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Scientists set up a “mesocosm” to measure ocean acidification Spitzbergen 2010. (Irene Quaile)

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Ice-Blog: Acid Arctic Ocean and Russell Brand?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 20:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Is ocean acidification a term you are familiar with? If you are a regular Ice Blog reader, I would like

Tourists frolic amidst the geothermal steam of the Blue Lagoon. Reykjavik, Iceland. (Mia Bennett)

Blog: From Arctic Circle 2013-2014, a big drop in the price of oil

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 19:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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I’ve arrived in Iceland for the Arctic Circle 2014 assembly. I expressed some reservations about the conference program yesterday, but it should still be

Nine hundred delegates from 34 countries will soon descend on Reykjavik, Iceland for the Arctic Circle conference. (Mia Bennett)

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Blog: The Arctic Circle – Denizen of the North, make way for corporate development

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 14:22 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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The Arctic Circle Assembly will soon be convening in Reykjavik, Iceland for the second time ever. The conference is the brainchild of

Military bases and airfields along the Northern Sea Route that Russia plans to restore. The newly acquired “Peanut Hole” in the Sea of Okhotsk is also displayed. (Cryopolitics)

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Blog: Rhetorical or real, is Russian expansionism threatening the Arctic?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, October 27, 2014 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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In October 1987, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared, “The Soviet Union is in favor of a radical lowering of the level of

There are many different caribou herds in regions all across Canada, but most are experiencing dramatic declines. While habitat loss and industrial activity are listed as a major concern, increased pressure from hunting in order for meat and fish to be sold online has also become a concern. This was the most retweeted story on Eye on the Arctic this week. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/24/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2014 at 21:14 — Last Updated: Friday, October 24, 2014 at 21:15
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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

Ice Blogger’s trip to Point Barrow in 2008. (Irene Quaile)

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Ice-Blog: Can UN and EU take the heat off Alaska?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2014 at 20:59 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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It is with a heavy heart that I write this first blog post since my holiday, catching up with the

Flags in front of the main Yukon Government Building and Yukon Legislative Assembly in Whitehorse flew at half-mast on Wednesday after the Ottawa attack. (Yukon Government)

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Blog: Flags at half-mast in Yukon after Ottawa attack

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 19:52 — Last Updated: Monday, October 27, 2014 at 19:21
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I just got this picture of the flags in Yukon at half-mast on Wednesday after the attacks on Ottawa. Canada`s

Greenland’s former prime minister Aleqa Hammond addresses attendees at Arctic Frontiers, January 2014. (Mia Bennett)

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Blog: Greenland’s political crisis concerns locals and foreign investors alike

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 13:51 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Yesterday morning, mining company Rare Earth Minerals (REM) announced that it had discovered rare earth minerals within its licensed areas near Narsarsuaq,

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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/10/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2014 at 20:54 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:03
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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

Composite image of night lights above 60°N (with the Arctic Circle also included for reference), as imaged in April and October 2012 with SUOMI NPP’s Day/Night Band. (Data downloaded from NASA Earth Observatory / Cryopolitics)

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Blog: NASA satellite imagery reveals the Arctic at night

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 15:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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In winter, the Arctic is considered to be a dark and dreary place save for when the northern lights shimmer

Presumed Route of Polar Discovery tanker carrying oil from Alaska to South Korea. The brown line denotes the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, while lines in the sea denote commercial shipping. Data from the European Commission. (Cryopolitics)

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Blog: Alaska ships its first oil to Asia in a decade

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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On September 26, ConocoPhillips‘ Polar Discovery departed the Valdez Marine Terminal in Alaska for Yeosu, South Korea. Valdez is where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline,

New findings suggest Swedes' stone age ancestors came from Siberia. (iStock)

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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/03/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2014 at 20:58 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:03
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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

Stories concerning everything from drilling and education, to journalism and the environment, were among your most read stories this week. (iStock)

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Blog: The Arctic Council at a crossroads – Still, and again

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2014 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 18:56
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The narrative of “the Arctic Council at a crossroads” has been prominent since at least 2008, and probably before. It

Monthly sea ice extent data from NSIDC, 2014. NSR Port Data from NSR Administration, 2013. (Cryopolitcs)

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Blog: Northern Sea Route – Open for business?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, September 29, 2014 at 18:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Russia’s Northern Sea Route Administration has received 604 applications for transits this year. The bulk of sailings take place on the

The potential routings of the Arctic Energy Gateway, along with pipelines and railroads in the northern part of the globe. Notice the sheer lack of either infrastructure north of the Arctic Circle. (Cryopolitics)

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Blog: With Keystone XL delay, Alberta, Canada looks North

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 13:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Keystone XL, the $5.4 billion, 1,897-kilometer pipeline that would transport crude oil from the Alberta tar sands across the border