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Map 1: The voyage taken by HHL Hong Kong from Ust-Luga, Russia to Rajin, North Korea in 2013. (Cryopolitics)
Blog Business Russia 

Blog: North Korea and the Northern Sea Route

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 at 09:11 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Last year, a total of three ships sailed from the Port of Ust-Luga, Russia along the Northern Sea Route (NSR).

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Greenland melt natural or man-made?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 15:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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And does it ultimately make any difference? Scientists from the University of Washington (UW) have published a paper in Nature

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Blog Environment Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Will the Antarctic share the Arctic’s fate?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 11:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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While the Arctic is melting twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and protests continue against the race

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Blog Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Blog: Greenpeace protestors greet first barrels of Arctic oil

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, May 2, 2014 at 10:14 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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While the media focuses its attention on the vulnerabilities of pipelines that transport natural gas from Russia to Europe, Gazprom

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Blog Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Arctic oil – confrontations ahead?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, April 28, 2014 at 16:48 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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The first oil from the controversial Prirazlomnaya offshore Arctic oil platform is on its way to Rotterdam. This, you will

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Gazprom Head Alexei Miller as he attends a video call with the Prirazlomnaya arctic oil platform marking the launch of production in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 18, 2014. (Alexei Druzhinin / RIA-Novosti / Presidential Press Service / AP )
Blog Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Blog: Putin signs law allowing oil and gas corporations to defend infrastructure

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, April 25, 2014 at 15:42
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On September 28, 2013, 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists sailing on the non-profit organization’s icebreaker, Arctic Sunrise, boarded Russia’s

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Blog Iceland Society Society (Iceland) 

Ice-Blog: Empowering Arctic Youth

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, April 25, 2014 at 15:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Back in 2008, the Ice Blog was born when I was on a trip to Alaska reporting on the “Climate

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Fednav's latest icebreaker en route to the Arctic (CNW Group/FEDNAV LTD.)
Blog Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Blog: What’s in a name? The Japanese-built, Chinese-chartered icebreaker – MV Nunavik

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 14:21
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At the Nunavik Nickel Project mine in northern Quebec, Japanese shipbuilding skills, Chinese mining expertise, and European demand are combining

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Oil field at sunset in Kazakhstan. (iStock)
Blog Business Russia 

Blog: Extractive frontiers – The Arctic and Central Asia

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 15:05
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At first glance, it might seem odd to compare the Arctic and Central Asia – two regions whose physical geographies

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) 

Ice-Blog: Greenland’s icecap losing stability

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 11:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Catching up on the last few weeks of icy news after a spring holiday, my eye was caught by an

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An Arctic hare in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. (iStock)
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Blog: Eye on the Arctic team back on April 22

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 16:24
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Just a quick note to let our site visitors know that the Eye on the Arctic team will be away

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Cross-polar flights vis-à-vis locations in the Arctic and sub-Arctic (broadly construed; note the southern distance of the locations in Canada) with capabilities to assist in Arctic SAR operations. (Cryopolitics)
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Blog: The tyranny of time and distance in Arctic SAR

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, April 4, 2014 at 17:17
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In a recent post, I discussed cross-polar flights and the international framework that exists for search and rescue (SAR) coordination

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How are Canada's Arctic Council priorities resonating in the world's circumpolar regions? (iStock)
Arctic-Council-2015 Blog Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Blog: The Arctic Council’s Immunity to Crimean Flu

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, March 31, 2014 at 12:21
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Since Russian forces entered Crimea earlier this month, a host of commentators have been speculating on when and how that

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Map of Proposed Railway. (Arctic Corridor / Cryopolitics)
Blog Business Finland 

Blog: Interview with Arctic Corridor Spokesman Timo Lohi

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, March 28, 2014 at 12:24

On Monday, I spoke with Timo Lohi, who is heading up the Arctic Corridor project based in Finland. The Arctic

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What if an aviation disaster occurred in the Arctic or sub-Arctic? Pictured: Flying above the Sea of Okhotsk en route from Newark to Narita. ( Mia Bennett, March 2012)
Blog Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Blog – MH370: What if it were to happen in the Arctic?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 11:27
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Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared while flying between the Asian capitals of Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. Based on analysis

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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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