Bodies of three skiers killed in avalanche recovered in Arctic Norway
The bodies of two skiers were found under a mass of snow near the top of a Norwegian fell on
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Police release names of skiers killed by avalanche in northern Norway
Police in northern Norway on Monday announced the names of three Finns and one Swede who died under an avalanche
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Nowhere to run for bank robber in Arctic Svalbard
There were few ways to escape for the man who robbed the bank in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Friday. He threatened with
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Blog – When a town in Arctic Norway transforms into “the world’s northernmost Chinatown”
Sitting on the rocky coastline of the slate gray Barents Sea, the hilly city of Kirkenes, Norway is located at
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Video – Arctic LGBT communities meet in northern Norway for Pride parade
Russian, Norwegian, Sámi and Finnish LGBT communities met in Kirkenes, Arctic Norway for the second year in a row
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Immigration curbs population decline in Norway’s northernmost county
Norwegians, especially the youngsters, move south. Foreign citizens though, have more than doubled the last ten years. Vadsø, Honningsvåg and
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Roald Amundsen’s Maud back home 100 years after setting sail from Norway
One hundred years after a wooden ship set sail from Norway with the hopes of reaching the North Pole, the
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Longread – The quest to turn Norway’s Arctic coast into Northern Europe’s wind power hub
The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held
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Swedish musher wins Finnmarksløpet
Petter Karlsson from Slussfors, northern Sweden came first to the finish line in Europe’s longest dogsled race. The race is
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Europe’s longest dogsled race lead by four-time Iditarod champion
39 mushers from 10 countries are racing through 1,200 kilometers of snow and cold in Finnmarkløpet, the world’s northernmost dog
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Russian helicopter down over Norwegian archipelago
According to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway (JRCC), the helicopter was on its way from Pyramiden, an
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Looking for ‘the gold of the Arctic’? Meet the cloudberry
Highly prized and difficult to get. Cloudberries are not only the delicious tasting magic symbol of the north, it is
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Norwegian editor banned from Russia takes FSB to court
Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news
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Russia, Norway border traffic up 18%
Stronger ruble gives boost to cross-border shopping. 20,640 border crossings were counted at Storskog checkpoint in February, up 18,3% from
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More people now live in Oslo than in most of northern Norway
Northern Norway had a population growth in 2016, but there is still plenty of space for more residents. All the
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