Blog: Finnish Foreign Minister on the Nordic model and the Arctic
Finland has a smaller profile in the Arctic than its neighbor to the west, Norway. Whereas Norwegian Prime Minister Erna
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Quebec Government recognizes throat singing
Just last week, the government in the French speaking province of Quebec recognized Inuit throat singing as an official part
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Blog: What’s in store for Greenland’s resource industry?
A number of recent stories have cropped up looking at the future of resource development in Greenland and whether it
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New chair of ICC to come from Canada’s eastern Arctic
Okalik Eegeesiak, an Inuk from Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is expected to become the next chair of the
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A look at the controvery around development in Yukon’s Peel watershed
Protesters demonstrated in the northern Canadian territories of Yukon and Northwest Territories this week against plans to develop the Peel
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Ice-Blog: Why high suicide rates in Arctic Russia?
Back at DW headquarters in Bonn after returning from Arctic Frontiers in Tromso at the weekend, I am sorting out
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Blog: Norway’s Prime Minister calls for advancing Northern Norway’s knowledge economy
Although last week’s Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway focused on the activities of “humans in the Arctic,” from sleeping
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Feature Interview: Live from Arctic Frontiers
Last week’s column focused on the Arctic Frontiers conference being held in Tromso, Norway. Deutsche Welle journalist and blogger Irene
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Ice-Blog: Kids, POPS and Arctic Science
Norway, believe it or not, is having problems recruiting scientists and qualified personnel for the Arctic. The generous education system
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Ice-Blog: Climate Change – Arctic in denial?
If there is one place you would imagine people would have to be conscious of climate change, it would be
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Ice-Blog: Sun returns after dark Arctic winter
The sun has come back over the horizon. I can understand why people celebrate it here. At the moment there
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Ice-Blog: Oil, Industry and Arctic Sustainability
I arrived at the university campus for Arctic Frontiers this morning to find a row of young people waiting to
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Ice-Blog: Sustainable future for Arctic people?
It has been a full day at Arctic Frontiers. This was day one of the two-day political segment (science follows
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Blog: The North in the News
After the morning rush at the office, I was just catching up on some of the Arctic happenings over the
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Frontiers – Humans in the Arctic
“Development in the Arctic: Upcoming opportunities and challenges and how they may be met to ensure viable economic growth and
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