Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/14/14

On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week:
– In The British Invasion – The Arctic Circle and observer states, Canada-based Arctic expert Heather Exner-Pirot looks at the increasing role Arctic Council observer states like the United Kingdom are looking to play in the North.
– Mia Bennett from Cryopolitics looks at the mapping of polar regions in Revisualizing the Cryosphere.
– In the Nordics, Russian fighter planes have been detected flying off the coast of Norway’s Arctic.
And the most popular Eye on the Arctic story on Twitter at eyeonthearctic?
This week, our followers chose New measures to protect the Saimaa seal in Finland, a story looking at the measures being taken to protect this endangered freshwater seal.
That’s your Eye on the Arctic news for this week. We’ll be back on Monday with more stories and newsmakers from across the North.
Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca