The Arctic Century

Police have seized about 200 kilograms of cocaine in six months—almost twice all of last year. SÁÁ's director of medical services describes a growing group of employed, busy Icelanders seeking help for cocaine addiction, paying up to 25,000 krónur a gram.

The privately owned Texas-based Greenland Energy Company hopes to find 13 billion barrels (approximately 1.77 billion to 1.79 billion metric tons) of oil in Jameson Land in East Greenland this summer. If drilling results confirm these estimates, the oil field could become the third largest in the Arctic, after Yamal and Alaska's Prudhoe Bay Oil Field.

In the presence of the Polish and Swedish Prime Ministers, Donald Tusk and Ulf Kristersson, an agreement for the purchase of three Swedish A26 submarines for the Polish Navy was signed yesterday.

The 1,300-kilometer border between Finland and Russia has been closed for over 900 days—a closure unparalleled in the EU in length. Border-studies scholars explain what makes it unique, and whether one crossing could be reopened as a test.

Canada is becoming an 'energy superpower' as four Nunavut projects receive federal funding, with Ottawa spending $17.2 million on renewable energy in the territory.

The reactions are critical after the US special envoy for Greenland's National Day floated the idea of adding another US state next year.

A Finnish media outlet reported yesterday that work has begun on components for Arctic Security Cutters destined for the Coast Guard; four of these vessels will be built at a Finnish shipyard for delivery in two years, while the remaining seven will be constructed in the United States.

Now Swedish and Finnish police will have the opportunity to respond to urgent calls in both countries—and intervene directly.