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This image made available by Greenpeace shows five activists attempting to climb the Prirazlomnaya, an oil platform operated by Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom. (Denis Sinyakov, Greenpeace/The Associated Press)

Putin says Greenpeace activists not pirates

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Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 13:25
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Greenpeace activists apprehended after trying to scale an offshore oil platform aren’t

A crew member keeps watch aboard a Russian coast guard boat, left, as the Greenpeace ship 'Arctic Sunrise', right, is anchored next to it, in a small bay near Severomorsk, Russia. (The Associated Press)

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Greenpeace activists face Russian piracy charges

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Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 11:48
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Russian investigators said Tuesday that they will file piracy charges against Greenpeace activists who tried to climb onto an

Ice cover is up 50% from last year, but is still the 6th lowest level on record. (Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic)

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Arctic ice level rebounds from record 2012 low

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Posted: Monday, September 23, 2013 at 11:07
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The amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank this summer to the sixth lowest level, but that is much

The town of Vardoe in Norway's Arctic. (Pierre-Henry Deshayes / AFP)

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Norway plans broadband Internet in Arctic

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Posted: Friday, July 12, 2013 at 09:16
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STAVANGER, Norway — Norway may provide high-speed Internet in one of the few places on Earth where it’s not available:

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Norway opens Barents Sea area to offshore oil drilling in new move into Arctic

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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 11:29
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Norway’s Parliament has opened up a new area on the fringe of the Arctic Ocean to offshore

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Norway gives 29 companies oil and gas licenses, mostly in Arctic region

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Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 12:21
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OSLO, Norway — Norway has given companies new licenses to explore and drill for oil and gas off its coast,

Chairman of the Progressive Party Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, left, and Independence leader Party Bjarni Benediktsson pose together following general elections on Saturday, April 27, 2013, in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Brynjar Gauti / AP)

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Iceland forms new centre-right govt

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Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 15:18 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:55
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The leader of the centre-right Progressive Party was chosen as Iceland’s new prime minister Wednesday and promptly announced a halt to talks

View of Stavanger, Norway. (Nina, Larson, AFP)

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EU officials investigate companies including Statoil, BP, Shell,

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Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 16:01
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European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing. Britain’s BP, Royal Dutch Shell and

The Greenland ice cap is seen in this aerial photograph from August 2005. (John McConnico, AP)

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Adventurer dies crossing Greenland ice cap

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Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 11:25
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A British adventurer has died and two others suffered frostbite as they tried to cross Greenland’s ice cap on a charity hike,

A sign warning of polar bears outside of Longyearbyen, the main settlement in Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. (John McConnico / AP Photo)

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Arctic Norway needs polar bear spotter

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Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 14:18
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OSLO, Norway — Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job

Progressive Party chief Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson speaks to supporters following general elections on Saturday, April 27, 2013, in Reykjavik, Iceland. Five years after Iceland's economic collapse, early returns signaled that voters are favoring the return of a center-right, Eurosceptic government, widely blamed for the nation's financial woes. (Brynjar Gauti / AP Photo)

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Iceland’s Pirate Party gains 3 seats

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Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 11:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:55
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland, a nation of seafarers, has been stormed by pirates. They won’t be forming the government, but online