A paper entitled “Telecommunication line infrastructure and the Arctic environment: past, present and future”, has just been published in the peer-reviewed, international journal “Polar Record” (Cambridge University Press). This article has been co- authored by Assistant Professor Juha Saunavaara (Hokkaido University Arctic Research Center), Ritva Kylli (Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu) and Mirva Salminen (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland).