The world’s most authoritative atlas maker has updated its most recent edition following widespread criticism from scientists who said Greenland was looking far too green. Continue Reading

Archaeologists from the Danish national museum have finally succeeded in confirming that Erik the Red and his people could indeed brew beer in Greenland when they lived there. Continue Reading

Cairn Energy is to team up with Norwegian group Statoil in their quest to look for oil off the coast of Greenland. Continue Reading

Viking exploration of Hudson Bay will continue in 2013 when descendants of the first Viking voyagers to reach North America 1,000 years ago sail into the Arctic from Churchill, Manitoba. Continue Reading

For the first time today members of the Nordic Council offered to meet the public before their official meeting; but only four applications were received. Continue Reading

Greenlandic authorities have opened bidding on oil prospecting licences to the east of the country for the first time. Interest is said to be strong, with over 70 oil companies attending the Greenlanders' open meeting on the subject last month in Copenhagen. Continue Reading

An electronically tagged seal pup with a terrible sense of direction is to be flown back to Greenland after washing up over 3,2oo km from home on England’s east coast. Continue Reading

The World Trade Organisation has been reassured by Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus that they will impose a ban on the import and export of seal skins from Greenland and Canada. Continue Reading

At the dawn of 2012 IceNews would like to wish you a happy and healthy year ahead and to thank you for reading and commenting over the last year. Continue Reading

The melting of Greenland’s glaciers may be more sensitive to climate change than previously assumed, according to new research which found they can also quickly expand during relatively short periods of climatic cooling. Continue Reading