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
The Arctic circus
At a major gathering of leaders in Reykjavik, America was noticeably absent.
Between a rock and a strong man
Greenland, Norway and the end of the American myth
The Norwegian paradox
Mines, windmills and the “green colonialism” of the Arctic North