Bear-watching attracts tourists to east Finland
Finnish bears are becoming a magnet for foreign tourists — though tour operators have to give way to hunters in
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Month: August 2013
Court upholds Shell’s Arctic spill response plans for offshore Alaska
A U.S. District Court judge has upheld the government’s approval of Shell Oil’s Arctic spill response plan. On Monday, federal
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Pangnirtung, Nunavut lands its bowhead whale
There were celebrations in Pangnirtung, a predominantly Inuit community, in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, after hunters succeeded in
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Russian visitors keep Finnish visa centre hopping
Record numbers of Russians are coming to Finland for holidays, shopping, work or studies. As a result, a visa-handling centre
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Residential schools: Health Canada records to be examined
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), a commission tasked with uncovering the full story of the residential school
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ANALYSIS: Wild web-full of Alaska stories offers little in way of reality
What the hell? Was Monday, Aug. 5, the day the sky fell on Alaska? Consider all of what’s filtering up
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Archaeologists examine site in Finland’s Arctic
Archaeologists are exploring a series of habitation layers dating back as far as 5000 BC in Rovaniemi, Finalnd, in the
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Alaska North Slope crude squeezed at refineries as shale oil flows west
Will the Midwest oil boom squeeze Alaska North Slope crude out of its West Coast refineries, forcing down its price
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Yukon, Canada First Nation votes against fracking
The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in the community of Old Crow in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory is giving its leaders
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Soldiers gather in Yukon, Canada for military exercise
Operation Nanook kicked into high gear Sunday with the arrival of 200 soldiers from the eastern Canadian province of Quebec.
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Finland’s declining boat sales reflect economic uncertainty
Sales of boats in Finland have fallen by a fifth compared with the same time last year. The ongoing economic
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Historic Alaska gold dredge goes up in smoke
The historic Gold Dredge No. 3 north of Fairbanks went up in flames on Saturday afternoon and found no firefighters
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No environmental danger from 2012 crash in Sweden’s Arctic
The air crash in northern Sweden last year, when a Hercules plane crashed into a northern mountain, did not cause
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Fewer walrus for hunters in remote Alaska
Miserable weather and thick, almost unnavigable sea ice have led to a walrus shortage on remote St. Lawrence Island. Savoonga
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SlinCraze – Sami Hip-Hop
More and more attention is being paid to indigenous hip-hop from around the Arctic, especially as it relates to language
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