19 Oct 2015The Greenland Dog is hard as nails. It has to perform under the most extreme conditions, and has an history stretching back thousands of years.
19 Oct 2015Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson says that the Arctic region offers diverse and exciting opportunities, and hopes that Iceland will be lucky enough to capitalise on them.
18 Oct 2015The Icelandic Coast Guard has already established partnerships with many nations for joint search and security operations in the Arctic, and has in the past decade approached many more with collaboration in mind. However, both the head of the Coast Guard and its director of operations make it absolutely clear that it is not going to take over search and rescue operations in the area. Each nation is responsible for its own affairs.
18 Oct 2015Icelandic companies are increasingly realising the opportunities to be had in the Arctic region – not least as regards transport. But politicians need to sharpen their focus, says economist Heiðar Guðjónsson.
17 Oct 2015If Vatnajökull were melting at the same speed as the Greenland ice sheet, it would be gone in ten years – and global warming in the Arctic region has reached incredible levels.
17 Oct 2015Professor Kevin Anderson urges policy makers to be honest, acknowledge the scale of the mitigation challenge, and abide by international commitments.
16 Oct 2015Tobias Ignatiusen is one of the last hunters in the village of Tasiilaq on the east coast of Greenland. It is quite an experience to hunt with him and obtain insight into the hunter community, the prospects of those little villages, recent changes in the sea ice and the ever changing face of the Arctic.
16 Oct 2015Today’s Morgunblaðið newspaper comes with a special supplement entitled ‘The Sixth Sense’, containing articles about Iceland, Greenland and the issues of the Arctic region generally.
