Eye on the Arctic news round-up
A round-up of stories that made headlines across the North this week.
Canada
The Kaska in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory agree to meet the premier for a discussion on proposed changes to the Oil and Gas Act. Leaders had earlier threatened legal action over the proposed changes. And in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, Google Street View goes live in the community of Cambridge Bay.
Finland
Production delays hit Finland’s troubled Talvivaara nickel nine.
Greenland
A new study published in the magazine Science suggests Greenland’s glaciers are melting five times faster than in the 1990s.
Norway
A Norwegian group is in the Canadian Arctic filming the Maude shipwreck.
Russia
Russia makes changes to its Northern Fleet by bringing logistical and administrative units.
United States
Climate news from the state of Alaska: a UN report suggests a colder Alaska as the world gets hotter, meanwhile the retreat of Alaska’s Columbia glacier is expected to stop by 2020.
Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca