Marzio G. Mian, journalist: The Arctic is the new Congo'

"Italian journalist and explorer Marzio G. Mian is one of the world's greatest experts on the Arctic, where he has been traveling for 30 years. He founded The Arctic Times Project, an association of international journalists for the documentation of climate change in this frozen landscape. He has just returned from Canada and will soon be going to South Korea, to see the ports and shipyards created to serve the Chinese polar route."

"In his suitcase there is always spaghetti, oil, and oregano, and this is how he has gotten to know the Inuit of Greenland by cooking with them. They are obsessed with food, with surviving, he says. He points out that the recent agreement between Trump and NATO chief Mark Rutte proves once again that the Inuit are not being consulted, neocolonial style. It's the beginning of Greenland's entry into the U.S. sphere, he says."

"The Arctic is the new Congo. It feels like a new world. But things happened there that were not talked about. In Norway, on the border with Russia, the situation was clear. The USSR liberated them from the Nazis. They had a historic collaboration agreement. The war in Ukraine put an end to that. In 2016, an exclusive deal was made in Greenland a uranium and rare earth mine in Narsaq with capital from the Chinese Ministry of Defense."

An Italian journalist and explorer with thirty years of Arctic experience founded The Arctic Times Project, an association of international journalists documenting climate change in the region. The journalist travels to Canada and South Korea to observe ports and shipyards serving the Chinese polar route. The journalist builds relationships with Inuit communities through shared cooking and notes Inuit focus on food and survival. The journalist criticizes exclusion of Inuit voices in international agreements and frames recent U.S.-aligned moves as Greenland entering the U.S. sphere. The journalist cites a 2016 Chinese-funded uranium and rare-earth mining deal in Narsaq as a turning point and links shifting Norway–Russia cooperation to the Ukraine war.

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