Dear readers, we wish you a Merry Christmas and congratulate you on the coming year 2025, the year of a wise and graceful snake! 🎄🐍

May all the burdens of worries and sorrows melt away with the passing year (hopefully, retaining the ice), and may the new one bring about bright horizons, success, and inspiration.

The Arctic teaches every one of us to stay resilient under the harshest of conditions whilst adoring the profound greatness of nature. We wish you never to stop drawing strength from this beauty, finding joy in every moment, and looking to the future with optimism! ❄️

May 2025 be the year of new achievements, good news, and great opportunities!

With this, we take a moment to remember the best articles, expert opinions, and hottest Arctic news featured on our website during 2024.

Yours,
The Arctic Century 💙

Hottest Arctic News of 2024

1. Dubai’s DP World Cooperates with Russia to Develop NSR
2. New Technologies for the Arctic: Scientists Made a Medical Discovery
3. Rosatom and DP World Build Container Ship for Cargo Transportation Along the NSR
4. Racist Policies Against Greenlanders in Force in Denmark
5. Norway Wants to Host a Combined Air Operations Centre
6. United Nations: Sámi Rights Violated in Norway
7. The Future of Humanity Depends on the Ocean
8. Sailing Across Greenland
9. The Future of the Sámi Language at Stake
10. Karelia Hosted the Arctic Our — Global Neighbourhood Forum

Expert Opinions on Arctic Issues

1. International Youth Collaboration in the Russian Arctic: Uniting Efforts for a Sustainable Future by Angshuman Pal
2. Fish and Chips Under Threat: How the UK Lost a Fishing Privilege in the Barents Sea by The Editorial Board of the Arctic Century
3. Northern Sea Route Replaces Suez? by The Editorial Board of the Arctic Century
4. Russian LNG, Europe, and the Sanctions by Tommaso Bontempi
5. Canada Is Nearly Ready to Build New Heavy Icebreakers for the Arctic by The Editorial Board of the Arctic Century
6. From Past to Present: How Hydrocarbon Production Methods Change in Russia by The Editorial Board of the Arctic Century
7. Facing Confrontation in the Middle East: A New Impetus for the Arctic Routes? by The Editorial Board of the Arctic Century
8. From Russia to China: Nornickel’s Journey Amidst Sanctions by Tommaso Bontempi
9. Greenland Outlaws Discrimination Against Inuits by the North Observer
10. Indigenous Cultures and Universities Interaction: A Case of Tähti by Maxim Kuropov

Articles and Longreads Devoted to the Arctic

1. BRICS and Indo-Russian Cooperation in the Arctic by Anurag Bisen
2. Kalix Line – The Most Powerful Arctic Defence Line by the North Observer
3. On the Decline of Cooperation in the Arctic Between the West and Russia by Valery Konyshev
4. A New Impetus: India Pushes Its Arctic Engagement Forward by Anurag Bisen, Ekaterina Serova
5. Arctic Tourism: From Canada to Russia by Giuseppe Cappelluti
6. The Lithium Race in the Arctic Is Almost a Reality by Ekaterina Serova
7. Climate Change and the Arctic: A Perspective from the Global South by Dr Raj Kumar Sharma
8. The Italian Navy’s 8th High North Mission by Tommaso Bontempi
9. The Arctic Council: in From the Cold? by Alexander Sergunin
10. What’s a Jack London Effect? by Dmitry Tarasov

Interviews by the Arctic Century

1. The Arktikugol Trust: Past, Present and Future in Svalbard by Rina Rumyantseva
2. A Discovery is Like a Diamond: Oceanologist Alexander Osadchiev on Science, Arctic Research, and Global Warming by Dmitry Tarasov

Also read the publication:
How Much Cargo Was Transported Along the NSR and What’s Next?