Eye on the Arctic news round-up

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 25, 2012 at 19:14
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigators examine wreckage at the crash site of First Air flight 6560 in Resolute, Nunavut, in August. (Transportation Safety Board of Canada) A round-up of stories that made headlines across the North this week.

Canada

Two new lawsuits have been launched in realtion to the First Air plane crash in the Canadian Arctic last year.

Finland

Tests by the Finnish Food Safety Authority have found organ damage in dead birds at the Talvivaara processing pond in Sotkamo in east Finland.

Norway

Norway, Russia and the United States are planning a joint navel drill this August.

Russia

A Russian expert voices concerns about the country’s new oil platforms and about the environmental impact of developing the Northern Sea Route

United States (Alaska)

An interactive map is launched detailing Alaska’s mininig boom.

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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

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