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Self-Preservation: Amid Debate, An Alaskan Village Decides to Move Inland

In August 2016, the residents of Shishmaref, Alaska voted to relocate further inland from the impacts of climate

A Continual State of Emergency: Climate Change and Native Lands in Northwest Alaska

A warming world is a creating complex web of environmental, political, and cultural challenges for the Bering Strait

The Arctic Institute on the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting Fairbanks

The Arctic Institute Press Release on the United States handing over Arctic Council Chairmanship to Finland at

Localore in Anchorage: Engaging New Voices

Engaging new Arctic voices. This is perhaps the purest form of storytelling—simply providing people with a forum to

The Trump Taboo at COP22

The president-elect is omnipresent at this year's international climate meeting even though nobody is saying his

Build the Wall in Alaska

From Tangier to Shishmaref, coastal residents have joked with me that Donald Trump shouldn’t build a wall on the

High-Speed Internet for America’s North – Infographic

As the Arctic sea ice melts, also high-speed internet routes are poised to connect East and West through the

An old problem, a new opportunity: A case for solving the Beaufort Sea boundary dispute

The new Canadian government has the change to resolve one of the few remaining boundary disputes in the Arctic: the

Designate the 9th National Security Cutter an Arctic flagship

With a few tweaks the U.S. Coast Guard's latest high-end cutter can be a flagship in the American Arctic and support