Topic - Arctic Council

The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum which addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic. - Source: Wikipedia

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Large Icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland, Aug. 16, 2019. Norway has taken over the Arctic Council’s rotating presidency from Russia on Thursday, May 11, 2023 amid concerns that the work of the eight-country intergovernmental body on protecting the sensitive environment is at risk due to suspension of cooperation with Moscow over the Ukraine war. Research involving Russia ranging from climate work to mapping polar bears have been put on hold and scientists have lost access to important facilities in the Russian Arctic. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) **FILE**

Norway takes over presidency of Arctic Council from Russia

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

In this handout photo taken from a footage released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on March 26, 2021, a Russian nuclear submarine breaks through the Arctic ice during military drills at an unspecified location. The West's cooperation with Moscow in the Arctic, already strained after years of Russian military buildup in the icy region, has now ground to a halt amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Frozen fallout: Ukraine invasion scrambles Arctic rush

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Sergei Ilyin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Russia in line to take control of Arctic Council

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Sea ice breaks apart as the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica traverses the Northwest Passage through the Victoria Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in a Friday, July 21, 2017, file photo. The National Snow and Ice Data Center's figures Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, show that sea ice last week was only 1.4 million square miles when it reached its annual low mark for the summer. In the 1980s it was always at least 1 million square miles more. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Russia to use Arctic Council chairman role to push back on U.S. interests

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this June 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to participate in a group photo at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh/File)

Rising red tide: Russia accused of trashing Bering Strait amid Arctic power struggle

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Alaskans comb the beach along the Bering Sea to clean up debris. The exact origin of the garbage that washed up this summer is unclear, but local leaders said it was unlike anything they had seen before. (Associated Press)

Russia blamed for trash washing up on Alaska shores

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, steps off a plane upon arrival in Rovaniemi, Finland, Monday, May 6, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

US warns China, Russia against aggression in Arctic region

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, waves as he stands alongside Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, Monday, April 29, 2019, at the U.S. State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

China, climate, Russia to dominate Pompeo Europe tour

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

A few hundred people chanted slogans and made speeches to protest the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. High-level officials from the world's eight Arctic nations, including Tillerson, will meet in Alaska amid concerns about the future of the sensitive region after President Trump called for more oil drilling and development. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

The Latest: Tillerson: US reviewing climate change policy

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A few hundred people chanted slogans and made speeches to protest the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. High-level officials from the world's eight Arctic nations, including Tillerson, will meet in Alaska amid concerns about the future of the sensitive region after President Trump called for more oil drilling and development. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Officials from Arctic nations meet amid drilling concerns

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

Arctic diplomacy summit comes to Maine’s largest city

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Icelandic President Olafur R. Grimsson (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

Iceland’s president sees no U.S. leadership as commercial potential opens in Arctic

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Arctic Ocean Map by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

RALSTON: From sea to shining sea to Arctic Ocean

By Gen. Joe Ralston - The Washington Times