Peter Bird Martin Fellow Brett Simpson is based 200 miles above the Arctic Circle in Tromsø, Norway—the world’s northern-most city—from where she’s investigating intersecting environmental, societal and political challenges across the Arctic, one of the earth’s fastest-changing environments. She’s reporting on a region that’s the center of mounting geopolitical competition and confrontation over oil, gas and other resources—overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has disrupted the Arctic Council, the sole international forum of Arctic states and organizations. The region’s developments will have major and mounting global significance.
An alumna of Princeton and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Brett recently finished a Fulbright fellowship in Germany. She’s written for National Geographic, The Atlantic, The New York Times and other publications.
Dispatches from Brett Simpson
A whale of a controversy
On the Faroe Islands, a traditional Indigenous practice prompts debate.
Palantir next door?
In northern Norway, a tech billionaire’s new property raises questions that hit close to home.
The ‘Barcelona of the north’
In Norway, Arctic tourism is reaching a breaking point.