Residents of Norilsk long felt isolated from their country’s turbulence. Then a mining company strung a fiber-optic cable across 600 miles of tundra.
Tag: Arctic Regions
Drawn From Poverty: Art Was Supposed to Save Canada’s Inuit. It Hasn’t.
Indigenous work is all the rage in the Canadian art world. But life in the North is as much a struggle as ever.
Russian Land of Permafrost and Mammoths Is Thawing
Global warming is shrinking the permanently frozen ground across Siberia, disrupting everyday life in one of the coldest inhabited places on earth.
200 Reindeer Starved to Death. Experts Call It a Sign of Climate Change.
Scientists surveying reindeer populations in Norway said the deaths occurred on iced pastures in the Arctic, a result of global warming’s effect on a vulnerable ecosystem.
An Arctic Fox’s Epic Journey: Norway to Canada in 76 Days
The animal amazed researchers by trekking more than 2,175 miles across continents, including a stunning run across sea ice.
An Arctic Fox’s Epic Journey: Norway to Canada in 76 Days
The animal amazed researchers by trekking more than 2,175 miles across continents, including a stunning run across sea ice.
Living Life by the Clock? Norwegian Island Wants to Go ‘Time Free’
Residents of Sommaroy, bright 24/7 in summer, want to do away with clocks and embrace living without the constraints of time.
An Airplane’s Extraordinary Story Recalls Bygone U.S.-Russian Amity
Abandoned in the Arctic for seven decades, the last remaining Lend-Lease Douglas airplane in Russia is museum-bound, at a time of tensions with the United States.
Military Drills in Arctic Aim to Counter Russia, but the First Mission Is to Battle the Cold
Moscow is moving to claim Arctic territory as barriers between Russia and North America melt. Yet still bitter temperatures pose an immediate threat to NATO troops defending icy waterways.
Polar Bears Have Invaded a Russian Outpost, and They’re Hungry
Bears on the Novaya Zemlya island chain halted a seasonal migration to congregate near a military outpost, in a possible omen of climate change.