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Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC joins Arctic Economic Council

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, September 9, 2019 at 12:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 09:45
Aleut, Arctic Council, climate change, environment, Iceland, indigenous
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Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC, the asset management and investment advisory division of global investment and advisory firm Guggenheim Partners,

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

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 16:36
airlines, tourism, travel, Wow Air
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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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New Arctic shipping database launched by Arctic Council working group

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 11:32 — Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2019 at 10:34
academic institutions, ASTD, environment, PAME, pollution, research, sea ice, sustainable development
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An Arctic Council working group launched a new shipping database this month that they say will help close ongoing knowledge

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Norwegians and Icelanders let Alaskans in on the secrets to economic prosperity

Jeannette Lee Falsey, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 19:10 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 19:43
Arctic Council, economy, energy, oil, tourism
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FAIRBANKS — A year and a half into Alaska’s recession, in which thousands of jobs have been lost statewide, Alaskans

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High peak in low season, Iceland’s mass-tourism boiling over

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 15:13 — Last Updated: Monday, February 27, 2017 at 15:15
environment, history, nature, Reykjavik, sustainable, travel
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1,8 million visitors may not be all good news for the tiny populated island with fragile nature and underdeveloped infrastructure.

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Blog: Scotland’s First Minister – We’re closer to the Arctic than London

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 14:27
energy, EU, Greenland, independents, Nicola Sturgeon
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On Friday, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delivered a speech in an unlikely venue: the Arctic Circle conferencein Reykjavik, Iceland.

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10% of Iceland’s workforce employed in tourism

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 15:22
employment, foreign workers, Iceland, tourism, tourism industry
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Tourism to Iceland has skyrocketed during the last years, and is now a major source of employment in the country.

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Blog: Arctic like ‘discovering a new Africa,’ Iceland

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, November 16, 2015 at 16:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
Arctic, Asia, Iceland, indigenous, Infrastructure, Singapore
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The Arctic Circle Singapore Forum convened last week in the hot and hazy tropical megalopolis. The forum is an offshoot of the

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Germany, Iceland cooperate on new transpolar port

Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 19, 2015 at 13:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 19:02
Bremenports, climate, Germany, shipping
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The German company Bremenports has concluded an agreement with Icelandic authorities and the Icelandic engineering company Elfa on a

A barge broke its tow in Canada's Arctic earlier this year and drifted as far away as the Russian coast. (US Coast Guard)

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Ship trouble in the Arctic on the rise: report

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 21:54
Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality, cargo, Norway, shipping, United States
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A new report says that as Artic ship traffic has increased, so has the number of Arctic ship mishaps. The

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Arctic satellite image of the week | Bárðarbunga: of lava lakes and reservoirs

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 17:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
aluminum, Bardarbunga, energy, environment, Halslon Reservoir, Iceland, Landsat, satellite
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Iceland’s temperamental geography has gone haywire again with Bárðarbunga, the latest volcano to erupt under the Vatnajökull ice cap. It’s

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Ice-Blog: Eco-group questions Iceland oil

Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2014 at 18:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
Arctic, China, climate, environment, Iceland, oil
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Back in January, China’s state-owned oil company CNOOC obtained an Arctic exploration licence for the remote Dreki area, 125 miles

The fin whale taken in the North Atlantic is butchered. (CBC)

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Endangered whale meat shipped from Iceland via Halifax

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:50
Greenpeace, Japan, nordic, whaling
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Environmentalists are pushing for stricter trade laws in Canada involving at-risk species after the recent shipment of fin whale meat