In June 2024, I had the opportunity to stay at the house of Grímur in Ísafjörður as a Grímsson fellow. As an art historian and writer investigating maritime representations and artistic engagement with maritime stories and spaces, I was particularly interested in exploring ancient and contemporary Icelandic connections with the ocean, as seen through the visual arts and diverse forms of cultural mediation. In the following notes, I take the four elements as a starting point, Air, Water, Earth, and Fire, pursuing impressions made all the more striking by the Arctic environment, in order to sketch what could constitute a script for an Arctic interlace.

By Gabriel Gee

The Arctic Circle Assembly will be held in the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Reykjavík, Iceland, on October 16 - 18. Registration will open in early June.

The Polar Order: The Arctic and Asia
Science - Geopolitics - Climate - Business

The Arctic Circle Business Forum will take place within the Arctic Circle Assembly, October 16 - 18 in Reykjavík, Iceland at the Reykjavík EDITION Hotel located in the Assembly area

The 2025 Polar Dialogue will take place during the Arctic Circle Assembly.

H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco: Keynote speech
at the Arctic Circle Berlin Forum 2024

Listen to the latest Arctic Circle Podcast on the U.S. Department of Defense's 2024 Arctic Strategy.