Rorshok Arctic Update

Canada investing in Inuit healthcare, NATO base in Rovaniemi , Finland’s children boosting the Sami language, another win for Arctic football, Greenland refusing American help, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “How toddlers in Finland are saving an...

Canada’s first Inuit university, Alaska to take a risk on a gas pipeline, Greenlanders at the Winter Olympics, Arctic wildfires spreading, Russia’s struggling economy, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “Alaska’s subsistence system is losing its balan...

NATO launching a new Arctic mission, Alaska’s expensive storm repairs, Canada looking to protect Hudson Bay, earthquakes in Iceland, Norway’s biggest ever scientific mission, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Multilateral Update: https://rors...

The US’s interest in deep-sea mining, the collapse of an Alaskan oil drilling rig, Norway’s multibillion-dollar investment in Arctic defence, fattening polar bears, Groundhog Day, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Ocean Update: https://rorsho...

The US looking to cancel an Indigenous support program, Canada’s reindeer recovery, the beluga whales’ shocking relationship structure, Norway’s football milestone, blackouts battering northern Russia, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “Our salmon ar...

Russia’s warning of war, an international treaty creating strong ocean protections, a terrible winter for Norway’s reindeer, Alaska’s bear cameras, updates on the world's northernmost fully electric car ferry, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “Green...

US escalation of threats toward Greenland, Russia’s display of Arctic power, Canada’s demonstration of Indigenous conservation importance, freezing weather causing the shutdown of Lapland’s airports, the importance of Greenlandic science, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, shar...

Alaska’s boost to healthcare funding, Russia’s growing dark fleet, record-breaking Christmas heat in Iceland, Norway’s turn to potatoes to address food challenges, the invention of the “bear-dar,” and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Rorshok Ocean Updat...

Color-changing habits of reindeers, the Canadian government’s investment in northern development, a 70-billion-dollar estimated cost for an Alaska gas pipeline, Norwegian football fights over sharing money, the US increasing its investment in Alaska’s military, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what yo...

The Arctic’s 2025 Report Card, Russia’s plans for a North Pole base, US actions upsetting Denmark, a whale virus spreading in the Arctic, Canadian financing for a struggling diamond mine, a rare polar bear adoption, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds....

Denmark classifying the US as a security risk, compensating Greenlandic women over an involuntary birth control program, Arctic Ozone under threat, hopeful news for polar bears, Iceland’s swimming culture, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. &nbs...

The EU to end imports of Russian gas, Finland advancing Indigenous justice, Iceland to shut down most of its fur farms, an unusually calm wildfire season, a Norway-UK defense agreement, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “China's Adaptive Diplom...

The EU ramping up its Arctic security efforts, the UK cutting vital Russian Arctic gas infrastructure, Alaskan fisheries’ strong year, Björk taking the Icelandic government to court, Greenland’s plastic deployment to map ocean pollution, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe,...

Alaska’s plans to open its ocean to drilling, Russia shattering Arctic LNG records, uranium in Sweden sparking local frustration, Canada’s northern coast growing unsafe, an old Viking mystery in Greenland getting clearer, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell...

Arctic espionage concerns rising, Iceland’s warning of an existential climate threat, legal battles escalating in Alaska and Norway, equality troubles rising in Greenland, the Faroe Islands’ money problems, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “Ea...

Hope for the Arctic’s future, renewed nuclear fears in northern Russia, Canada’s major spending, Alaska’s funding cuts to an earthquake detection center, Arctic seas getting rougher, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. “The Arctic has again becom...

Positive news for the Arctic climate, the US cancellation of Alaskan environmental protections, Russia’s multibillion-dollar northern city project, Denmark’s apology for forced contraception, rhinos in the Arctic, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your bu...

Alaska’s expansion of mining and oil projects, the Vatican’s return of Inuit artifacts to Canada, Russia’s Arctic nuclear arsenal, Finland’s new national animal, mosquitos in Iceland, and much more. Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Norwegian technology may h...

Russia’s proposed tunnel to the US, Sami legal action against Finland, Norway’s northern defense spending, rising wildfires in Canada, surprising health benefits of beluga whale skin, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Here's how you can help su...

The US government sending mixed messages over polar bear protection, NATO’s northernmost command center, Canadian beluga whales’ search for home, Finland’s construction of icebreakers for the US, Norway slowly cleaning up an oil spill, and much more!  Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscr...

The unexpected carbon impact of northern shipping, Trump’s interest in Greenland mining, Canada’s remembrance of a tragic past, faster aging polar bears, rising wolf numbers in Finland, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Shipping Routes in a glo...

Trump’s cancellation of Alaskan community funding, northern Canada’s water emergency, the disappearance of Norwegian and Swedish glaciers, Finland’s planned drone wall, Fat Bear Week, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. Polar bears living at the...

An Alaskan mining megadeal, EU sanctions on Russia’s energy industry, Canada’s self-governance deal with an Indigenous nation, Iceland’s oil exploration plans, secret underground salt melting the Arctic, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell your buds. New Fo...

Denmark’s historic military investment, the discovery of microscopic life in the North Pole, Canada’s sidelining of Arctic investment, Trump’s cuts to Indigenous education funding, updates on the Bodø/Glimt football club, and much more! Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com  Like what you hear? Subscribe, share, and tell...

In this episode, Jack Ball, the Arctic Update writer, talks with political geographer and associate professor in the Geography Department at the University of Washington, Mia Bennett, whose new book, “Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic,” comes out in October.  Thanks for tuning in! Let us know what you think and what we can improve on by emailing us at info@rorshok.com &nbs...