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Arctic Council wants to up youth engagement on North

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 15:38
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The importance of upping youth engagement on northern issues was one of the focus topics at the recent Arctic Council,

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Canadian, Icelandic universities team up for migration conference

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, August 16, 2019 at 01:01 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 12:26
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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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Horses buried with Icelandic Viking nobles were male, ancient DNA shows

CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 7, 2019 at 14:56
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Archaeologists in Iceland say they have analyzed DNA evidence to show that male horses were killed and then buried alongside

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

Frances Willick, CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 16, 2018 at 16:40 — Last Updated: Friday, November 16, 2018 at 16:48
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Forty years after researchers from Halifax (Canadian Maritimes) helped drill a hole nearly two kilometres into the ground in rural

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Blog: Russia’s Yamal Peninsula reveals the paradox of sustainable Arctic development

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 16:06
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For the fourth year in a row, Arctic Circle, the world’s largest gathering on Arctic issues convened in Iceland’s capital.

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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
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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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Feature Interview: Hunting culture under stress in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2016 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:26
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Today on Eye on the Arctic we bring you another instalment of our occasional series on how climate change, and

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A view of Reykjavik, Iceland's capital city. (iStock)
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Iceland most peaceful country in the world: study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 19:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 19:32
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Iceland has been named the most peaceful country in the world, again, by the nonprofit Institute for Economics and Peace. The

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Nine hundred delegates from 34 countries will soon descend on Reykjavik, Iceland for the Arctic Circle conference. (Mia Bennett)
Blog Featured General Iceland SOCIETY Society 

Blog: The Arctic Circle – Denizen of the North, make way for corporate development

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 14:22 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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The Arctic Circle Assembly will soon be convening in Reykjavik, Iceland for the second time ever. The conference is the brainchild of

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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
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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: Empowering Arctic Youth

Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle
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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Video released of 2013 plane crash in northern Iceland

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:48
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A video has been uploaded to YouTube showing a small plane hitting the ground and exploding into flames in northern

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A police officer stands guard at a house where a man was shot dead by poilce in Reykjaiík on December 2, 2013. (Halldor Kolbeins / AFP)
Featured Iceland SOCIETY Society 

Iceland has first fatal police shooting

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 16:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:56
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Police in Iceland said Monday they shot dead a gunman — the first time armed police have killed someone in

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Super Typhoon Haiyan from the International Space Station on November 9, 2013. (Karen L. Nyberg / NASA / AFP)
Blog Featured Iceland SOCIETY Society 

BLOG: Filipino diaspora in the Arctic sends help back home

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, November 18, 2013 at 14:21 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:56
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The Filipino diaspora is one of the most widespread in the world, with members making their homes from Alaska to

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Iceland SOCIETY Society 

Icelandic girl fights for right to her own name

CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 4, 2013 at 19:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:56
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Name isn’t on Iceland’s list of 1,853 female names that fit grammar and pronunciation rules Call her the girl with

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