Norway has called on Canada to settle its disputes with Russia in an attempt to decrease tensions over sovereignty in the Far North. The recommendation has come after a maritime delimitation was signed by Russia and Norway this week, ending a 40-year disagreement between the two nations and allowing for new trade routes and the exploration of natural resources. Read the full story

Two meetings yesterday put Icelandic-Russian relations in the spotlight: a meeting between both countries’ presidents near Moscow and a speech by the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs at the NATO-Russia Council meeting in New York. Read the full story

Four Greenpeace protesters, who scaled an oil rig off the coast of Greenland and stopped it drilling for 40 hours, have been deported back to their home countries. The activists, who were arrested on September 2, forced Edinburgh-based oil company Cairn Energy to cease all operations for two days. Read the full story

Cairn Energy has confirmed that it has found gas off the western coast of Greenland. The Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company made the discovery in the Baffin Bay Basin, 175km from the island of Disko. Read the full story

A summit of Inuit leaders focussing on resource development in the Arctic is urgently needed, according to the conclusions of the 11th Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) conference in Greenland. The meeting wrapped up on Friday in Nuuk after 65 Inuit delegates spent five days in Greenland’s capital discussing issues of mutual concern. Subjects on the table included offshore gas and oil drilling and uranium development. Read the full story

Representatives from the Russian Federation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research have agreed to cooperate on meteorology and higher education. Read the full story

A researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has said that climate change could lead to greater inter-species breeding. Read the full story

The Arctic ice cap recovered slightly over the past winter, despite some of the worst melting on record. Read the full story

The ongoing political manoeuvring over Arctic borders was addressed at a meeting of five arctic nations in the Canadian city of Chelsea; but those excluded ended up overshadowing the whole event. Read the full story

The natural resources of the Arctic region are unlikely to lead to any military conflict in the region according to new research by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) of Norway. The study further found that a diplomatic solution to any dispute resolution is far likelier and more rational than armed action. Read the full story