Eye on the Arctic

Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving is a skill and an artform that was almost abandoned in northwestern Canada. Now it is undergoing a renaissance, helped by Clarissa Rizal of Juneau.

Baltic Sea ice between Finland and Sweden is at record levels this spring with five icebreakers working to clear shipping lanes for hundreds of vessels.

Whitehorse's population may double by 2031. City councilors are eyeing ways to add new housing developments without creating urban sprawl.

Russia and Norway set aside territorial disputes and ideology to export oil as quickly and efficiently as possible. Should China and Japan look north for peace?

The United States' push for an international ban on the trade of polar bear parts angers Inuit organizations in Canada.

An unusual amount of ice blew into the bay this year, and southerly winds pushed massive chunks of ice towards the land.

Canadians studying how small communities could start making their own wood pellets to help defray high heating costs.

A landmark decision recognizes the rights of Sweden's indigenous population and their reindeer herding.

Rates of everything from communicable diseases to suicide remain several times higher in the Arctic than elsewhere, resulting in lower life expectancy.