April
Bitcoin investor buys an entire SpaceX flight for the ultimate polar adventure
Chun Wang has already visited the polar regions in person and wants to view them from space. The trip is also about “pushing boundaries, sharing knowledge”.
March
Denmark, Vance raise tensions over Greenland ownership
Denmark’s prime minister will visit Greenland this week, hot on the heels of J.D Vance’s trip to the territory which ruffled feathers and lasted just hours.
Canada picks Australian radar in record defence export deal
Canada has chosen an Australian partnership for the over-the-horizon technology system to detect incoming missiles fired over the Arctic.
February
The secret history of the Arctic and Antarctica
When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.”
January
Trump vows to unleash US fossil fuels, halt climate co-operation
The president launched a sweeping overhaul of US energy policy after taking office, putting the weight of the federal government behind fossil-fuel production.
Greenland wants to be independent, prime minister says
“We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic,” Prime Minister Múte B. Egede told reporters.
The harsh economics of mining the Arctic
Donald Trump’s plan to purchase Greenland is just one symptom of the world’s lust for polar minerals. But who wants to work in a frozen wasteland?
October 2024
This Aussie banker jacked it in for an Arctic journey like no other
Keith Tuffley, a former Goldman Sachs Australia boss, gave up an exec role at Citi in London to sail his schooner on a four-month voyage in the Arctic. But his adventure had a purpose, too.
September 2024
US accuses China of directly supporting Russia’s ‘war machine’
Kurt Campbell said China was supplying Moscow with items that were directly helping the Russian military as it prosecutes its war of aggression in Ukraine.
June 2024
Become a polar explorer, without giving up the luxuries
Ponant’s icebreaker vessel takes cruise passengers right into the icy Arctic circle.
April 2024
The incredible plan to refreeze the arctic
A new start-up is fighting climate change by thickening ice in the Arctic.
March 2024
Research we’re watching: pancreatic cancer, dementia, Arctic ice
We look at recent research in: pancreatic cancer; three-dimensional processors; an ice-free Arctic; a dementia breakthrough; and a new cash crop for Australia.
Newly enlarged NATO starts drill in Finland, Norway and Sweden
With more than 4000 Finnish soldiers taking part, the Nordic Response 2024 represents the newcomer’s largest ever participation in a foreign exercise.
February 2024
There may be millions more species than we realise
As DNA testing creates new ways of defining species, scientists can’t agree on how many there are.
September 2023
Australians stranded on luxury cruise in Greenland
Ninety Australians are stuck aboard a luxury cruise liner in a national park in Greenland after it ran aground on Tuesday.
May 2023
The best luxury winter cruises for snow and sea
From reindeer-drawn sleighs to dog-sledding, snowshoeing and ice-caving, the day excursions included in these winter sailings are all tempting.
March 2023
Biden breaks climate pledge with $12b Alaska oil project
The ConocoPhillips’ Willow venture would add 180,000 barrels a day of new supply at its peak.
February 2023
Ten status-symbol holidays to brag about this year
Forget private jets and penthouse suites. Steal the limelight with tales of a hydrogen balloon flight to the edge of outer space, priced at $182,377 per person.
January 2023
Russia ‘has built’ first batch of new nuclear tsunami torpedoes
Moscow claims to have manufactured its first set of Poseidons, which are over 100 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Ego and ambition are also in the energy mix
Building a fossil fuel-powered world took ambition and willpower. It’s logical to assume that decarbonised energy will need the same qualities.