Editorial
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The Circle
The Circle is the WWF Global Arctic Programme’s quarterly magazine. Each issue zeroes in on an Arctic theme and presents a range of related stories, from innovative WWF projects to scientists’ work and ideas to Arctic governance issues. Find out what the key climate risks are for the Arctic—and what researchers and decision-makers in the eight Arctic nations are doing.
In every issue, we aim to hear from contributors in a selection of Arctic countries and to present a range of perspectives—from youth to Indigenous communities to Arctic Council members to scientists. Download the latest issue and subscribe to stay informed about the environmental and development issues affecting wildlife, ecosystems and people in the Arctic today.
The Circle magazine covers stories about...
Wildlife
Read about how the effects of the climate crisis are affecting Arctic wildlife, from birds to whales.
People
Find out how changes in the Arctic are affecting cultures, traditions, livelihoods and identities.
Ecosystems
Learn about how climate change is altering the Arctic’s biologically productive ecosystems.
The Circle issue 3, 2026
The latest issue
The Last Ice Area is the Arctic’s ecological anchor. Sweeping across the Arctic Ocean north of Canada and Greenland, this one million square kilometre region is the area most
likely to retain multi-year sea ice in the decades ahead.
In this issue of The Circle, we explore this area in detail, explaining why it is so much more than ice, and why its future depends on what happens far beyond its own boundaries.
Also, we look at what it will take to safeguard the area, the challenges and rewards of doing fieldwork here.
The Circle Magazine issues
Stories from The Circle
Discover the key issues in the Arctic—and what researchers and decision-makers in the eight Arctic nations are doing.
The ice shed
Safeguarding the Last Ice Area
A year of fieldwork
Getting your hands cold in the Last Ice Area
Sea ice dynamics
The Last Ice Area doesn’t stand alone
More than ice
A living continuum
SINAA
Where partnership meets permanence
Tuvaijuittuq
Conservation on Inuit terms
Northeast Greenland
New polar bear denning behaviour in the Last Ice Area
The High Seas Treaty
A case for protecting the Last Ice Area
Inuit knowledge and leadership
Protecting Pikialasorsuaq
In brief
Retreating glaciers reshape Arctic marine ecosystems
In brief