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Ice-Blog: Human action speeds glacial melting

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, August 18, 2014 at 09:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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It might sound like stating the obvious, but in fact it is not easy to find clear evidence that human

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Blog: The new Arctic real estate boom – Tromso, Norway

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 15:39
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In 2010, I went to Nuuk, Greenland for the first time. And I was surprised that as soon as people

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Blog Business Russia Special Features 

Blog: The Russian Far East, the Arctic and Foreign Trade

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 13:40 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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On Monday, I wrote about the diamond mine located in Mirny, a city in the Sakha Republic in the Russian

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Blog Environment 

Asia at the Poles – Spotlight: India

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2014 at 16:15 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:09
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This story is part of an occasional Eye on the Arctic series looking at Arctic science and business from the

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Blog Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Blog: Asia and the Arctic in Eurasian Geography and Economics

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2014 at 09:22 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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For interested readers, the peer-reviewed journal Eurasian Geography and Economics has just published my article, “North by Northeast: Toward an

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Blog Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Ice-Blog: Arctic methane: time bomb or “boogeyman”?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 14:30 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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When the Ice Blog was launched in 2008, one of the first posts from a trip to Alaska entitled “Ice-Capades

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Blog Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Blog: Hearing on U.S. Policy in the Arctic – ‘Let Russia do it for us…’?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 16:53
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There was so much going on at the Inuit Circumpolar Conference last week, I almost missed  THIS VIDEO  from the

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Blog: Mapping and distorting the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 14:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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I’m here at the University of Minnesota’s Polar Boot Camp, which is run by the on-campus Polar Geospatial Center (PGC).

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Ice-Blog: Arctic thaw – carry on regardless?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, July 25, 2014 at 11:04 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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When a colleague who has a lot of sympathy for those who do NOT accept that humans are responsible for

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Blog Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Blog: Sanctions on Russia – Helping or hindering the Arctic environment?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Many in the Arctic have vowed that tensions outside the region between Russia and the West would not affect circumpolar

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Blog Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

Blog: ICC General Assembly 2014 – Arctic governance

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 15:54
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There was an interesting session Tuesday morning at the Inuit Circumpolar Council General Assembly in Canada’s Northwest Territories concerning Arctic

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Blog Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Blog: USA steps up Arctic game with appointment of Papp as special representative

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 11:22
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Since 2006, eleven different states have appointed Arctic Ambassadors/Envoys, and last week the United States became the twelfth, with Secretary

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Environment Minister and Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq is Canada's minister for the Arctic Council. (The Canadian Press)
Blog Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Blog: Inuit Circumpolar Council General Assembly kicks off in Arctic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, July 21, 2014 at 17:05
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Just a quick note to remind everyone that the the Inuit Circumpolar Council general assembly is now underway in the

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Blog Iceland Special Features 

Ice-Blog: World Cup Champs for Arctic Climate?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, July 14, 2014 at 13:58 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Chancellor Merkel is on her way from the World Cup Final in Brazil to Berlin, where she will address the

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The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong harbored in Shanghai in 2012. The Xuelong is the first Chinese vessel to cross the Arctic Ocean. (Pei Xin / Xinhua / AP)
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Blog: Full steam ahead for Asian icebreakers in the Arctic this summer

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2014 at 16:18 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) governs many of the activities on and below the

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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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