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Iceland
as a post-pandemic travel destination Around this time of the year, tourists would go hunting for Northern Lights hoping to live the...
The coldest way to school
With an average winter temperature of minus 40°C, Oymyakon, Siberia, is the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth. But that's not...
The coldest way to school
With an average winter temperature of minus 40°C, Oymyakon, Siberia, is the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth. But that's not...
Happy Halloween!
In many places all over the world tonight is the scariest night of the year, it's Halloween! But did you know Greenland has its own...
Wash your hands!
In these challenging times, Greenland has so far handled COVID-19 pandemic efficiently. Indeed the country has reported no deaths due to...
Naming Auroras
Don't miss your chance to name the Northern Lights! The Northern Lights are a fascinating natural phenomenon happening mainly from August...
Music for the Arctic
Composer and Italian classical piano superstar Ludovico Einaudi teamed up with Greenpeace for a concert in the Arctic Circle in 2016, in...
Melting Arctic:
What does it mean for the rest of the world? The Arctic territories have recently registered concerning temperatures, being the warmest...
The myth of the "sea unicorn"
Indigenous Inuit had no written language system, and history was passed down through oral tradition during the long winter nights. There...
Who calls the Arctic Home?
Greenland is also known as “kalaallit nunaat”, which means “the Land of People”, although it's hard to imagine life at -50°C . It's...
The fate of Shackleton's dogs
The Ross Sea party was a component of Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914–17. The team consisted of two parties and two...
"Mother of the sea"
Check out this song from Nanook band! Called "Mother of the sea", this single narrates an ancient myth about respecting the sea and was...
Local food in Nuuk
From fish market to table 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞? Locals and tourists can now enjoy...
"A Greenlander"
A movie by Nicholas Jones, winner of "Best International Short", follows the French Painter Pierre Auzias, fully integrated in Uummaanaq,...
Italia, chronicles of an Arctic disaster
Roald Amundsen and Umberto Nobile were very different personalities, but both great dreamers. The former was a Norwegian explorer, an...
SourToe
You can ddrink it fast, you can drink it slow.. In Dawson City, in the Canadian region of Yukon, Downtown Hotel offers thirsty visitors a...
Whales like to change music
Blue whales are the world's largest animals and their vocalizations are among the most mysterious and fascinating facts of the natural...
New lockdown? Be more Norwegian!
In these uncertain times we are all living, looking up at Norwegian lifestyle could be helpful. When psychologist Lebowitz first moved to...
Biodiversity under the ice!
Take a peek inside the seed vault that is designed to protect the world’s plant life. The Norwegian seed bank is designed to protect the...
Arctic culture and climate,
a new exhibition at the British Museum The Arctic is changing dramatically. This staggering transformation is at the heart of a new...
The largest Greenland Shark
preserved at the Natural History Museum. Greenland sharks are elusive creatures that spend most of their time in the deep sea around the...
Frozen in the Arctic
...for 42'000 Years! Imagine waking up after a 42,000 years nap. In Siberia, melting permafrost is releasing nematodes — microscopic...
Double tragedy
A young polar bear was shot after killing a man in Svalbard The attack occurred at a campsite near Longyearbyen, the main town of the...
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