Eye on the Arctic news round-up

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 3, 2012 at 20:19
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A round-up of stories that made headlines across the North this week.

Canada

Ice is clogging the bay near Canada’s eastern Arctic capital city of Iqaluit is causing headaches for everyone from hunters to sea captains trying to get sealift cargo to the city.

Finland

Thunderstorms caused chaos across Finland earlier this week including flooding in the northern city of Oulu.

Russia

The country protests against detention of a Russian trawler by the Norwegian coast guard outside Svalbard.

Sweden

The country’s public energy company wants to replace at least one of its aging nuclear reactors but not everyone agrees it’s a good idea

United States

A fleet of Shell ships are heading to the Arctic Ocean in an effort to reopen the delicate region to exploratory oil drilling.

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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