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(Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)
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Shipping, military and the continental shelf: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 19:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 15:17
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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: Telehealth in the Arctic – Unfulfilled potential

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 19:58 — Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 19:57
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Telehealth is going mainstream. That was the message from a pair of recent stories in Wired magazine, an InTouch Health

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The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic in 2008. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)
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Blog: The Continental Shelf – Geological, legal or geopolitical?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 20:30 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 20:06
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With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up

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Two Swedish Jan-39 Gripen jet fighters in 2005. (Michal Cizek/AFP)
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Military, shipping and polar cooperation – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 20:45
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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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Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (centre), Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (left) and Leonid Brezhnev (right) salute the crowd on May 1, 1961 during a gathering on Red Square to celebrate Gagarin's flight aboard Vostok I. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel in space aboard Vostok I and the first to orbit the Earth. For decades, the U.S. and the Soviet Union battled to outdo each other in space. Any echoes in today's Arctic? /AFP/GettyImages)
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Blog: Parallels drawn between space race and Arctic offshore development

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 19:18
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The reaction to the U.S. government’s decision to conditionally allow Shell to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer has

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Health, climate and security: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2015 at 19:38
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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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Preparing for Paris: Staff at UNFCCC headquarters in Bonn are working overtime. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)
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Ice-Blog: Will Paris conference help the Arctic?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 16:00 — Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2015 at 19:13
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Things are hotting up on the international climate talks front, with one event after another telling us how important it

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United States Secretary of State John Kerry responds to a question during a news conference at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
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Blog: Obama defends Arctic drilling weeks after Kerry promotes clean energy at Arctic Council

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 18:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 17:45
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At the Arctic Council ministerial in Iqaluit, Canada on April 25, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waxed poetic about

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New Russian Armata tank is driven during the Victory Parade marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 9, 2015. (Ivan Sekretarev/AP)
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Tanks, drilling & polar drones: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2015 at 20:25 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:52
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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 Finnish Air Force Hornet jet on May 16, 2011. A story looking at an upcoming aviation exercise in Arctic Europe was your top read Eye on the Arctic story this week. (Heikki Saukkomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
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NATO, icebreakers and a tragic loss: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 20:12 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

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United States Secretary of State John Kerry responds to a question during a news conference at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
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Blog: Some final thoughts on the U.S. Arctic Council chairmanship

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 18:07 — Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 17:52
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On Monday, I wrote about future directions for the Arctic Council now that the U.S. has taken over the rotating

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United States Secretary of State John Kerry receives the gavel from Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq to take over the chair of the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
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Blog: As U.S. assumes chairmanship, what’s next for Arctic Council

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 14:19 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 21:00
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On April 24, the Arctic Council ministerial convened in Iqaluit, capital of the territory of Nunavut, wrapping up the two-year

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Marc Cornelissen shows climate ambassadors how to drill to measure ice thickness. Alaska, 2008. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)
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Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, May 4, 2015 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 20:39
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This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow

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United States Secretary of State John Kerry, Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq, and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson pose with Inuit wearing traditional dress at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups form the Council. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
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All Arctic Council, all the time – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 21:04
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

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United States Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, and Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council, right, chat with a traditional Inuit drummer while attending the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
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Blog: Arctic Council – from looking out to looking in

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 19:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 18:47
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Last Friday, the ninth ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council conference took place in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. The Canadian hosts recapped

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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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