Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?
People often eagerly discuss the end of the Arctic. Yet realizing that the Arctic Circle Assembly may have peaked could
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Grounded cargo ship successfully refloated in Canadian Arctic: company
A Dutch-flagged ship has successfully been refloated after being stranded in Canada’s Arctic archipelago for over five weeks. “Wagenborg is
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Greenland’s leader hails EU as trusted friend and urges investment in its minerals
Greenland’s leader on Wednesday thanked the European Union for being “a trusted friend” and urged the 27-nation bloc to invest
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Finland logs third-warmest September in history, as Lapland temp shatters record
Finland’s Arctic may be best known for snow and Santa, but Lapland made headlines for something entirely different in September
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Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians launches new book documenting its history
It also explores the Indian Act’s designation of people as status or non-status The Yukon Association of Non-Status Indians (YANSI)
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2 dead, 5 others injured after fire breaks out at mining camp near Dawson City, Yukon
The Yukon coroner’s office says it’s investigating the cause of the fire, rules out suspicious activity The Yukon Coroner’s office
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N.W.T. gov’t rejects recommendations to create dedicated emergency management agency
By Samuel Wat Standalone agency not ‘feasible or appropriate,’ gov’t says The government of the Northwest Territories won’t create an
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Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear, wins Alaska Fat Bear Week contest
By Cedar Attanasio, Mark Thiessen ‘Despite his broken jaw, he remains one of the biggest, baddest bears at Brooks River’ Chunk,
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Arctic Norway: “It was the warmest September on record in Tromsø”
By Elizaveta Vereykina Some regions in Arctic Norway have experienced exceptionally warm weather last month compared to observational records stretching back
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N.W.T. gov’t tells power companies to plan to increase use of renewable energy
The directive is for NTPC and Naka to increase the cap on renewable energy from 20 to 30 per cent
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‘A really big loss to the community’: Church in Colville Lake, N.W.T., burns
By Devon Tredinnick Our Lady of the Snows was built in the 1960s and was the community’s only church Our
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Russia trains coastal attack scenario 30 km from border with Norway
Bombardment from fighter aircraft to assist ground troops, artillery, grenades dropped by drones, and storm troopers. Russia’s high north war games
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‘We’re losing our children’: Nunavummiut reflect on triple tragedy in Pond Inlet
By Samuel Wat The community was shaken by a multiple suicides in July WARNING: This story discusses suicide. Verna Strickland
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Canadians in North see U.S. as Arctic threat on par with Russia: survey
Between Russia’s military buildup in the North and China’s growing presence in the Bering Strait near Alaska, it’s no surprise
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Nonprofit coordinating Arctic research in U.S. will shut down as federal funding dries up
By Eric Stone A nonprofit coordinating academic research on the Arctic plans to shut down as its federal funding dries up.
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