Norwegian police have rejected accusations from local animal rights groups suggesting that the death of a beluga whale, suspected to be a Russian spy, was intentional.

There is a significant level of satisfaction and positivity towards foreign tourists' inflow in Iceland, despite a fall in the numbers of those holding such views.

NOVATEK first officially denied establishing and managing a shadow fleet for Arctic LNG 2. This statement was placed on NOVATEK's website.

Alaska now has had 12 years of net outmigration, with more people leaving the state than moving in, contrary to past history when Alaska drew large numbers of young adults.

The recently signed agreements between Moscow and Beijing are aimed at developing Sino-Russian cooperation in the field of maritime navigation, scientific research and technology in the Arctic region.

Out of the current 1,100 teaching positions in Greenland 182 teachers work in primary schools without a teaching qualification and are employed here as part-time teachers.

Alaska last year broke a grim record: more people in the state died from an opioid overdose in 2023 than any previous year, the Alaska Department of Health reported.

Gazprom postpones its major projects on the Arctic shelf, according to data from the state registry for geological exploration.

The oil and energy fair Offshore Northern Seas will be held in Stavanger this week. Several central youth politicians gathered at the Johan Sverdrup field to learn about how oil production takes place on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Research into alternative shipping routes— including Arctic ones—is crucial for global trade and the overall development of humanity.

The "Russian spy whale" Hvaldimir, found dead in Norway, may have been killed by a firearm, The Guardian reports, citing statements from animal protection organizations OneWhale and NOAH, which have called for an immediate investigation.

The federal government will continue to prohibit mining, drilling and other forms of development on 28 million acres of federal land spread across Alaska, the Interior Department announced Tuesday.

The Norwegian government has set dates for enforcing zero-emission shipping regulations at World Heritage sites in the Norwegian fjords.

The defense exercise Norður Víkingur started this week and lasted until Tuesday, September 3. The exercise was held on the basis of the bilateral defense agreement between Iceland and the United States from 1951 and normally takes place every two years.

The Chinese research icebreaker Xue Long 2, owned and managed by the Polar Research Institute of China, is on its annual Arctic expedition, with approximately 100 expedition members on board conducting research on the geology and geophysics of the Arctic seabed, as well as investigating atmospheric, sea ice, and marine environments.

The leader of an Australia-based company advancing one of two major upcoming North Slope oil projects said the development is mostly complete and on track to be producing oil in less than two years.

On 1 September, residents of Murmansk bid farewell to the Sedov as it embarked on another training voyage.

There is a risk of explosion at the eruption site, as lava flows and wildfires burn at a contaminated US military training site.

Discrimination against the Sámi remains a widespread problem that occurs in many social arenas. This is shown in a quick overview from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI), which has mapped the research available on harassment and discrimination against the Sámi in Norway, Sweden and Finland in the period 2014–2024.

An oil tanker belonging to Azerbaijan is going through the NSR to China. This is the first time that a state from Transcaucasia has used the services of the Northern Sea Route.

A feature of the invention is a special rotating structure, which has advantages not only from an engineering standpoint, but also from an environmental point of view.

The UN Human Rights Committee believes that Jovsset Ánte Sara's rights under Article 27 of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (CIPR) have been violated.

The Norilsk Nickel company will begin construction of the new Tukhard settlement on Taimyr in 2026.

The Mikhail Somov scientific expedition vessel will set off with the volunteers of the Clean Arctic project to Cape Chelyuskin, the northernmost mainland point of Eurasia. 

The Canadian government awarded billions of dollars in contracts earmarked for Indigenous enterprises without always requiring bidders to prove that they were First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, a Global News investigation has found. 

During their voyage, the participants of the Icebreaker of Knowledge travelled 2,979 miles aboard the 50 Years of Victory. For many, including the young participants, this was their first trip to the North Pole.

The state of Alaska is continuing its effort to oppose Alaska Native tribes’ effort to protect traditional lands via federal trust.

China is rapidly expanding its influence in the polar regions, focusing on Arctic research and shipping.

In a short time, production on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) will decline. And it will happen no matter how much you search or how far you get with technological development, the Norwegian Continental Shelf Directorate's latest forecasts show. It is expected that oil and gas production will approximately be the same as in 2006. But from 2025 production will decrease, according to Kjersti Dahle, director of technology, analyzes and coexistence in the Norwegian Subsea Directorate, which came out with Resource Report for 2024 on 21st August. The report comes out every quarter.