, say analysts.

21 Mar 2022 - 6:22AMvideocam

Ukraine war: Opinion

Opinion | Ukraine war may put China’s Arctic vision on ice

The war in Ukraine has brought the geopolitical importance of the Arctic region, previously thought to benefit from a disconnect from security concerns, into focus. China has made significant investments in the Arctic, but could find itself cut off from regional decision-making if it chooses to side with Russia.

11 Mar 2022 - 9:15AMvideocam

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Russia-Ukraine war upends hopes for global climate action

With Russia blowing apart world order, Western advocates for international climate action say their cause is looking ever more bleak, just as the effects of warming are looking more ominous.

6 Nov 2022 - 2:53AM

A Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker at the North Pole. Up until recently, the Arctic was one region where Russia and Europe were making headway on climate concerns, but now those efforts are also in doubt. File photo: AP

The Arctic will soon see more rain than snow: study

New study warns the change caused by global warming could have effects beyond the region.

2 Dec 2021 - 11:38AMvideocam

South China Sea

Opinion | The Arctic is not the South China Sea

Alluding to the South China Sea has become a shorthand for those attempting to demonstrate a China threat in the Arctic. It only distracts from a bigger issue: climate change.

25 May 2021 - 5:27AMvideocam

Greenland election: party opposed to rare earth mining project wins

Election result casts doubt on Arctic mine project for Australia-based company with Chinese ownership.

7 Apr 2021 - 6:33PM

The statue of the Danish-Norwegian Lutheran missionary Hans Egede in Nuuk, Greenland. Photo: AFP

Video | Huge chunk of Greenland ice cap breaks off

16 Sep 2020 - 6:41PM

Warmth splinters massive piece of ice away from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf

Video | Journey to the north: experience the Arctic on a small sailing ship

The world’s northernmost township with a permanent population, in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, is gaining in popularity as a gateway to the icy north. Tours by sailing ship get visitors up close with nature and to some remote spots

22 May 2018 - 5:21PM

Russia launches world’s first floating nuclear power station

19 May 2018 - 10:27PM

Belt and Road Initiative

Why China-Russia relations are warming up in the Arctic

China needs Russia for its Polar Silk Route ambitions; Russia needs China as it tries to reclaim the Baltics.

10 Dec 2019 - 11:44PM

China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen. Photo: AFP

China-Japan relations

Japan concerned by China’s plan to build ‘polar Silk Road’ in Arctic

Beijing’s plans for the northernmost region include drilling for oil and a establishing shipping routes. But analysts say it’s really about the military

14 Feb 2018 - 8:54PM

Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou shows China’s white paper Arctic policy. Photo: Xinhua

International observers warm to China’s Arctic policy

A new white paper spelling out China’s intentions for the Arctic relieves some concerns over transparency and conformity to international rule of law.

14 Feb 2018 - 7:24PM

Video | France invites job applications for work at North and South Poles

Carpenters, bakers, pastry chefs, scientists – polar institute has launched a public appeal to recruit around 40 French-speaking people for a variety of jobs, which will last for up to 14 months, at its six bases in the Arctic and Antarctica

11 Feb 2018 - 6:27PM

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