The Arctic Century
The Arctic Century is an independent non-profit organisation established by
joint efforts of the international experts. We cover the most recent
developments in science, business, and technologies, as well as key
political and economic trends across the Arctic in the form of news,
features, opinions, and articles.
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Upcoming Independence Referendum in Alberta After 121 years in the Canadian federation, the province of Alberta may hold a historic referendum on independence and secession on November 19, 2026, with separatists having submitted nearly 302,000 signatures.
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Greenland Reacts to New American Approaches
The Greenlandic government is ready to hold concrete discussions about American bases in southern Greenland, says chairman Jens-Frederik Nielsen, after reports that the US has proposed three new bases on Greenlandic territory.
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Norway Is Accelerating Its Oil and Gas Industry
Following the US and Israeli attack on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Norway has announced a major push to expand offshore oil and gas extraction—reopening three shuttered North Sea gas fields and opening 70 new exploration blocks despite warnings from its own environmental agency.
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The Airship Norge Flew Over the North Pole in May 1926
One hundred years after the airship Norge crossed the North Pole, Norwegian and Italian participants gathered in Ny-Ålesund to mark the milestone—and to reckon with how much the Arctic has changed since.
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A Vision of a New North Atlantic Superpower
BNP Paribas Nordics CEO Eirik Winter proposes a North Atlantic economic bloc of the Nordics, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, the Baltics, and Canada—an idea The North Observer reads as a flight of pure reason detached from political and economic reality.
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A Decent Broker: The Identity of the Mysterious American Has Been Revealed
Sermitsiaq met Clifford Stanley, the 86-year-old American collecting signatures in Nuuk for Greenland to join the United States. He denies being sent by anyone and presents himself as an independent broker.
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Big Fuss in Greenland: Americans May Be Bribing People to Join the US
An elderly American man offered Nuuk residents $200,000 each in January 2027 to sign a petition for Greenland to join the United States, prompting a Greenlandic police investigation and condemnation from the Speaker of the Greenlandic Parliament.
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Finland's Prime Minister Presented False Employment Data to Parliament
Prime Minister Orpo claimed that the number of employed people in Finland is nearly the same as when the government began—in reality, there were 64,000 fewer employed people than at the start of the government's term.
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Upcoming Independence Referendum in Alberta
After 121 years in the Canadian federation, the province of Alberta may hold a historic referendum on independence and secession on November 19, 2026, with separatists having submitted nearly 302,000 signatures.
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