The Arctic is undergoing dynamic and rapid changes across a wide spectrum of environmental, political, social, cultural, economic, and security landscapes.
The Arctic is undergoing dynamic and rapid changes across a wide spectrum of environmental, political, social, cultural, economic, and security landscapes. Once thought of as distant and barren, the Arctic is now woven into the fiber of the broader global community. This new reality brings opportunities and challenges. We invite you to explore The New North.
In this introduction to The New North, Mike Sfraga provides insightful context for the issue, helping readers understand the rapidly shifting dynamics since our last Arctic issue in 2017.
Alaska’s senior Senator and co-chair of the Senate Arctic Caucus makes the case for multiple, purposeful, and complementary investments in the Arctic, that she says will strengthen U.S. security, the economy, and more.
As co-chair of the Senate Arctic Caucus, Senator King shares the historic and enduring relationship Maine has with the Arctic and outlines why his state is well positioned for the Arctic of the future.
In this digital experience, the Polar Institute’s Michaela Stith – an emerging Arctic leader in her own right – brings us prescient perspectives from Arctic youth.
From growing investments and attention from world superpowers to global energy needs, to tourism, the former President of Iceland makes the case that the Arctic of today is more global in nature than it has ever been.
From addressing climate change to Indigenous rights, and more, Greenland is poised to assume an important role in the new Arctic and a more prominent position on the world stage.
