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# EU grants EUR 4.97 million more to study the Arctic Polar Connect cable
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-05-polar-connect-eu-funding/
- Published: 2025-12-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:00:57.000Z
- Description: The European Commission's Connecting Europe Facility Digital programme granted EUR 4.97 million for Polar Connect's second phase, a detailed Arctic route study and business model work led by Sweden's Research Council with NORDUnet and Finland's CSC.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Submarine Networks, 5 December 2025](https://www.submarinenetworks.com/en/systems/trans-arctic/polar-connect/polar-connect-receives-additional-eu-funding?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the Arctic cable will be built, or fix its final route.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)