Photo: First Arctic Council ministers descend on Iqaluit

Norway’s minister of foreign affairs, Børge Brende, is welcomed to Iqaluit by Mayor Mary Wilman on the tarmac of Iqaluit’s airport April 23. Brende arrived on the same plane as Finland’s minister of foreign affairs, Erkki Tuomioja. Both are in town for the April 24 ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council. (PHOTO BY THOMAS ROHNER)