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

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.

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Donald Trump

Video | Why Putin cares about Trump’s Greenland threats

Russia

Video | Russia unveils nuclear-powered icebreakers

Canada

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.

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

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

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Ukraine

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.

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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.

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Climate change

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.

Climate change

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.

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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.

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China’s polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2. Photo: Xinhua
Environment

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.

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

Video | Huge chunk of Greenland ice cap breaks off

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

Russia

Russia launches world’s first floating nuclear power station

The Akademik Lomonossov. Photo: AFP
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.

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

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.

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Antarctica

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

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
China-Australia relations

On Reflection | Canada: the next big Asian power?

Ottawa has much to gain by forming closer ties to Beijing as China unveils its first Arctic Policy.

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China reveals ‘Polar Silk Road’ ambition in Arctic policy white paper

China in talks for multinational rollout of fibre optic cable across Arctic

An illustration showing the coverage of sea ice across the Arctic. Photo: Alamy
Belt and Road Initiative

China’s Arctic ambitions grow, leaving the region suspicious

Members of the Chinese scientific expedition team line up on the icebreaker Xue Long as they return to Shanghai on October 10. The Xue Long (Snow Dragon) spent 83 days on the Arctic rim, completing its eighth Arctic expedition. Photo: Xinhua
Belt and Road Initiative

Arctic link widens the reach of China’s belt and road ambitions

The world should take note of China’s vision of integrating an Arctic route for trade with Europe into its massive Belt and Road Initiative.

Belt and Road Initiative

Slowly but surely, China’s carving a foothold through the Arctic

China’s research icebreaker Xue Long, or Snow Dragon, arrives back in Shanghai on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
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