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Newsletter from the Editor:
Welcome to Autumn in The Arctic
Dear High North News reader. We are back from summer vacation, ready to go and looking forward to a packed autumn of security, fish, industry, science and good debates.
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This summer Arctic news was dominated by security, emergency preparedness, and infrastructure—and, not least, by the climate change that set parts of both Europe and the Americas ablaze.
That makes commentator Arne O. Holm grateful for the cold, wet Northern Norwegian summer.
The first research expedition of Arctic Ocean 2050 also encountered climate change on its journey to the North Pole.
And a new weather record was set on Svalbard.
A must read: Our investigative journalist Malte Humpert has found loopholes on EUs sanctions against Russian LNG.
Military and coast guard activity across the Arctic intensified this summer.
Canada strengthened its military mobility in the Arctic, and US and Canadian forces train to defend the Alaskan theater of operations.
The UK assumes command of NATO JFC Norfolk, the command responsible for security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic.
Other news: Greenland's Human Rights Council was hacked, the population of Iceland is growing and more young people in the Norwegian Arctic have summer jobs this year.
Also read that municipalities in the Northern Norway are struggling, and that there are long waiting lists at a Sámi kindergarten in Northern Sweden.
US tariffs continue to affect Norwegian salmon exports, despite strong numbers (Norwegian).
We welcome back Linn M. Ophaug, who is filling in for research journalist Birgitte Annie Hansen while she is on maternity leave for the coming year. Feel free to send her tips regarding research in and about the Arctic at linn.m.ophaug@nord.no.
You are also welcome to follow us on social media and join the conversation.
Greetings from Editor in Chief, Trine Jonassen
