Arctic

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promised Monday to boost defense spending enough to hit the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) target five years ahead of his country’s previous plan.

Greenland national elections come amid growing national demands for independence President Trump’s offer to make it part of the U.S.

Russian military aircraft were detected in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday and Wednesday, NORAD reported.

Denmark on Monday announced a $2 billion investment in Arctic security, implicitly acknowledging President Donald Trump’s criticism of the region’s vulnerability to Russian aggression — a vulnerability Trump wanted to address by taking control of Greenland.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Monday that his government understands America’s legitimate security interests in the Arctic region but is still not interested in handing over Greenland as President-elect Donald Trump has demanded.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday reminded President-elect Donald Trump, who hopes to acquire Greenland, that Russia will protect its “strategic interests” in the Arctic region.

Greenland is a “linchpin for U.S. national security and the future of the free world,” according to leading expert Dr. Walter Berbrick, the founding director of the Arctic Studies Group at the U.S. Naval War College.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who reportedly died under murky circumstances in a brutal prison camp at the age of 47 on Friday, was a fierce critic of strongman Vladimir Putin and the corruption of the Russian elite.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny resurfaced on Tuesday, over two weeks after he mysteriously disappeared during a prisoner transfer.

Russian tankers that would normally carry oil to European customers are instead being rerouted through the Arctic to China, according to an OilPrice report Friday.

Greta Thunberg was hauled off by police in Norway on Wednesday during a protest against a wind turbine project in the country’s north.

Justin Trudeau said “climate change” makes Canada more vulnerable to Russian military invasion by increasing “accessibility” to the Arctic.

Residents of Finland began reporting a huge jet of flame from across the Russian border last month. Satellite images detected a massive heat bloom that turned out to be a Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant burning off millions of cubic meters of gas that were supposed to be sold to European customers.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a military document that declared the United States is the primary threat to Russian security.

Russia said it successfully test-fired a new hypersonic cruise missile from a submarine against a target in the Barents Sea on Monday evening.

German climate scientist Markus Rex warned this week that humanity may have already passed the tipping point for irreversible global warming.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that Russia will “knock the teeth out” of everyone who tries to take a “bite” out of his country’s vast territory.

Japan’s government is considering investing further in alternative trade routes through Russia — including the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Northern Sea Route — in the wake of the Suez Canal blockage in March, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.

Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation suggested freight shippers should consider the Northern Sea Route as an “alternative” to Egypt’s Suez Canal on Thursday after a container ship blocked the canal and halted billions of dollars worth of trade this week.

The government of Russia said its new flagship nuclear-powered icebreaker, described by the state as the world’s “largest and most powerful,” left a St. Petersburg shipyard on Tuesday headed for the Arctic.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – A Norwegian cruise ship line halted all trips and apologized Monday for procedural errors after an outbreak of coronavirus on one ship infected at least 5 passengers and 36 crew. Health authorities fear the ship could have infected dozens of towns and villages along Norway’s western coast.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week appointed a special envoy for the Arctic, veteran diplomat Jim DeHart, as the United States looks to boost its diplomatic presence amid growing Chinese activity in the region.

Russian scientist Valery Mitko, president of the Arctic Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, was charged with treason on Monday for allegedly passing state secrets to China.

Four U.S. Navy ships and a British Royal Navy frigate entered the Barents Sea, north of Russia, to conduct Arctic security operations on May 4, the Pentagon confirmed Monday.

Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak debated climate change with an activist wearing a polar bear costume ahead of Tuesday’s Democrat debate in Charleston, SC.

Kamala Harris seemed lost for an answer when questioned about whether the U.S. should have more icebreakers in the Arctic.

As President Donald Trump’s recent interest in Greenland sparks a closer look at the Arctic island, it may be instructive to investigate the possibilities of Greenland becoming a major supply source to one of the most utilized resources in the world and one that is quickly disappearing — sand.

As a matter of national security and economic prosperity, it makes sense for the United States to have a strong footprint in Greenland. 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday the Atlantic alliance must counter China’s growing influence in the Pacific, working closely with allies such as Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea.

Climate alarmists continue to seek new vocabulary to express the apocalyptic urgency of their cause, with Time magazine now declaring that the Arctic is nearing a “point of no return,” thanks to global warming.

ROVANIEMI, FINLAND — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday turned up the heat on China once again during his trip to Finland to attend the 2019 Arctic Council Ministerial, calling China a “non-Arctic” state whose ambitions in the region pose an emerging challenge.

Pompeo said Monday the U.S. was doing all that it could to prevent attacks against U.S. forces stationed in Iraq by Iranian proxy forces.

ROVANIEMI, FINLAND — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a speech filled with sharp jabs and barbs at China and Russia a day ahead of an annual Arctic Council Ministerial meeting with member nations in Finland.

ROVANIEMI, FINLAND — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Finland on Monday for an Arctic Council ministerial. During the visit he will meet with seven heads of state in the region and reinforce the United States’ commitment to the Arctic amid a growing Chinese presence.

China has increased its civilian activities in the Arctic in recent years, with a potential eye towards deploying submarines there.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The Norwegian Intelligence Service says GPS signal disruption as seen during major NATO drills in Norway last year “is of particular concern” for the military and “is also a threat to civil aviation in peacetime.” The