🧊 The Arctic Century

✍️ War Fever in Norway Will Now Affect Schoolchildren by The North Observer 📋 Norwegian youth should be taught in school what total defense is and what the individual's role is in a war situation, says Chief of Defense Eirik Kristoffersen. A recent survey conducted for Universitas by Sentio, however, found that only 12 percent of Oslo students were willing to defend Norway militarily. 🌐 Read more #Arctic #Arctic_opinion

📰 Norwegian Gas and Oil Giant Gets Rich from War against Iran 📋 High oil prices and geopolitical tensions contributed to Equinor delivering its highest result in over three years in the second quarter of this year. 🌐 Read more #Arctic #Arctic_news

✍️ China Is Calling—Is Iceland Going to Seize the Opportunity? by The North Observer 📋 Less than three weeks before the referendum on resuming EU accession negotiations, an Icelandic food producer with decades of family ties to China argues that membership in Brussels' common trade policy would cost Iceland the freedom to make its own free trade agreements—the very freedom that opened the Chinese market to Icelandic companies in 2013. 🌐 Read more #Arctic #Arctic_opinion

📰 Chairman of Naalakkersuisut: The US Should Not Decide over Us 📋 Jens-Frederik Nielsen has answered Donald Trump's latest claim that he wants control of Greenland before his term ends in 2029: Greenlanders can decide for themselves. Folketing member Naaja H. Nathanielsen warns that every such statement costs the Americans more trust. 🌐 Read more #Arctic #Arctic_news

🌲 Snowy giants #Arctic #Arctic_pictures

🏚 Echoes of the past #Arctic #Arcti_pictures

🌱 Tundra Treasure #Arctic #Arctic_pictures

🌿 Life, finding a way #Arctic #Arctic_pictures

🪞The Nordic Mirror Behind the postcard image of the Nordic countries, 2026 revealed cracks that our readers examined closely. Four publications that looked past the facade. 📌 Neo-Nazism Is Thriving in Finland An uncomfortable look at extremism in a country better known for its quality of life. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/neo-nazism-finland/ 📌 Iceland's Dysfunctional Political and Social Systems What's really going on inside one of the world's smallest democracies. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/icelands-dysfunctional-political-social-systems/ 📌 Why Ireland Is a Successful Country and Finland Is Not A provocative comparison of two small European nations—and the choices that set them apart. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/irish-success/ 📌 The Norwegian Arctic Will Be Almost Deserted by 2050 Demography is destiny: why Norway's North may empty out within a generation. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/norwegian-arctic-to-be-deserted/

🧭 Asia Looks North Seoul, Beijing, and beyond: 2026 was the year Asian ambitions in the Arctic moved from rhetoric to routes. Your most-read publications on the subject. 📌 Republic of Korea to Use Northern Sea Route for Commercial Shipping One of the year's most-read publications: Seoul's decision to send commercial cargo along Russia's Arctic coast. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/republic-of-korea-nsr/ 📌 Korea: National Renewal through the Arctic Dimension Why the Arctic has become part of South Korea's vision for its own future. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/korea-national-renewal/ 📌 The 16th Chinese Arctic Expedition China's latest polar research voyage—what it studied, where it went, and why it matters. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/16-chinese-expedition/ 📌 A Review of Chinese Arctic Research 1999–2026 More than a quarter century of Chinese polar science in one overview. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/chinese-arctic-research/

⛰ Nordic serenity #Arctic #Arctic_pictures

🕊 The bird knows no borders #Arctic #Arctic_pictures

⚔️ The Battle for Greenland No place generated more headlines—or more reader attention—in 2026 than Greenland. Four publications that traced the tug-of-war over the world's largest island. 📌 The Franco-Greenlandic Agreement of March 3, 2026: Between Economic Sovereignty and Strategic Projection in a Transforming Arctic What Paris and Nuuk actually signed, and what it signals for the wider Arctic. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/franco-greenlandic-agreement/ 📌 Big Fuss in Greenland: Americans May Be Bribing People to Join the US Allegations that stirred debate on the island and far beyond it. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/big-fuss-greenland/ 📌 A Visit to Wrest Greenland from Denmark A closer look at high-profile diplomacy aimed at loosening Copenhagen's grip. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/a-visit-from-denmark/ 📌 EU and US Are Dividing Greenland Right Now Two power centers, one island—how the competition over Greenland's future unfolded in real time. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/dividing-greenland/

⚠️ Energy in a Turbulent Year The Middle East crisis redrew the global energy map in 2026—and the Arctic felt every tremor. These were your most-read energy publications of the year. 📌 Russia–China LNG Cooperation in the Arctic in Light of the Middle East Crisis One of the year's most-read analyses: what the crisis means for the Arctic LNG partnership between Moscow and Beijing. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/russia-china-lng-middle-east-crisis/ 📌 Norway's Shelf Oil and Gas Resources: Overview A reference piece our readers kept coming back to—what lies beneath the Norwegian shelf, and how much of it. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/norway-shelf-overview/ 📌 Iceland Is Currently Benefiting from the War in the Middle East Not every consequence of a distant war is negative for the North Atlantic—Iceland's unexpected windfall, explained. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/iceland-war-middle-east/ 📌 Norway Is One of the Main Beneficiaries of the Middle East War Europe's energy anxiety has a clear winner. How Norway turned turbulence into revenue. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/norway-benefits-middle-east-war/

🧊 A floating fortress #Arctic #Arctic_pictures

⏳ History Beneath the Ice While we're on summer hiatus, we're revisiting the publications which were read the most in 2026—twice a week, right here. We begin with the historical deep dives you couldn't stop reading 📌 Abandoned US WWII and Cold War Military Bases Still Pollute the Arctic Dozens of American installations were left behind across the North decades ago—and their environmental legacy is still very much present. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/abandoned-us-wwii-and-cold-war-military-bases-still-pollute-the-arctic/ 📌 Secret German Weather Stations in the Arctic 1941–1945: An Overview The hidden meteorological war above the Arctic Circle—how and why the Third Reich planted covert stations across the polar North. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/secret-german-weather-stations/ 📌 The Airship Norge Flew Over the North Pole in May 1926 A century ago, an airship crossed the top of the world. The story of a flight that made polar history. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/100-years-norge/ 📌 Airship Italia: Tragedy at the Pole, Tragedy at Home The Norge's story has a dark sequel—an expedition that ended in catastrophe and controversy. https://arcticcentury.org/posts/italia-tragedy/

🏖 The Arctic Century Is Going on Summer Hiatus Dear readers, we’re taking a short pause for the summer. New publications on arcticcentury.org will resume on Monday, August 3. But the North never sleeps—and neither does our Telegram channel. While we’re away, we’ll be posting twice a week with recaps of the most popular publications of 2026: the stories you read, shared, and debated the most. Meanwhile, we’ve refreshed the site’s navigation: categories now come with clear descriptions, tags have been streamlined and grouped by type, and the archive is organized by year. If summer is your season for research and writing, finding the right material—by country, organization, or topic—now takes even less. 🧭 Explore the categories: 📰 News—the Arctic, daily 💬 Opinion—expert insights 📖 Article—long reads 🧊 Arctic101—the region, explained 🔍 Feature—stories behind the headlines 🎙 Interview—voices from the North 📚 Review—books, reports, research ✈️ Follow along on Telegram: t.me/Arctic_Century See you on August 3!