Alexei Navalny’s body was abused after he died in the Arctic gulag, his grieving widow has told the European Parliament. Speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg today, Yulia Navalnaya, 47, said that her late husband’s body had been abused and that she was not sure if his …
Read More »‘It is magical to swim surrounded by the Arctic winter in all its brutal glory’: an eco cruise in Norway’s far north
The view from the ship’s bridge is what I expected: a ribbon of dark Arctic water leading through a maze of snowy mountain islands. But the view of the bridge is a shock. Where is the wheel, the chart and that big metal thing that goes “ting”? You know, the …
Read More »From Arctic art to the Disgusting Food Museum: Europe’s top 10 culture destinations for 2024
Germany, various locations Germany is celebrating the 250th birthday of one of its best-loved painters, the Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). His work features mountains, ruins and stormy seas, often with human figures, such as Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. There are exhibitions in Hamburg (until 1 April), …
Read More »Alaska Sues Biden Administration Over Arctic Lease
By Kim Jarrett (The Center Square) The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is asking a federal judge to reverse a decision by the Biden administration to cancel oil and drilling leases in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge area. The leases were approved by the Trump administration in January 2021 …
Read More »What Happens in the Arctic Does Not Stay in the Arctic
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sep 12 (IPS) – While climate change is relentlessly progressing, threatening life on earth, world leaders continue to meet while planning for a future where this immense menace to human existence remains a minor item on …
Read More »Just Between Us Squirrels, There Might Be Trouble in the Arctic Dating Scene
Male Arctic ground squirrels go through puberty every year. As if that wasn’t hard enough, now the females have a problem, too. According to a paper published on Thursday in the journal Science, climate change appears to be making them emerge from hibernation earlier. That matters, because it could throw …
Read More »Arctic adventure: kayaking in Viking country
We arrive by night, the wind and rain battering Svolvaer harbour, the last stop on a 3½-hour ferry journey from mainland Bodø through the ink-black Arctic waters of northernmost Norway to the Lofoten Islands. My girlfriend and I have come here to kayak in some of the world’s most dramatic …
Read More »Alight here for the aurora borealis: on the Arctic Circle train to northern Sweden
As train adventures go, the journey from Stockholm to Narvik, the northernmost railway station in western Europe, has to be one of the world’s most epic. Our final destination, however, is Abisko, a couple of stops before Narvik and still in Sweden. Even the name, the Arctic Circle train, sounds …
Read More »What is the ‘Arctic blast’ deep-freezing the US and Canada?
A dangerous combination of record-setting cold temperatures and powerful winds buffeted the northeastern United States and Canada over the weekend, creating life-threatening conditions and wind-chills from the Arctic blast. New Hampshire’s Mount Washington overnight on Saturday recorded a wind-chill – a measure of how the combined effect of air and …
Read More »Arctic Monkeys sign contract to play the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2023
Arctic Monkeys have reportedly signed on the dotted line to headline Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage in 2023. The band are said to have started preparing for the epic gig, which would mark the first time they’ve appeared on the Pyramid Stage in 10 years, and the third time they’ve played …
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