In my latest blog inspired by #ArtemisII, I argue that our capacity to bear witness to space exploration by looking up at the stars distinguishes it from polar exploration, which always takes place outside of humanity's collective field of view. 🚀🌘🌎 #Arctic www.cryopolitics.com/2026/04/07/a... 🧪

Artemis II brings the world together in space – and closer to the Moon's south pole - CRYOPOLITICS

Our capacity to bear witness to space exploration by looking up at the stars distinguishes it from polar exploration, which is always hidden from view.

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Thank you to @cryopolitics.com for an awesome tour of San Francisco's Arctic and Alaskan connections Chasing whales, distracted by gold, building a commercial hub out of shipwrecks, just out of reach from Russia #AAG2026

Call for abstracts – RGS-IBG 2026 @rgsibg.bsky.social (1-4 Sept, London) Human Presence Beyond Earth: Critical Geographies of Outer Space 🧑‍🚀 Full CfP: shorturl.at/1LL4Y 🧪 #geography #outerspace #artemis #artemisII @nasaspaceflight.com

“What Trump is after is an expansion of American territory that would make him a historic president.” @alimacewen.bsky.social is joined by @cryopolitics.com to examine Greenland’s complex history and her views on the reasons behind US threats of annexation. www.landclimate.org/us-greenland/

What does the US really see in Greenland? - Land and Climate Review

Alasdair is joined by returning guest and co-author of “Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic,” Mia Bennett, to discuss the Greenland crisis.

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Call for Papers: @rgsibg.bsky.social | London | 1-4 September 2026 Investigating the geopolitics of private satellite infrastructure: new pathways for connectivity and conflict Full CfP: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪 #satellites #geography #Starlink

Blog: Last summer, I ran 45 km to & from #Ilulissat, #Greenland🇬🇱, which is expanding its airport to accommodate jet planes. But as I found, the renovations to the iceberg city's #infrastructure are choking the tundra in dust. ✈️🧊 Read on: www.cryopolitics.com/2026/01/18/t... #airport #trailrunning🧪

Turning tundra to tarmac, Ilulissat pursues Arctic airport ambitions - CRYOPOLITICS

When I ran 45 kilometers to and from Ilulissat to Oqaatsut, the tundra crunched underfoot. That's because the iceberg city's runway expansion is covering the tundra in dust.

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My review, for @newrepublic.com, of @klausdodds.bsky.social & Mia Bennett's (@cryopolitics.com), Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic. W/ discussion of Greenland & the wider geopolitical context. It's an excellent book & one that could not be more timely. newrepublic.com/article/2051...

Trump’s Greenland Threats and the Plunder of the Arctic

The far north has long been a region of exceptional international cooperation. But Trump’s designs on Greenland come at a time of growing instability.

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📢 New article: Holding up the skies: Is #Starlink occupying Low Earth Orbit?' We calculate that the megaconstellation, which forms a privately-owned planetary infrastructure, equals → 52% of all mass in LEO 🛰️ → 75% of all mass launched LEO btw 2019-2023 🚀 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Holding up the skies: is Starlink occupying low Earth orbit?

Starlink is occupying low Earth orbit (LEO) with thousands of small satellites, which provide global high-speed internet. We calculate that the privately owned megaconstellation, which we contend f...

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Meanwhile, the Iranian regime continues its nationwide blackout. Iran has now been effectively offline for over 12 hours, with national connectivity down to ~1% of normal levels. Yet, with the help of Starlink, footage comes out of Iran here and then.

Blog: While Trump raises fears of Russian and Chinese ships swarming #Greenland, the island's residents fear the much more real possibility of American ships swarming the world's largest island. www.cryopolitics.com/.../after-ve... #Arctic #geopolitics 🧪

After Venezuela, will Greenland be next to fall in the Western Hemisphere? - CRYOPOLITICS

While Trump raises fears of Russian and Chinese ships swarming Greenland, the island's residents fear the much realer possibility of American ships.

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Not exactly bedtime listening these days, but the audiobook of 'Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the #Arctic' is now out. 🎧🧊🧪 @klausdodds.bsky.social & I were delighted to secure award-winning Canadian narrator Senn Annis to bring our writing off to life. rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

RBmedia | Unfrozen

Listen to the audiobook Unfrozen, written by Klaus Dodds;Mia Bennett, narrated by Senn Annis.

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Last blog post of 2025 recalling one of the year's highlights: seeing my first polar bear. I'd long wanted to chance upon the #Arctic's apex predator. Finally, while snowmobiling across #Svalbard in May, I saw one where I least expected it. 🐻‍❄️ 🧪 www.cryopolitics.com/2025/12/28/f... #polarbear

Following in the paw prints of the polar bear - CRYOPOLITICS

I'd always wanted to see a polar bear serendipitously. Finally, while snowmobiling across Svalbard, I came upon one where I least expected it.

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The #Arctic is perceived as a future military theatre. But while war rages to the south, it has become a safe haven for refugees from #Ukraine and beyond. New blog post drawing on fieldwork in Vardø with @riaadams.bsky.social @infranortherc.bsky.social www.cryopolitics.com/2025/12/19/f... 🧪

For Ukrainians in Vardø, the Arctic is a refuge, not a battleground - CRYOPOLITICS

The Arctic is often perceived as a future battleground. But it has actually become a safe haven for refugees from Ukraine and beyond.

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For many remote #Arctic communities, #Starlink is the obvious choice for satellite internet. But #Greenland, wary of the US, is turning to European alternatives. Meanwhile, China and Russia’s military-industrial complexes are linking arms. More on my blog: www.cryopolitics.com/2025/12/04/a...

As Greenland rejects Starlink, China and Russia tighten military ties - CRYOPOLITICS

For remote Arctic communities, Starlink is the obvious choice for internet. But Greenland, wary of the US, is turning to European alternatives.

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Super cool to come across this Vantor (formerly Maxar) WorldView image of the NISAR (NASA - ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite in orbit. A satellite taking a picture of a satellite – very meta... 🛰️ www.linkedin.com/posts/tien-n...

People often eagerly discuss the end of the Arctic. Yet realizing that the #Arctic Circle Assembly may have peaked could hit a bit too close to home. My latest blog post recaps this year's conference, which just wrapped up in #Reykjavik. www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/21/h... #geopolitics 🧪

Have we reached peak Arctic Circle? - CRYOPOLITICS

People often eagerly discuss the end of the Arctic. Yet realizing that the Arctic Circle Assembly may have peaked could hit a bit too close to home.

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The Chinese container ship #IstanbulBridge arrived in England from China after a 20-day journey via the Northern Sea Route. But locally, in the town of Harwich, no one seemed to pay much attention. #Arctic #shipping www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/15/f... 🧪

First container ship to sail the China-Europe Arctic Express Route arrives in England - CRYOPOLITICS

Chinese container ship Istanbul Bridge arrived in England from China after a 20-day journey via the Northern Sea Route. But locally, no one noticed.

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I offered some remarks on the closure of the US #Arctic Research Consortium for High North News, which deals yet another blow to regional cooperation – and to communities in Alaska, too. www.highnorthnews.com/en/us-arctic...

US Arctic Research Consortium Shuts Down

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States will shut down this month after having its funding slashed earlier this year. The closure reflects the Trump Administration's move toward securitizi...

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Just as Istanbul Bridge departs China for the UK via the Northern Sea Route, I was excited to be interviewed for the Weekly Biz cover story on #Arctic #shipping in Chosun Ilbo, South Korea's largest newspaper. Some excellent infographics, too. www.chosun.com/economy/week... #NorthernSeaRoute

Now published! 📢 'Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the #Arctic' Co-authored with @klausdodds.bsky.social, our new book on northern geopolitical & ecological change is out today in the UK. Available in the US from 21 Oct. www.waterstones.com/book/unfroze... #geopolitics #books 🧪

Unfrozen by Mia Bennett, Klaus Dodds | Waterstones

Buy Unfrozen by Mia Bennett, Klaus Dodds from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Check out my blog for a recap of the #Arctic Security Conference 2025, which convened in Oslo for the second time last week. Takeaway: The work of Arctic conferences, as niche as they are, should be to reject rather than reproduce megalomaniacal discourses. www.cryopolitics.com/2025/09/22/a...

Amazon is seeking to roll back the FCC's five-year deorbit rule, and I had something to say about that. 😁 #spacedebris #satellites

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Amazon wants the FCC to roll back a five-year deorbit rule for satellites which was established in 2022 to mitigate the harms of orbital debris. Read more on Light Reading:

My book with @klausdodds.bsky.social, 'Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the #Arctic', comes out on 23 Sept. We have several events this autumn in the UK including a conversation night @waterstones.bsky.social in London on 14 October. Hope to see you there! www.waterstones.com/events/unfro...

Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic - Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds in conversation | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic - Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds in conv...

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Might anyone know if there exist shapefiles or rasters of #Arctic sea ice in the 16th or 17th centuries? Thank you! 🧪

It was inspiring to visit the Humboldt University of Berlin and meet with researchers in the Earth Observation Lab (@humboldteolab.bsky.social)‪ & Conservation Biogeography Lab (@biogeoberlin.bsky.social‬), who are advancing #RemoteSensing in exciting (and critical!) ways. Vielen Dank! 🛰️

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Grateful to Prof. Mia Bennett (@cryopolitics.com ,Univ. of Washington) for stirring questions at today’s EO Lab colloquium. “Pixel Politics” probed who owns the satellites—and the narratives—behind our data. Exposure→engagement→empowerment: roadmap for critical #RemoteSensing

Colorful houses. Monumental icebergs. Sturdy igloos. These are the structures for which #Greenland is famous. But in #Nuuk, the ones that leave the biggest impression are the block apartments. Read more in my newest blog post. #architecture www.cryopolitics.com/2025/06/11/d...

Despite housing shortages, Greenland razes colonial apartment blocks - CRYOPOLITICS

Now, these colonial monoliths built by the Danes are on their way out.

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Yesterday, by a stroke of luck, I found myself on @icelandair.bsky.social first Boeing 737 MAX flight to #Nuuk, #Greenland. The airport has an expanded runway, which has been lengthened to 2200 meters to accommodate jumbo jets. Blog: www.cryopolitics.com/2025/06/03/t... #Arctic 🧪

Touching down at Nuuk's expanded airport - CRYOPOLITICS

A 2200-meter runway has been carved into Greenland's lunar landscape, thrusting passengers into a duty-free paradise of cigarettes and alcohol.

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At the Kirkenes Conference, security has replaced cross-border exchange. Blogger Mia Bennett @cryopolitics.com has this dispatch from Norway’s shifting frontier 👇 www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...

Blog: In a rebordered Barents region, Kirkenes Conference takes place

Never would I have thought I’d use my Russian rudimentary language skills to chat to a Ukrainian refugee displaced to the Arctic because of the war. Earlier this month, I was trying to reserve a hote...

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Looking forward to giving this seminar on commercial spaceports in the #Arctic at CNAM in Paris next month 🚀 ! #astropolitics #geopolitics

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🚀 How do the challenges of #digital #technology also affect outer #space and the #Arctic? ❄️ Come to meet and listen to Mia Bennett @cryopolitics.com (Uni. of Washington) on June 18, 4 PM - 6 PM (CET) in Paris and online! You can register directly via this link: evento.renater.fr/survey/semin...

this whole tendency of europeans to randomly throw holidays in the middle of the week is throwing me off