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Nordic PMs sign climate declaration at Iceland meeting

21 August 201921 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Angela Merkel, business, Germany, Katrin Jakobsdottir, Nordic CEO's for a Sustainable Future, Paris Climate Agreement, politics, SDG's, United Nations

A meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers ended in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday with the signing of a joint declaration on

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Canadian, Icelandic universities team up for migration conference

16 August 201921 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 2 Comments education, First Nations, indigenous, Language, literature, University of Iceland, University of Manitoba, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages

Canada’s University of Manitoba and the University of Iceland’s Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages at will team up later

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Blog – Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson lights up London’s Tate Modern

13 August 201916 August 2019 Mia Bennett 0 Comments art, London, Olafur Eliasson, Tate Modern

Olafur Eliasson’s show at London’s Tate Modern passes Iceland’s landscape through a glass prism, refracting it into a world of

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Iceland glacier lost to climate change to get memorial ceremony this month

2 August 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Andri Snær Magnason, Arctic, Borgarbyggð, climate change, emissions, glaciology, Oddur Sigurðsson, oil industry, Okjökull, Rice University

Iceland’s Okjökull glacier, or should we say former glacier, will be getting a memorial service this month when a delegation

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Leaders downplay divisions at Arctic Circle conference in China

13 May 201917 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Circle, Arctic Council, China, Iceland, Shanghai

Only hours after the Americans stunned fellow Arctic countries with a forceful show of discord, the new Icelandic chair of

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Environmental groups call for action on black carbon pollution

8 May 20199 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic Council, black carbon, Clean Arctic Alliance, heavy fuel oil, HFO

Environmental groups blasted the U.S. Wednesday for torpedoing the traditional joint declaration at the conclusion of the biennial Arctic Council

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Iceland President Jóhannesson to meet Putin as country prepares to chair Arctic Council

3 April 20193 April 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Council, Arctic Forum, Gudni Johannesson, St.Petersburg, Vladimir Putin

Before Iceland takes over the chair of Arctic Council in May, President Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson will talk cooperation with the

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Canadian couple among stranded passengers after Icelandic budget airline WOW Air folds

28 March 2019 CBC News 0 Comments airlines, tourism, travel, Wow Air

An Ottawa couple currently in Iceland says it’s going to cost them an extra $2,000 to get back home after

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Iceland & UK sign agreement to boost security, defence cooperation

27 March 201927 March 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Jeremy Hunt, miltiary, NATO, nordic, United Kingdom

Iceland and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement to boost security cooperation between their two countries. The Memorandum of

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Iceland talks Arctic, Trump’s ditching of climate accord, with U.S. Secretary of State

19 February 201922 February 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Council, climate change, environment, Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Katrin Jakobsdottir, Mike Pompeo, military, NATO, Russia

Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir discussed climate change with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Reykjavik on Friday, saying the continued

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New Arctic shipping database launched by Arctic Council working group

7 February 20198 February 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments academic institutions, ASTD, environment, PAME, pollution, research, sea ice, sustainable development

An Arctic Council working group launched a new shipping database this month that they say will help close ongoing knowledge

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Iceland, U.S. FMs talk Arctic security, defence cooperation at Washington meeting

9 January 20199 January 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Council, Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, military, NATO

Iceland – U.S. cooperation in Arctic security and defence issues was among the key issues discussed by the the two

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Horses buried with Icelandic Viking nobles were male, ancient DNA shows

7 January 2019 CBC News 0 Comments archeology, history, horses, vikings

Archaeologists in Iceland say they have analyzed DNA evidence to show that male horses were killed and then buried alongside

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Alaska drilling, China, and the Arctic Council handover to Iceland : Northern news to watch for in 2019

4 January 20194 January 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments ANWR, Arctic Council, Asia, China, europe, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, mining, Northwest Passage, Xuelong

All year long, Eye on the Arctic brings you news, and newsmakers, from around the North. But as 2019 gets

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How Canadian scientists discovered a geothermal source in 1970s rural Iceland

16 November 201816 November 2018 Frances Willick, CBC News 0 Comments Dalhousie, energy, geothermal, Halifax, history, Renewables, research, water

Forty years after researchers from Halifax (Canadian Maritimes) helped drill a hole nearly two kilometres into the ground in rural

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