The Arctic in the age of tech
The Arctic is changing too swiftly for yesterday’s tools. When technology is guided by local knowledge and a clear conservation purpose, it helps communities and scientists keep pace with this shifting landscape, turning raw data into purpose-driven, rapid responses rooted in local knowledge and conservation needs. This issue of The Circle looks technology’s role in Arctic conservation. For example, using AI to study Greenland’s retreating glaciers, teaching radar to detect polar bears or combining traditional knowledge with technology. All these stories an more in this issue.
Stories from this issue
At the edge: Innovation in the Arctic
News from the Arctic (2025.03)
AI sheds light on glacier retreat in the high Arctic
Monitoring whale migration from space
Modelling sea ice and making climate projections
The power of traditional knowledge and technology in Nunavut
Navigating a changing ice world
Teaching radar how to see polar bears
Creating an Arctic alarm
Eavesdropping on the Arctic Ocean
A collaborative approach to safe shipping
The back cover
© Unknown photographer / Svalbard museum
100 years of the Spitsbergen Treaty
The Spitsbergen Treaty came into force 100 years ago, making the Svalbard archipelago part of the Kingdom of Norway. Until then, it had been considered unclaimed territory. Although the treaty was signed on February 9, 1920, it wasn’t until August 14, 1925, that the “Svalbard law” came into force, turning the treaty into national law. The day is now considered Svalbard’s national day.
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About The Circle magazine
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WWF Arctic Programme publishes the magazine four times per year and each issue zeroes in on a theme and presents a range of stories.
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It covers the key climate risks are for the Arctic—and what researchers and decision-makers in the eight Arctic nations are doing.
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