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The Arctic – An Uncommon Heritage of Humankind

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Retired U.S. Admiral James Stavridis wrote a piece in Foreign Policy this week calling for the negotiation of an Arctic Treaty. To add insult to injury, he also suggested designati[...]
24 Feb 2015

Broken turbine in N.W.T. costs $40K/day in extra diesel

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Problem at Snare Falls hydro plant will take 2 to 6 weeks to fix A broken turbine at the Snare Falls hydroelectric plant caused a power outage in Yellowknife last Sunday and contin[...]
24 Feb 2015
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Hay River fishers fined $4K for illegal harvesting

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First time a fisher has had licence suspended in N.W.T.: DFO Two commercial fishers have been convicted by the N.W.T. territorial court for fishing out of bounds. William Michell a[...]
24 Feb 2015
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$20M low water level fund to cover N.W.T. diesel power crisis: minister

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Broken turbine at N.W.T.’s Snare Lake plant could take up to six weeks to repair A $20 million fund the N.W.T. government borrowed to cover the extra cost of producing electr[...]
24 Feb 2015
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CANADA

Broken turbine in N.W.T. costs $40K/day in extra diesel

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Problem at Snare Falls hydro plant will take 2 to 6 weeks to fix A broken turbine at the Snare Falls hydroelectric plant caused a power outage in Yellowknife last Sunday and contin[...]
24 Feb 2015
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Hay River fishers fined $4K for illegal harvesting

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First time a fisher has had licence suspended in N.W.T.: DFO Two commercial fishers have been convicted by the N.W.T. territorial court for fishing out of bounds. William Michell a[...]
24 Feb 2015
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DENMARK/GREENLAND

The old town in Greenland's captial city of Nuuk. (Eilís Quinn/Eye on the Arctic)

Blog: Greenland – barrels of oil and bottles of water

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In the past week, there have been two interesting stories about Greenland in the news. The first is in The Economist,entitled, “Greenland and oil: Independence on ice.” The article[...]
29 Jan 2015
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FINLAND

Empty beds at an Imatra hotel in eastern Finland. (Yle)

Number of Russian Christmas tourists to Finland plummets

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Some 75,500 accommodation nights for Russians were registered in the past December. This is a drop of 52 percent as compared with the previous year, according to Statistics Finland[...]
19 Feb 2015
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SWEDEN

Gothenburg, Sweden. (iStock)

Massive oil spill outside Gothenburg, Sweden

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A large oil spill was discovered in Gothenburg, Sweden Wednesday afternoon. The emergency services and the coast guard are trying to determine where the leak is coming from and how[...]
19 Feb 2015
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NORWAY

Stig Nerdal from Transportutvikling AS and Timo Lohl from the Arctic Corridor project want a railway connection between Rovaniemi and Kirkenes. (Atle Staalesen/Barents Observer)

Arctic train line in Nordics would open up polar potential

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A railway line from northern Finland to the Norwegian Arctic coast will open a new base for industrial development in the Nordic countries, a group of regional industrialists says.[...]
20 Feb 2015
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USA

Alaska investors nervous as oil price drop plays out

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With the state of Alaska facing a budget deficit of $3.5 billion this year due in large part to lower oil prices and declining North Slope oil production, local investors are cauti[...]
24 Feb 2015

$1 minimum wage increase to $8.75 takes effect Tuesday in Alaska

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Alaska’s minimum wage will rise Tuesday to $8.75, a $1-per-hour increase that will affect thousands of workers’ paychecks, according to the state’s Department of Labor and Wo[...]
24 Feb 2015

ICELAND

St. Petersburg is Russia's second largest city with more than five million inhabitants. (Trude Pettersen/Barents Observer)

Nordic information office suspends activities in Russia

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The Nordic Council of Ministers’ office in St.Petersburg has suspended or postponed many of its planned activities in Russia after being included on the list of NGOs considered as [...]
29 Jan 2015
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RUSSIA

Application for Russia’s Arctic shelf claim out on tender

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Russia has announced a tender for preparation of documents to back its claim with the UN to expand the boundaries of its continental shelf in the Arctic. The Ministry of Natural Re[...]
24 Feb 2015

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