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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · 10d

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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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · 16d

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

cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · 17d

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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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · 18d

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...

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · 21d

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

Light Reading @lightreading.bsky.social · 22d

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:

Amazon to FCC: Drop five-year deorbit rule

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.

www.lightreading.com

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · Sep 9

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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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · Jun 24

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

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · Jun 18

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! 🛰️

Earth Observation Lab @humboldteolab.bsky.social · Jun 16

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

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · Jun 11

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.

www.cryopolitics.com

cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · Jun 3

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.

www.cryopolitics.com

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Eye on the Arctic - Regard sur l'Arctique @eyeonthearctic.bsky.social · May 30

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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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · May 29

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

Hugo Estecahandy @hugoesteca.bsky.social · May 28

🚀 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...

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · May 29

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

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · May 27

How can we prevent and mitigate space debris? In a new comment for Communications Engineering @natureportfolio.nature.com, I offer a few targeted interventions across the satellite lifecycle. 🛰️

rdcu.be/enJUS 🧪 #satellites #space #spacedebris

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · May 26

My latest blog post recaps the #Kirkenes Conference, held last week in the Norwegian town close to the Russian border. It also includes a few reflections on what has changed in Kirkenes since I last visited in 2019.

www.cryopolitics.com/2025/05/26/i...

#Arctic #geopolitics

In a rebordered Barents region, Kirkenes Conference takes place - CRYOPOLITICS

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.

www.cryopolitics.com

cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · May 22

someone went crazy with the z-factor on this map of the #Arctic shown at the #Kirkenes Conference 🧪

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · May 16

New blog post, the 1st from my week in #Svalbard earlier this month.

On the Norwegian archipelago, where the arrival of Mark #Zuckerberg's superyacht & May 1 (Labor Day) each prompted protests, community issues take priority over scrambles for the #Arctic.

www.cryopolitics.com/2025/05/16/i... 🧪

In Longyearbyen, local issues outweigh geopolitical concerns - CRYOPOLITICS

On the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, community issues take priority over scrambles for the Arctic.

www.cryopolitics.com

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · May 8

Absolutely. Horrible stuff. I was actually trying to work that historical reference into my headline somehow, but I couldn't figure it out.

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · May 8

With the Trump administration sabotaging scientific knowledge gathered over half a century, US polar scientists are urgently trying to build their resilience.

Read more in my latest blog post:
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/05/08/t... 🧪 #Arctic @noaa.gov @polargeospatial.bsky.social #science

Trump budget cuts are destroying Arctic data - CRYOPOLITICS

With the Trump administration sabotaging scientific knowledge, US polar scientists are urgently trying to build their resilience.

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Ruth Mottram @ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · May 7

Just heard on #Cryolist that the Polar Geospatial center at U. of Minnesota is losing their funding. These guys have a huge range of data products including super high resolution digital elevation models of both Arctic and Antarctica.

(#arcticdem + #rema )

This is just naked vandalism.

Effective immediately and until further notice, the Polar Geospatial Center will no longer be accepting new requests for data, products, or services to support NSF awards or contracts. Due to the lack of ongoing NSF renewal funding, the PGC is wrapping up the current in-progress work and requests to accommodate the end of staff positions and available funds. Should funding resume in the future, information will be provided to communicate when and at what level services will be continued. If your work is impacted by this news, please reach out to your NSF program officer.

The PGC has been proud to support the polar research and logistics communities for decades and contribute cutting edge geospatial innovations in support of your critical work. Obviously this news comes at a difficult time for many in the polar community. The PGC staff stands with you in spirit as we all look for additional opportunities to work together.
Sincerely,
The PGC User Services Team

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Polar Geospatial Center @polargeospatial.bsky.social · May 5

Effective immediately, the PGC is no longer accepting new NSF-supported requests due to a lack of renewal funding. Current work is wrapping up. Please contact your NSF program officer if impacted. We’re grateful to have supported your polar research. Read our full statement at www.pgc.umn.edu

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · Apr 30

On Monday, I attended the the Arctic Six's Forum on #Arctic Security at UiT. Some reflections in my blog:

While the Nordic countries are preparing their citizens for the worst, they are neglecting to turn to those who are some of the most self-sufficient: #Sámi.
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/04/29/s...

Sámi call for inclusion in 'total defense' at Arctic security forum - CRYOPOLITICS

While the Nordic countries are preparing their citizens for the worst, they are neglecting to turn to those who are some of the most self-sufficient: Sámi.

www.cryopolitics.com

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · Apr 28

Tromsø keeps the dream of the '90s alive and splashing

As I discovered over the weekend in #Tromsø, here on the #Arctic’s suburban fringe, weekends center on skiing, shopping at the mall, & swimming. In a time of global volatility, it is reassuringly mundane.

www.cryopolitics.com/2025/04/27/t...

Tromsø keeps the dream of the '90s alive and splashing - CRYOPOLITICS

On the Arctic's suburban fringe, weekends center on skiing, shopping at the mall, and swimming. In a time of volatility, it is all reassuringly mundane.

www.cryopolitics.com

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · Apr 9

I've just started a spring visit to @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social in #Tromsø, Norway supported by the #FulbrightArcticInitiative. On my second day in the office, I skied to work! With that, here's a new blog post: www.cryopolitics.com/.../08/skiin...
#skiing #Fulbright #Arctic 🧪

Skiing to work in North Norway - CRYOPOLITICS

Skiing to work was a nice change from my usual biking to work in the rain in Seattle, and surprisingly drier.

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cryopolitics @cryopolitics.com · Apr 7

Check out my new (open-access!) article on how #Arctic NGOs use satellite data, information, and knowledge, just published in Digital Geography & Society 🧪

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #remotesensing #criticalremotesensing

Satellite data, information, or knowledge? Critiquing how Arctic environmental NGOs derive meaning and power from imagery

Through interviews and correspondence carried out with six Arctic environmental NGOs (ENGOs) in 2024, this article identifies how they derive meaning …

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