NATO, icebreakers and a tragic loss: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 20:12 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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A Finnish Air Force Hornet jet on May 16, 2011. A story looking at an upcoming aviation exercise in Arctic Europe was your top read Eye on the Arctic story this week. (Heikki Saukkomaa/AFP/Getty Images)

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

– Almost 100 planes will take part in a major aviation exercise over Arctic Europe later on this month

-Russia has over a dozen icebreakers under construction, with several more in the planning stages, Atle Staalesen from Barents Observer breaks down the different projects

-Deutsche Welle’s Iceblogger remembers the two polar explorers presumed drowned in Canada’s Arctic last week

-A security expert accuses Russia of trying to block Baltic energy independence

-A look at what was accomplished during Canada’s Arctic Council chairman ship and were the organization goes from here

That’s all from us 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

Arctic Council, Baltic, energy, Finland, military, Nunavut, Russia

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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

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