cryopolitics
@cryopolitics.com
Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Washington
Arctic geopolitics / critical remote sensing / infrastructure / satellites / skiing ⛷️
Arctic geopolitics / critical remote sensing / infrastructure / satellites / skiing ⛷️
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· Sep 23
Unfrozen by Mia Bennett, Klaus Dodds | Waterstones
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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: 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 🧪
Super cool to come across this Vantor (formerly Maxar) WorldView image of the NISAR (NASA - ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite in orbit. A satellite taking a picture of a satellite – very meta... 🛰️
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October 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Super cool to come across this Vantor (formerly Maxar) WorldView image of the NISAR (NASA - ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite in orbit. A satellite taking a picture of a satellite – very meta... 🛰️
www.linkedin.com/posts/tien-n...
www.linkedin.com/posts/tien-n...
People often eagerly discuss the end of the Arctic. Yet realizing that the #Arctic Circle Assembly may have peaked could hit a bit too close to home.
My latest blog post recaps this year's conference, which just wrapped up in #Reykjavik.
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/21/h... #geopolitics 🧪
My latest blog post recaps this year's conference, which just wrapped up in #Reykjavik.
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/21/h... #geopolitics 🧪
Have we reached peak Arctic Circle? - CRYOPOLITICS
People often eagerly discuss the end of the Arctic. Yet realizing that the Arctic Circle Assembly may have peaked could hit a bit too close to home.
www.cryopolitics.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
People often eagerly discuss the end of the Arctic. Yet realizing that the #Arctic Circle Assembly may have peaked could hit a bit too close to home.
My latest blog post recaps this year's conference, which just wrapped up in #Reykjavik.
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/21/h... #geopolitics 🧪
My latest blog post recaps this year's conference, which just wrapped up in #Reykjavik.
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/21/h... #geopolitics 🧪
The Chinese container ship #IstanbulBridge arrived in England from China after a 20-day journey via the Northern Sea Route. But locally, in the town of Harwich, no one seemed to pay much attention. #Arctic #shipping
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/15/f... 🧪
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/15/f... 🧪
First container ship to sail the China-Europe Arctic Express Route arrives in England - CRYOPOLITICS
Chinese container ship Istanbul Bridge arrived in England from China after a 20-day journey via the Northern Sea Route. But locally, no one noticed.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Chinese container ship #IstanbulBridge arrived in England from China after a 20-day journey via the Northern Sea Route. But locally, in the town of Harwich, no one seemed to pay much attention. #Arctic #shipping
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/15/f... 🧪
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/10/15/f... 🧪
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...
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...
www.highnorthnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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...
www.highnorthnews.com/en/us-arctic...
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
www.chosun.com/economy/week... #NorthernSeaRoute
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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
www.chosun.com/economy/week... #NorthernSeaRoute
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: 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.
www.waterstones.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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: 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 🧪
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...
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...
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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...
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...
Amazon is seeking to roll back the FCC's five-year deorbit rule, and I had something to say about that. 😁 #spacedebris #satellites
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:
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
September 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Amazon is seeking to roll back the FCC's five-year deorbit rule, and I had something to say about that. 😁 #spacedebris #satellites
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...
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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September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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...
Hope to see you there!
www.waterstones.com/events/unfro...
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! 🛰️
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
June 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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! 🛰️
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...
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
June 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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...
Read more in my newest blog post. #architecture
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/06/11/d...
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 🧪
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.
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June 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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 🧪
Blog: www.cryopolitics.com/2025/06/03/t... #Arctic 🧪
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At the Kirkenes Conference, security has replaced cross-border exchange. Blogger Mia Bennett @cryopolitics.com has this dispatch from Norway’s shifting frontier
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www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...
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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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May 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
At the Kirkenes Conference, security has replaced cross-border exchange. Blogger Mia Bennett @cryopolitics.com has this dispatch from Norway’s shifting frontier
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www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...
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Looking forward to giving this seminar on commercial spaceports in the #Arctic at CNAM in Paris next month 🚀 ! #astropolitics #geopolitics
🚀 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...
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...
May 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Looking forward to giving this seminar on commercial spaceports in the #Arctic at CNAM in Paris next month 🚀 ! #astropolitics #geopolitics
this whole tendency of europeans to randomly throw holidays in the middle of the week is throwing me off
May 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
this whole tendency of europeans to randomly throw holidays in the middle of the week is throwing me off
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
rdcu.be/enJUS 🧪 #satellites #space #spacedebris
May 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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
rdcu.be/enJUS 🧪 #satellites #space #spacedebris
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
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
May 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/05/26/i...
#Arctic #geopolitics
May 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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... 🧪
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
May 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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... 🧪
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... 🧪
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
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.
www.cryopolitics.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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
Read more in my latest blog post:
www.cryopolitics.com/2025/05/08/t... 🧪 #Arctic @noaa.gov @polargeospatial.bsky.social #science
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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.
(#arcticdem + #rema )
This is just naked vandalism.
May 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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.
(#arcticdem + #rema )
This is just naked vandalism.
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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
May 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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
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...
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
April 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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...
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...
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...
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
April 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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...
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...