Arctic Connectivity: A Frugal Approach to Infrastructural Development

As the Arctic is heating up, so are efforts to strengthen connectivity within region, enhance connections from remote settlements global networks of trade, and increase sociality. With interest in on rise, it becomes increasingly relevant ensure that investments infrastructure actually serve people Arctic, while promoting industrial commercial innovation region through widespread access broadband Internet things (IoT) services. This challenge calls for interdisciplinary research strategies able connect integrate technological societal approaches, which commonly applied isolation one another. In this article, we propose an collaborative agenda connectivity. Drawing examples Greenland, stress need localized knowledge design valuable cost-effective solutions cover needs everyday life may also provide a new set tools at international level. Such solutions, termed “frugal connectivity,” vital development connected communities.