NUUK — This cross-border investigation focuses on how the increasing interest in the Arctic area – especially in Greenland and in the Russian northern shores – is re-shaping the economic and political equilibrium and is impacting the environment on a global level.
The Arctic area is experiencing a continuous expansion in terms of economic investments. The extractive industry – oil, natural gas, rare earths – and the maritime trade seem to be booming, new commercial routes are opening.
This is happening in large part due to climate change and in particular the melting of ice, which makes new resources and trade routes accessible and available. Ironically, if climate change is one of the causes driving new explorations and extraction missions in the Arctic, at the same time these new investments are causing further deterioration of environmental and climate conditions. This is a vicious circle in which the premises and consequences are harmful to the planet's future.
Illustration on the right: The Russell Glacier, just a few kilometers from Kangerlussuaq, is one of the most affected by climate change. Photo by Federica Bonalumi.
Additional photos in the gallery below, also by Federica Bonalumi:
1. Ivalo works in the small library of Narsaq. When asked what she thinks about the Kvanefjeld project, she says that she doesn't want to hear about uranium mining in her town anymore.
2. Hunters display their prey on the counter at the Nuuk market.
ONLINE
- Groenlandia, l’isola dei tesori, IrpiMedia, 11/10/2024
- La Groenlandia al centro del Grande Gioco dell’Artico, IrpiMedia, 14/10/2024
- Colonizzazione artica, IrpiMedia, 18/10/2024
- Così le aziende italiane aggirano le sanzioni contro il gas della Russia, Domani, 01/11/2024
- The Consequences Of Colonisation On Inuit Culture In Greenland, VoxEurop, 04/12/2024
- Le conseguenze della colonizzazione sulla cultura inuit in Groenlandia, VoxEurop, 04/12/2024
- Die Folgen der Kolonisierung für die Inuit in Grönland, VoxEurop, 04/12/2024
- Les Inuits du Groenland, piégés entre héritage colonial et changement climatique, VoxEurop, 04/12/2024
- В Арктику через Эмираты, Project Republic, 12/12/2024
- Sotto il ghiaccio della Groenlandia si nasconde un tesoro, Internazionale, 18/12/2024
- Così le aziende italiane aggirano le sanzioni contro il gas della Russia, Domani, 01/11/2024, p.6
FOLLOW-UP
- Groenlandia, terra rara: Radio interview with Davide Del Monte and Federica Bonalumi, Radio3 Scienza, 15/10/2024
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Tutti vogliono la Groenlandia, radio interview, RBE, 23/10/2024
COUNTRIES
- Australia
- China
- Greenland
- Russia
- The EU
- The US
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