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Blog: The man with the mammoth bones

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 18:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 13:48
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“It tastes like shoe leather. It’s good with ketchup, too.” That’s how John Reeves, a larger-than-life character in Alaska, described

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Ice-Blog: Ice melt to motivate whizzkids?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, October 12, 2015 at 07:38
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When it comes to rousing young people’s interest in climate change, the Arctic and Antarctic seem to be a good

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The Polar Pioneer oil drilling rig during demonstrations against Royal Dutch Shell on May 16, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. (David Ryder/Getty Images)
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Shipping, science and Shell: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2015 at 18:46
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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Blog: Reindeer, oil at Energy Summit

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 14:45 — Last Updated: Friday, October 9, 2015 at 18:47
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Across the vast tundra of northern Eurasia, nomadic indigenous peoples have herded reindeer for thousands of years. From the Sami in

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The Polar Pioneer oil drilling rig during demonstrations against Royal Dutch Shell on May 16, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. (David Ryder/Getty Images)
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Indigenous rights & Shell’s Arctic saga: Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 19:32
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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Ice-Blog: “People power”, Shell and the Arctic

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, October 2, 2015 at 14:09 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 14:54
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This week’s announcement that Shell is abandoning its controversial Arctic oil exploration for the “foreseeable future” provoked a wide spectrum

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Blog: Arctic Energy Summit – Mood subdued after Shell news

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 14:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 15:38
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It felt like somebody had died. Such was the mood on the frigid floor of the Arctic Energy Summit this

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Blog: Singapore and the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 20:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 15:40
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In Singapore, they say, there are two seasons: summer outdoors and winter indoors. On a hot and dangerously hazynight last

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Blog: Field notes from Russia

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2015 at 17:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 20:19
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In summer above the Arctic Circle, the sun does not set. This phenomenon, generally called the Polar Day, is referred

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Blog: Journey through northwest Russia

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 11:56
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The black smoke of a banya, a lake blanketed by buzzing mosquitos, a dark and silent wooden church, the white back

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Blog: Chinese naval ships near Aleutians

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 20:35 — Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 15:38
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A few days ago, the U.S. Navy reported that it had detected five Chinese naval ships near the Aleutian Islands.

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Iceland, Obama, and indigenous rights: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 13:37 — Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 13:43
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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The Yong Sheng arriving in Rotterdam on September 10, 2013. The Yong Sheng is the first commercial Chinese ship to transit through the Northern Sea Route, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by way of the Bering Strait and Russia's northern coast.(Robin Utrecht /AFP/Getty Images)
Blog Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Obama, China & the North Pole: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 13:48 — Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 13:49
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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A story looking at the complexity of polar bear hair and what that knowledge could contribute to design were among your most read stories this week. (Mathieu Belanger/Reuters)
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Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 19:55
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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A snowy owl yawning. Conservationists think an abundance of lemmings and rodents are attracting these birds of prey to nesting grounds in western Sweden. (iStock)
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Airlines, owls and the North Pole – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2015 at 19:00 — Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015 at 19:12
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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