If or when? Russian President Vladimir Putin might find his army bogged down in a messy and wasteful war in Ukraine, but he appears to be winning the battle against nature’s long, […]
Growing threat
All the risks
None of the rewards Russian President Vladimir Putin, the wannabe King of the Arctic, is falling short on his vision of turning his country’s Northern Sea Route into a legitimate alternative to […]
Growing danger
The little-noticed tankers off AK’s coast One line in the middle of qCapitan’s latest report on Russian Arctic shipping ought to send a chill down the spines of Alaskans. “In addition to […]
Uncharted waters
Thin-hulled oil tanker bound for Bering Sea As you read this, the Leonid Losa – a Liberia-registered oil tanker owned by Dubai-based Sun Ship Management and loaded with a million barrels of […]
The neighbors
Russia’s Arctic development rolls on As Americans, Alaskans among them, continue to ponder the economic future of the U.S. Arctic, the Russians are charging full speed ahead into what they see as […]
Economic consequences
Russian fish replacing Alaska’s in China (This story was updated on May 29, 2023 to reflect that Russia plans to make the ice-choked Northern Sea Route a year-round shipping corridor starting […]
Ukraine fallout
As war rages a world away from Alaska in Ukraine, the environmental threat to the 49th state associated with that war continues to grow almost unnoticed. With Western nations boycotting Russian gas […]
Ground zero
While some in the U.S. and much of the rest of the West fret about carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions and global warming, the Chinese – already the by-far world leaders in CO2 production – […]
Oil in the Chukchi
When Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips and other oil companies abandoned plans to drill for oil in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea three years ago, environmentalists took the news as a victory for the […]
It’s the economy
Economists are forecasting Alaska could finally break out of its recession next year or may already have done so, but that doesn’t mean the economic future for the 49th state looks all that […]
