Issues affecting circumpolar nations
Thawing permafrost across the circumpolar North is posing an increased risk to transport and transportation infrastructure, and if left unchecked,
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Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the government’s plan to build two new heavy icebreakers could cost up to $7.25 billion.
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A bigger focus on how climate change is impacting northern peoples will help the rest of the world better understand
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From rain on Greenland’s ice sheet to the browning of the eastern Siberian tundra, climate change is continuing to transform
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed the record-breaking 38 C temperature reported in Verkhoyansk, Russia last year. “This new
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Health authorities in Greenland have launched a new strategy to combat the current COVID-19 outbreak in Upernavik after 200 people
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Another community in Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, has been moved down to the yellow COVID-19 alert level,
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The International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 77 wrapped up at last month with adopting a resolution urging
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Iceland is extending its COVID-19 measures for at least two weeks, saying uncertainty around the Omicron variant requires caution until
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An Ontario Inuit organization says the recommendations that came out of the inquest into Mark Jeffrey’s suicide while in detention
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Greenland has extended and updated its international and domestic COVID-19 travel rules as of December 6 and will keep them
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq will co- host Auviqsaqtut: the 22nd Inuit Studies Conference, along with the University of Manitoba
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Nunavik, the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec, has instituted new travel rules in response to the Omicron variant, to try
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The Arctic Council, and international forum made up of the world’s eight northern countries, wrapped up their two-day meeting in
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Greenland opened a new office in Beijing last week with a view to boosting its profile in China. “For the
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