Thamesborg grounding update: Salvage experts en route; Arctic mapping context
A massive Dutch cargo ship Thamesborg remains aground in the Northwest Passage, monitored by two Canadian icebreakers as authorities continue
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Routine maintenance at Whitehorse dam last fall ends with hundreds of dead fish
By Julien Greene Low water prompted ‘rapid dewatering of sensitive areas,’ consultant’s report states At least 761 fish died last
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BLOG—A crash course in snowmobiling across Svalbard
On the first day of a three-day snowmobile expedition across Svalbard, I learned that operating the machine involves just throttling,
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Murky pipeline deal to send Russian gas to China shows Beijing’s dominance
The head of Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom says it has a deal to build a pipeline to China, but
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Ship involved in Russian weapons deliveries is on the way to Svalbard
The Kapitan Yakovlev is sanctioned by the US and Ukraine because of its shipments of weapons in the Black Sea. The 100-metre-long
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Contraception forced on over 350 Greenlandic women, girls by Danish officials: report
More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, reported that they were forcibly
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Norway elections: Labor Party wins amid populist right-wing surge
Jonas Gahr Støre continues as prime minister after the social democratic Labor party wins re-elections despite a surge in support
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Gold prices drive Yukon placer mining production to new heights
By Caitrin Pilkington Territorial government took home $36,000 in royalties on industry revenue of $284 million More than 125 years after
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2nd Coast Guard icebreaker reaches grounded cargo ship in Arctic Canada; salvage experts to be sent
Salvage experts are being sent to the Canadian Arctic where the cargo ship Thamesborg grounded this weekend, Royal Wagenborg, a
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N.W.T. Fort Providence planning staged re-entry for eventual return
Meanwhile Jean Marie River ‘on pins and needles’ as evacuation alert persists, says former chief While fire officials say it’s
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Major floods cause train issues in northern Sweden
It may take weeks before trains roll along as normal along the coast of northern Sweden, which was hit with
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Yukon’s mining law framework promises major change, but not everyone’s happy
Draft could upend territory’s longstanding free-entry system for mining claims It’s a document that outlines sweeping changes to the Yukon’s
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Yukon and federal governments announce funding for community infrastructure projects
By Tori Fitzpatrick Almost $19M in federal funding is available to Yukon communities for 2025-26 The Yukon and federal governments
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Blog: Norway’s Arctic policy and a kaleidoscope election
Election season has begun in earnest in Norway, as the country now faces a host of domestic and foreign issues in
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U.S. Coast Guard monitors Chinese ships in Arctic waters…again
The U.S. Coast Guard says it tracked two Chinese research vessels operating in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska this week,
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