Arctic borough pulls out of deal with bankrupt Alaskan airline, reaffirms right to seize assets in emergency
The North Slope Borough is backing out of a tentative deal to rent RavnAir Group’s Utqiagvik hangar and is reasserting
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Arctic Canada: Aklak Air reduces flights to each community, due to ‘significant decrease’ in travel
Aklak Air will reduce the number of scheduled flights to each community it services, because of a “significant decrease in
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Traveller stuck between Finland and Russia, can’t cross either border
A traveller has been stuck between Finland and Russia since Wednesday, after the two countries introduced border restrictions a day
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North Pole Barneo camp cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak
With Norway partially shutting down its borders for foreigners, Svalbard airport Longyearbyen can’t be used to shuttle people and supply
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Norway cancels NATO Arctic military exercise due to coronavirus outbreak
More than 15,000 soldiers from nine countries will put down their weapons and start preparing to go home from their
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16,000 NATO troops kickstart Arctic war game in northern Norway
Northern Norway is battle zone in this year’s major allied Arctic exercise. Temperatures were dropping to below minus 20 degrees
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Finnish Lapland sees tourism boom in January
The number of tourists visiting Finnish Lapland grew by 12.5 percent in January compared to the same period last year,
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Politician sounds alarm on missed medical flight costs in Canada’s eastern Arctic
In 2018-2019 there were 6,000 medical travellers who missed flights Over a quarter of the territorial health budget is going toward
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Finland needs its own space research centre, gov’t report says
Finland must increase its investments in the business and technologies of space, according to a report commissioned by the Prime
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Another Yukon community lines up for solar power in northwestern Canada
White River First Nation proposing solar farm in Beaver Creek to offset diesel use The community of Beaver Creek, Yukon,
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Russian influence ops seek to fuel discord between Arctic Norway and Oslo, Norwegian intelligence service says
Kremlin seeks to exploit any issue that can create split, said Lt. Gen. Morten Haga Lunde when presenting the Intelligence
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Reconciliation means doing business differently in Canada, northerners say
Reconciliation mean doing business differently in Arctic Canada, and taking an win-win approach to development, a Canadian Arctic conference heard
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Moscow outlines €210 billion plan for Arctic oil
A new tax regime for the Russian Arctic is to provide for an unprecedented wave of investments in icy drilling.
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Exhibition explores little-known story of graphic textiles produced in Canada’s eastern Arctic
An exhibition currently underway at the Textile Museum of Canada explores the little-known story of the graphic texitle program in
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No confirmed cases of coronavirus in Canadian Arctic, but here’s how they’re preparing
There are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut, but health officials say they’re taking precautions
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