A look at this week's Arctic news.
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Military, dog races & winter biking – Arctic week in Review

Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North  

On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week:

-Norway launches military exercises in the Arctic

-A Canadian barge, adrift in the Arctic for months, raises questions about shipping and transportation in the North

-The United States representative for the Arctic asks the intelligence services to look into Russia’s military claims in the Arctic

-And in Finland, fat bikes are becoming all the rage for their ability to travel easily through snow

-The Finnmarksløpet dog sled race gets underway in Norway

And in the Eye one the Arctic Feature Interview this week, we talk with Rebecca Kudloo, the president of Pauktuutit, Canada’s national Inuit organization about helping domestic violence victims in the North:

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For more on your most read northern stories, visit Eye on the Arctic at RCInet.ca/arctic

Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca

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