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Blog – Underwater tunnels revolutionize transport in the Faroe Islands

1 June 2018 9 h 00 min — 1 June 2018 9 h 48 min Mia Bennett 1 Comment development, economy, Faroe Islands, Faroes, Infrastructure, roads, rural, tunnels

Fifty-five million years ago, the Northeast Atlantic Ocean opened up between Europe and Greenland, pushing the two landmasses apart. In

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Canada and Denmark set up joint task force to resolve Arctic boundary issues

23 May 2018 15 h 43 min — 25 May 2018 10 h 53 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, borders, boundaries, Canada, Denmark, diplomacy, Greenland, Hans Island, Labrador Sea, land disputes, Lincoln Sea, maritime, Tartupaluk

Canada and Denmark together with Greenland plan to create a joint task force to explore options and provide recommendations on

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Blog – Faroe Islands host Arctic Circle Forum, trumpet “infrastructure miracle”

14 May 2018 15 h 52 min — 18 May 2018 11 h 21 min Mia Bennett 0 Comments Arctic Circle, China, connectivity, Denmark, development, economy, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Infrastructure, Internet, investment, North Atlantic, roads

Situated halfway between Iceland and Scotland, the Faroe Islands are so remote from most people’s minds that even the customs

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Greenland braces for coalition talks to cut through election result murk

25 April 2018 15 h 38 min — 27 April 2018 11 h 42 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, economy, education, fishing, Inuit Ataqatigiit, journalist, Kim Kielsen, Martin Breum, media, mining, Randi Vestergaard Evaldsen, Rasmus Leander Nielsen, Sara Olsvig, Siumut, University of Greenland, urmanium

With Wednesday’s election result murk, the topsy-turvy world of Greenlandic politics is about to get a lot more interesting as

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Denmark’s new defence agreement renews focus on protecting the Baltic

16 October 2017 16 h 59 min — 17 October 2017 12 h 24 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments defence spending, Denmark, Greenland, military

For the first time in over two decades, the Danish government is looking to renew its military’s focus on the

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Q&A: Impact assessments in the Arctic – What Canada and Greenland can learn from each other

7 April 2017 19 h 28 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, business, Canada, indigenous, international, Inuit

MONTREAL — A major conference on the challenges climate change poses for doing impact assessments,wound up in Canada on Friday. Delegates from around the

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Inuit in Canada and Greenland seek control of marine oasis

13 September 2016 22 h 28 min — 14 September 2016 14 h 10 min Lynn Desjardins, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Canada, Greenland, Inuit, North Water Polynya

Indigenous peoples from Canada and Greenland are seeking to have joint management of a unique area of the Arctic Ocean,

Overlapping claims to the North Pole don't mean conflict is inevitable says a Norwegian expert. (iStock)

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Nordic countries discuss closer defense cooperation

1 April 2016 20 h 49 min Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

On the background of new regional security challenges, the Nordic countries have discussed ways to increase defense and security cooperation.

The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic in 2008. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)

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Discussions underway on who can claim Arctic seabed

11 March 2016 17 h 44 min — 12 March 2016 1 h 41 min Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, continental shelf, seabed, UNCLOS

Quietly flying under the news radar is an extremely important international meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York

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Canada’s Supreme Court agrees to hear Arctic seismic testing case opposed by Inuit

10 March 2016 19 h 58 min — 19 March 2018 11 h 31 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, Clyde River, environment, Inuit, seismic testing

Canada’s highest court has agreed to hear an appeal against seismic testing in Arctic waters between Canada and Greenland brought

Inuit hunter and guide Elijah Pallituq walks on sea ice checking for seal breathing holes along the cracks in sea ice. Photo by Levon Sevunts.

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Green Party calls on Liberal government to stop seismic testing in Davis Strait

9 March 2016 21 h 00 min — 19 March 2018 11 h 31 min Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, Baffin Bay, Clyde River, Davis Strait, seismic survey, seismic testing

The federal government urgently needs to step in and stop planned seismic testing in Davis Strait regardless whether the Supreme

Inuit setting up seal nets on Baffin Island in Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (Levon Sevunts / Radio Canada International)

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Inuit launch new offensive against seal ban

1 October 2015 15 h 31 min — 1 October 2015 15 h 37 min Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Aaju Peter, Canada, hunting, indigenous

A new pan-Arctic Inuit organization is taking its case on seal hunting directly to the European Parliament on Thursday. The organization

An iceberg off Ammassalik Island in Eastern Greenland. Denmark filed its claim with the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in December 2014. (John McConnico/File/AP)

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Russia ready to talk North Pole with Denmark

5 August 2015 13 h 21 min — 5 August 2015 18 h 23 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, geography, Russia, UNCLOS

It might take up to 15 years to settle the Arctic delimitation issue, the Russian Foreign Ministry says. Russia and

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Blog: The return of the Arctic Five

23 July 2015 18 h 13 min — 24 July 2015 21 h 07 min Heather Exner-Pirot 0 Comments Arctic Circle, Clinton, fishing, Iceland, Russia, United States

Last week, the five Arctic Ocean coastal states signed a much heralded moratorium on fishing in the high seas portion

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Denmark claims North Pole

15 December 2014 14 h 47 min — 15 December 2014 20 h 43 min Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Canada, continental shelf, mapping, Russia, UN

Scientific data shows Greenland’s continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, says Denmark’s Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard.

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