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Unrealized Swedish Nuclear Weapons Program - February 9, 2026
Two Finnish Guys' Cold War 1976 Flight Deep Into USSR. Part 2 - February 2, 2025
Two Finnish Guys' Cold War 1976 Flight Deep Into USSR. Part 1 - January 24, 2025
Hang-Gliding American Spy In Soviet Arctic in 1962 - January 12, 2025
Kalix Line—The Most Powerful Arctic Defence Line - September 1, 2024

Article

Heavy Fire on Russia in the Baltic - October 21, 2026
Powerful Nordic Fire on Russia: The Arctic Council's 30th Anniversary - September 25, 2026
Sweden Buys Military Ships for Open-Ocean Naval Operations - September 2, 2026
Iceland's Referendum: Small Country, Major Consequences - August 31, 2026
The Battle for Uranium on the Kalix River - August 28, 2026
Korean Arctic Run on Two Routes - August 24, 2026
Americans Continue to Try to Find Oil in Eastern Greenland - July 1, 2026
Poland Will Receive Three New Swedish Submarines in Twelve Years - June 30, 2026
Norway Crawls Under a French Nuke's Umbrella - June 1, 2026
A Symbol of Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic Is Being Decommissioned - May 26, 2026
Europe Is Trying to Close the Door Between Greenland and the US - May 25, 2026
EU and US Are Dividing Greenland Right Now - May 20, 2026
Norway Is Accelerating Its Oil and Gas Industry - May 14, 2026
Big Fuss in Greenland: Americans May Be Bribing People to Join the US - May 8, 2026
Upcoming Independence Referendum in Alberta - May 6, 2026
Korea: National Renewal through the Arctic Dimension - April 21, 2026
Searching for 13 Billion Barrels of Oil in East Greenland - April 14, 2026
Iceland EU Membership "Can Only Have Negative Effects" - April 6, 2026
Icelanders Are Considering Whether to Stick Their Heads Into the EU's Mouth - March 19, 2026
Norway Is One of the Main Beneficiaries of the Middle East War - March 10, 2026
Nordic Countries' Reaction to France's New Nuclear Doctrine - March 4, 2026
NATO Has Launched Arctic Sentry Mission - February 12, 2026
Canada and France Open Consulates in Greenland for 25 People - February 11, 2026
Sweden to Lower Age of Criminal Responsibility for Serious Crimes - January 27, 2026
Will a Nordic Nuclear Bomb Be Created? - January 26, 2026
What Is Europe Ready to Do in Greenland? - January 22, 2026
Norwegian Experts: Will Russia Follow the United States in Svalbard? - January 20, 2026
Denmark Declared US A Security Threat For The First Time Since 1801 - December 15, 2025
Abandoned US WWII And Cold War Military Bases Still Pollute The Arctic - September 8, 2025
Canada's Genocide: The Case Of The Ahiarmiut - September 1, 2025
Sweden To Export Dangerous Prisoners To Estonian Jail - July 14, 2025
Norway's Shelf Oil And Gas Resources: Overview - March 2, 2025
Danish Expert Looks Back On The Geopolitical Role Of Greenland - January 18, 2025
A New Overview On Discrimination Against the Sámi - September 3, 2024

Feature

Finland Fuels Public Opinion to Reject the Icebreaker Deal with the US - February 25, 2026
Greenlanders About the King's Visit: Should Have Arrived Earlier - February 19, 2026
Finnish Program Fleet 2020 to Be Completed in 2029 - February 18, 2026
How Does the US Use Finnish Icebreakers? - February 2, 2026

Opinion

The European Union's First Arctic Strategy - October 23, 2026
Iceland's Economic Model No Longer Works - October 15, 2026
Finland Dismantles the Remains of the Welfare State - October 8, 2026
Finland Is Sharply Cutting Aid to Developing Countries - October 6, 2026
Korean Investments in Alaska LNG Unconfirmed - October 2, 2026
UN Calls on Finland to Address Violations of Sámi Rights - September 24, 2026
Finland's Newest F-35 Failed to Reach Its Base on Time - September 21, 2026
Finland Will Hide Under a Nuclear Umbrella That Doesn't Exist - September 16, 2026
Analysis of the Korean Vessel's Passage along the Northern Sea Route - September 15, 2026
EU Invests in Canadian Mining Company in East Greenland - September 10, 2026
Norway Plans to Drill Oil and Gas in the Exclusion Zone - September 3, 2026
Deepening European Integration: Sweden Begins Exporting Prisoners to Estonia - August 19, 2026
Finland Is Losing the Economic Competition with Asia - August 14, 2026
War Fever in Norway Will Now Affect Schoolchildren - August 13, 2026
China Is Calling—Is Iceland Going to Seize the Opportunity? - August 11, 2026
Norwegian National Minorities Unite—We Lose by Fighting Each Other - July 14, 2026
Why Ireland Is a Successful Country and Finland Is Not - July 3, 2026
Construction of US Icebreaker Parts Begins at Pori Shipyard - June 24, 2026
Iceland Has Become Africa: How the Icelandic Elite Robbed the Nation - June 18, 2026
Canada Allows Denial of Cultural Genocide of Its Indigenous Population - June 16, 2026
Every Seventh Child Lives in Poverty in the World's Happiest Country - June 8, 2026
Iceland's Rosy Facade Hides Deep Social Injustice - June 4, 2026
A Vision of a New North Atlantic Superpower - May 12, 2026
Neo-Nazism Is Thriving in Finland - April 30, 2026
Korea's Breakthrough in the Global Icebreaker Market - April 28, 2026
Fishing Corruption Is Rampant in Iceland - April 24, 2026
Icelanders Are Increasingly Less Supportive of Joining the EU - April 15, 2026
Arctic Shipping Discussion in the Republic of Korea - April 9, 2026
Republic of Korea to Use Northern Sea Route for Commercial Shipping - April 8, 2026
What Can the Danish Parties Offer Greenland? - March 26, 2026
The Epic Defeat of Mette Frederiksen's Coalition Government - March 26, 2026
The Danish Realm Is Cracking at the Seams - March 23, 2026
Iceland Is Currently Benefiting from the War in the Middle East - March 18, 2026
Two Slaps to Trump from Finnish Ministers in One Day - March 17, 2026
The Norwegian Arctic Will Be Almost Deserted by 2050 - March 13, 2026
Finland Is Becoming a Nuclear Threat - March 9, 2026
Major Step Forward in Achieving Greenland's Independence - March 6, 2026
French Nuclear Aircraft Carrier in Sweden: Seducing for Frigate Sale - March 2, 2026
The Urgent Surfacing of an American Submarine Near Nuuk - February 27, 2026
The US Is Sending an Ark to Help the People of Greenland - February 23, 2026
UK Carrier Strike Group to Deploy to North Atlantic in 2026 - February 17, 2026
Denmark Showers Greenlanders with Manna due to US Challenge - February 10, 2026
Sweden in Early Nuclear Talks with France and Britain - January 29, 2026
Nordic Countries Reject President Trump's Board of Peace - January 28, 2026
Is Iceland Trump's Next Target After Greenland? - January 16, 2026
War Fever Around Greenland Is Gaining Momentum - January 15, 2026
Canada Investments Are Under Threat Due To US Policy - January 14, 2026
A Probable Scenario For The US Takeover Of Greenland - January 6, 2026
Finland's Healthcare System Is Inefficient And Unfair - November 10, 2025
Norway Doesn't Pay Oil Veterans Compensation For Loss Of Health - October 29, 2025
Iceland Will Be A Good Host Country For NATO Without Its Own Army - October 17, 2025
Climate Change Will Weaken The Russian Northern Fleet - October 8, 2025
US Lures Wary Japanese into Country's Most Expensive Gas Project - May 27, 2025
Elections Turned Finland's Right-Wing Government into a Lame Duck - April 16, 2025
Steady Growth of Homeless People in the World's Happiest Country - April 14, 2025
Icelandic Authorities Unable To Solve Worsening School Violence - February 20, 2025
The Casino Nation: Iceland is Seeking Investment - January 15, 2025
Iceland's Dysfunctional Political And Social Systems - October 29, 2024
Okinawa's Lessons For Sweden And Finland - September 19, 2024
Serfdom-like System For Thai Wild Berry Pickers in Finland: 'Please, Give Us Our Freedom' - September 6, 2024
Trying to Discredit the Sámi Parliament in Finland - August 9, 2024
Barbarians From Europe Are Defacing the Arctic Circle in Norway - July 30, 2024
Greenland Outlaws Discrimination Against Inuits - July 17, 2024

Review

A Review of Chinese Arctic Research 1999–2026 - July 8, 2026
Finnish Secret Service Reveals Its Secrets in a Chief of Staff's Book - February 20, 2026
Hate Crimes Against Swedish Sámi Revealed In A New Brå Report - August 16, 2024