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Russia requiring detailed travel itineraries from visitors

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Foreigners traveling to Russia must from today provide a specified pre-fixed route of places to visit. “This isn’t great for the country’s image among tourists,” says Vladimir Kant[...]
26 Jan 2015
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New research is being done to better understand how an oil spill would behave in Arctic waters. (iStock)

ARCTREX tests Arctic oil spill tracking techniques

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Offshore oil and gas exploration has become increasingly prominent over the past several years. But, questions remain about how effective response efforts would be if there’s an oi[...]
26 Jan 2015
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A hundred wolverines have gone due to hunting. (Kenneth Bergström/Sveriges Radio)

Bear and lynx populations are shrinking in Sweden

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The number of bears, wolverines and lynx has fallen in Sweden, reversing a previous trend. Sweden’s University of Agricultural Sciences says Sweden used to have strong populations [...]
26 Jan 2015
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Greenpeace activist dressed like a polar bear in Prague, Czech Republic on October 13, 2014. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Poverty porn,’ Obama & Inuit health: Arctic week in review

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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week. - In #SavetheArctic…from Greenpeace Northern expert and Eye on the Arctic [...]
23 Jan 2015
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CANADA

Greenpeace activist dressed like a polar bear in Prague, Czech Republic on October 13, 2014. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Poverty porn,’ Obama & Inuit health: Arctic week in review

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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week. - In #SavetheArctic…from Greenpeace Northern expert and Eye on the Arctic [...]
23 Jan 2015
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Dawson City musher Brian Wilmshurst is one of this year's mushers in the Yukon Quest sled dog race. Organizers say open water may force some route changes. (Julien Schroder/Yukon Quest)

Warmth, lack of snow in Yukon threatens winter events

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Once again, the weather patterns are playing havoc with the Yukon’s reputation for Arctic cold and snow. One of the most famous dogsled races in the world, the Yukon Quest, is set [...]
22 Jan 2015
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Russia, Finland, oil – Arctic week in Review

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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week. Finland-Russia relations and the effect of dropping oil prices dominated t[...]
16 Jan 2015
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FINLAND

Talvivaara has been an ongoing headache for the Finnish government. (Yle)

Finland: Talvivaara mining company to seek new state bailout

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Bankrupt mining firm Talvivaara Sotkamo might need another bailout from the government. Previous funds transferred to keep the Kainuu mine ticking over while new owners are sought [...]
23 Jan 2015
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SWEDEN

Sweden's Ringhals atomic power station in 2012. (Bjorn Larsson Rosvall/AFP/Getty Images)

No new nuclear power programmes in Sweden

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The plans to start new nuclear programmes in Sweden seem to have come to a halt as the roughly 50 Swedes who have worked for years to prepare for new nuclear power programmes have [...]
23 Jan 2015
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NORWAY

The biggest bank in northern Norway is loosing big money in neighboring Murmansk. (Atle Staalesen/Barents Observer)

Norwegian bank loses 300 million in Murmansk, Russia

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Murmansk was seen as an up-and-coming market for banks in Norway. Now they all flee the region with multi-million losses. The Sparebank-1 Northern Norway (SNN) now confirms that it[...]
23 Jan 2015
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USA

New research is being done to better understand how an oil spill would behave in Arctic waters. (iStock)

ARCTREX tests Arctic oil spill tracking techniques

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Offshore oil and gas exploration has become increasingly prominent over the past several years. But, questions remain about how effective response efforts would be if there’s an oi[...]
26 Jan 2015
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Alaska: Mining corporation a no-show in court as environmental criminal case moves forward

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An Outside mining company accused of polluting salmon streams in Western Alaska failed to show up this week for an initial federal court hearing in Anchorage. XS Platinum Inc. now [...]
23 Jan 2015
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ICELAND

Former Greenlandic Premier Kuupik Kleist introduces the delegation from Japan, and worlds collide.(Mia Bennett)

Arctic Circle 2014: Welcome to the new global Arctic

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The Arctic has been no stranger to foreigners for quite some time. Although Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson opened the 2014 Arctic Circle conference by declaring, “The n[...]
04 Nov 2014
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RUSSIA

Russia requiring detailed travel itineraries from visitors

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Foreigners traveling to Russia must from today provide a specified pre-fixed route of places to visit. “This isn’t great for the country’s image among tourists,” says Vladimir Kant[...]
26 Jan 2015
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