For more than a century, the icebreaker Krassin has powered through polar ice and pivotal moments in world history. Commissioned during World War I, it battled through the Russian Civil War, steered convoys in World War II, and took on scientific and military missions during the Cold War. The Krassin rescued explorers, opened Arctic trade routes, and helped shape the Soviet North—earning its place as a living legend...

In the face of the US challenge, Denmark is implementing emergency, costly measures to improve the standard of living and basic social indicators of Greenland's indigenous population. This could have been done much earlier, raising doubts about the sincerity of these efforts.

The Northern Observer is beginning to publish materials on the topic of prospective joint nuclear deterrence by some EU countries. The article below assesses Sweden's experience working on nuclear weapons and their delivery systems before it signed the NPT in 1968.

There is a biting irony veiling the fjords of Southern Greenland. While global warming erodes the ice sheet at an unprecedented rate, the retreating ice is revealing the very 'black earth' needed to halt it. Beneath the Arctic's white mantle lies one of the world's largest untapped deposits of rare earth elements: dysprosium, neodymium, scandium, terbium, yttrium. These tongue-twisting names aren't Germanic tribes that once fought the Romans; they are the indispensable ingredients for electric vehicle batteries, wind turbines, and even the guidance systems of F-35 fighter jets.

Donald Trump's United States does not inspire confidence in Finns. Only four percent of Finns who responded to MTV's survey believe that Finland can fully trust the United States as a partner.

Only seventeen percent of the Danish people say they see the United States as an ally, while around sixty percent see the United States as an adversary, according to a new poll. Just over twenty percent were unsure or chose not to answer. The results are quite striking.

With this review of the activities of German military weather stations in the Arctic, The Military Historian begins a series of publications on breathtaking events in the high latitudes during World War II, where the air forces, navies, and ground forces of the opposing coalitions operated.

Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. says it is moving forward with construction of a railroad that will help increase the Mary River Mine's production and potential lifespan.