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Author: Mia Bennett

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Blog: Arctic Sweden—Kiruna pivots from underground to outer space

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, January 23, 2023 at 08:55 — Last Updated: Monday, January 23, 2023 at 09:02
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On January 13, 2023, mainland Europe’s first spaceport opened in the Swedish Arctic city of Kiruna–better known for iron ore

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Blog: COP27—‘loss & damage’ is on the agenda, but where do Arctic communities fall?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 15:52
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Discussions of compensating Arctic communities for loss and damage are not on the table at COP27, whose focus is on

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BLOG: “We are trying to hand over our expertise in the Arctic”⁠—Estonia

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, November 7, 2022 at 09:22 — Last Updated: Monday, November 7, 2022 at 09:35
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On the sidelines of the Arctic Circle conference, I sat down with Alar Karis, President of Estonia. The Baltic state

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Blog: A NATO admiral, Chinese diplomat, & Faroese metal band walk into a concert hall

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 12:44
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Arctic Circle 2022 gathered sans Russians but with a NATO admiral, Chinese officials, and a Faroese metal band, proving that

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Blog: Life on an Arctic farm, interrupted only by Norwegian jets

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 15:04
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This summer, I found myself on a farm in the Norwegian Arctic solely in charge of 16 horses, 12 goats,

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Blog: Shetland races to build a sub-Arctic spaceport

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, August 1, 2022 at 16:08
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On the United Kingdom’s northernmost island, the new space race is getting under way. AAs part of my lifelong odyssey

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Blog: The US is using a mine in Greenland to counter China

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, June 27, 2022 at 15:48
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The U.S. has offered $657 million to develop the world’s northernmost mine in Greenland to counter China. Is it worth

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Blog: The geopolitical collapse of the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, May 27, 2022 at 08:30 — Last Updated: Friday, May 27, 2022 at 08:32
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Hint: It’s not because of climate change. Five years ago, the Economist published an article headlined, “The Arctic as it is known today is

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Blog: Russia’s Arctic gas is funding the war in Ukraine

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:31 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:35
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In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the seven other member states of the Arctic Council have hit a “pause”

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Blog: Radar returns to the Arctic, thrusting communities into geopolitical crosshairs

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, December 17, 2021 at 12:30
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From Alaska to the Faroes, radar is making a comeback in the Arctic. The surveillance technology doesn’t just scan distant

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Blog – A Chinese sailboat is circumnavigating the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 11:02
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Chinese artist-sailor Zhai Mo (翟墨) has just set sail from Shanghai to embark on a four-month journey around the Arctic

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BLOG – In just 20 years, ships could cross an open Arctic Ocean

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2020 at 14:49 — Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2020 at 15:06
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Sailing via the North Pole was impossible until the 1950s. Now, it is all but inevitable. Even if all greenhouse

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Blog Business Business (USA) USA 

Blog – To stop coronavirus, Arctic communities took matters into their own hands. Can it last?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 17:09
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Across the Arctic each summer, thousands of tourists and scientists descend upon the region’s villages, research stations, and glaciers. This

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Blog – With $12.1 million US offer to Greenland, America is playing softball in the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, May 18, 2020 at 08:00
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Despite lacking Arctic territory, Beijing is outcompeting Washington, D.C. in the region. Greenland may be one place where the U.S.

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Blog Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

Blog – Kiruna, an Arctic Swedish town built and relocated for mining

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 13:50 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 14:42
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The Arctic mining town of Kiruna, Sweden has a mythical allure to it. The community of 18,000 people built its

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