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Norway erects fence at exposed Russia border sections
The Norwegian-Russian border at Kirkenes, Norway, about 13 kilometers from Storskog, on October 16, 2023. REUTERS
Following the example of its neighbor…
Army air defense systems deploy to the Arctic, Africa for first time
Soldiers assigned to 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, drive the Sgt. Stout to the firing range during Formidable Shield 25 on May 6, 2025, in…
The High North and the F-35 Lightning II
A Norwegian F-35 Lightning II closes the gap to be refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 101st Air Refueling Wing during Nordic Response 24 on March…
Shuttered Aleutian naval air base straddling Arctic and Pacific oceans…
The U.S. military is considering reopening Naval Air Station Adak in the Aleutian Islands. In 2019, the base, which closed in 1997, was used for an Arctic…
Russia-China ship-to-ship transfers of Arctic oil evade sanctions
An aerial view shows a storage facility owned by Lukoil Oil Co. at the Arctic port of Varandey. REUTERS
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Russia’s Arctic oil exports to China rose…
New U.S. Army manual lays out how to fight and survive in the Arctic
A U.S. Soldier, attached to 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, wears snowshoes during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly training…
Skibird makes first ice landing in decades during Arctic exercise
A variant of the C-130 warplane, the LC-130 Hercules or “Skibird,” landed on ice in March 2025 in the Canadian Arctic, the first such landing in decades. U.S.…
The reemergence of geopolitics in the Arctic
A Russian serviceman stands guard by a military truck on the island of Alexandra Land, which is part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic. Russia…
U.S. Marines, Soldiers sharpen Arctic skills at Joint Viking
A U.S. Navy Sailor with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, participates in an ice breakthrough event in…
Arctic Edge 24: Below Zero Medicine yields sustainability
U.S. Navy Lt. Maria Jarrett has the temperature of her hands assessed using a frost-bite sensor after below zero medical procedures on mannequins. LANCE CPL.…