Coronavirus hurting Alaska attempt to reduce tuberculosis
Alaska is on track to repeat last year’s mark of the U.S.’s highest rate of tuberculosis infections, health officials said.
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Airline shutdown creates new challenges for rural Alaska
In April, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atqasuk’s tribal co-ordinator Millie Frankson received word that the grocery order
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Company completes 1st overland fibre-optic cable connecting Alaska to continental U.S.
An Alaska company has completed construction of the first overland fibre-optic cable connecting the state to the continental U.S. The
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COVID-19 delay, early ice melt challenge international Arctic science mission
They prepared for icy cold and trained to be on the watch for polar bears, but a pandemic just wasn’t
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UN names Norway’s ex-PM and Ghana’s ex-president as climate envoys
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Ghana’s former president John Kufuor and Norway’s former prime minister Jens Stoltenberg to help
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Concern for elves holds up Iceland road project
In this land of fire and ice, where the fog-shrouded lava fields offer a spooky landscape in which anything might lurk, stories
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Arctic gets breather from pell-mell warming in 2013, but long-term problems persist
The rapid melting in the Arctic eased up this year. But the government says global warming is still dramatically altering the
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Iceland has first fatal police shooting
Police in Iceland said Monday they shot dead a gunman — the first time armed police have killed someone in
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Norway’s military intel chief admits to phone spying outside country
Norway’s military intelligence chief said Tuesday his country carries out surveillance on millions of phone calls in conflict areas around
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Yeti might be undiscovered polar bear hybrid, scientist says
A British scientist says he may have solved the mystery of the yeti — the elusive ape-like creature of the
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Conservative government takes office in Norway
STAVANGER, Norway — A conservative government promising tax cuts and stricter controls on immigration has taken office in Norway. Incoming
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Putin says Russia will expand its Arctic presence, restore Soviet-era military base
President Vladimir Putin pledged Thursday that Russia will expand its presence in the Arctic, adding that work is underway to
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Russia charges five Greenpeace activists with piracy; more charges expected
Greenpeace said Wednesday that five of its activists who were detained after protesting at a Russian oil platform have
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Russian probe: Greenpeace activists posed ‘real threat’ to Arctic oil platform
Russia’s investigative agency says Greenpeace activists posed a “real threat” to the security of personnel on an offshore drilling platform in the
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Global study to weigh economic costs, benefits of fighting climate change
A new global initiative wants to present a more persuasive argument for action on climate change by focusing on the
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