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Kayaktivists Jordan Van Voast and Martin Adams hold a sign in protest of the arrival of Shell's Arctic drilling vessel the Noble Discoverer as it came into Everett, Wash. on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Daniella Beccaria/seattlepi.com via AP)

Blog: Shell wins approval to continue the ‘depletion business’ of the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 13:11
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This week, the Obama administration conditionally approved Shell’s exploration plans this summer in the Chukchi Sea, off Alaska. The Bureau of

Coast Guard Commandant Paul Zukunft has outlined the challenges facing the United States Coast Guard in the Chuckchi Sea this summer. (iStock)

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Shell’s Chukchi exploration plan wins federal approval

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 18:02
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Federal regulators on Monday approved Royal Dutch Shell’s plan to resume oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean three years after a series of mishaps,

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Finland: Talvivaara gets creditors’ nod for restructuring plan

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 17:22 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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Creditors of the struggling mining concern Talvivaara voted to support the company’s proposed restructuring plan Wednesday night. The final vote

Employees of the Swedish company Lundin work on an oil derrick 21 September 2005, in Poligny, some 50 kilometers from Paris. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images)

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Low oil prices taking toll on Norway drilling

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 13:50 — Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 13:53
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The low oil price takes its toll on the Norwegian shelf. Companies are significantly reducing their activity level in Norway as

The proposd mining area included the catchment area for the Teno River, which borders Finland and Norway. (Jarmo Honkanen / Yle)

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Local opposition buries plans for diamond mine in Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 15:17 — Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 17:52
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An Irish mining company’s bid to begin prospecting for diamonds in Utsjoki, northern Finland has fallen flat following opposition to

View of a former coal mine train in the science base of Ny-Alesund on the Svalbard archipelago in the Norwegian Arctic. (Martin Bureau / AFP)

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Russia protests drilling in Svalbard zone

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 20:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 20:26
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Russia believes Norway is violating the Svalbard Treaty when the Norwegian government opens three blocks for oil drilling in the

Oil transit and other pipelines in Arctic Alaska.(Al Grillo / AP)

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ConocoPhillips predicts flat Alaska oil production for ‘three years and beyond’

Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 14:10 — Last Updated: Monday, May 4, 2015 at 17:35
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ConocoPhillips expects that its Alaska oil production will remain relatively stable over the next three years thanks to new projects on the North

Western sanctions have created major problems for Rosneft’s Arctic drilling plans. (Rosneft)

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Rosneft readies more Kara Sea mapping

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 13:07 — Last Updated: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 21:09
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The oil company will this year spend 764 million rubles (€13,2 million) on seismic mapping in the Kara Sea. Hit by

Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)

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Alternative heating system shows promise for reducing fuel costs in Interior Alaska

Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 15:23
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The soil is barely above freezing in Interior Alaska, but that hasn’t stopped researchers at Fairbanks’ Cold Climate Housing Research Center from successfully

Artist impression of the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant, currently being built for the Siberian town of Pevek. (OKBM)

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Floating nuclear power stations for Arctic?

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 19:53 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 20:08
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An Ontario company is proposing the idea of small floating nuclear stations to power mining sites and towns in the

Vicki Kwok of Hong Kong was visiting Rovaniemi in February. (Uula Kuvaja / Yle)

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Arctic Finland looks for boost from Chinese tourists

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 21:20 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 20:00
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Growing numbers of Chinese tourists are expected to visit Finnish Lapland as the Regional Council of Lapland expands contacts with

Dockwise Vanguard arrives in Hammerfest with Goliat FPSO on board on April 17, 2015. (Eni Norge)

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Blog: Goliat arrives in Hammerfest, poised to open new frontier in Arctic offshore oil

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 20:41 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 20:00
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April 17 was a historic day for humanity on the earth’s final and last frontiers. As the International Space Station berthed SpaceX’s Dragon this

Pollution from the chimneys in Nikel moves towards the Norwegian border, while the snow around the plant is black of fallout of heavy metals, sulphur dioxide and other pollutions from the plant. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Russia: Arctic mega-polluter pays record high dividends

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 13:11
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Nickel industry in Siberia and on the Kola Peninsula is very good business for investors. Norilsk Nickel set to pay

Greg Giannulis, owner of Mike's Quality meats in Eagle River, shows reindeer steaks he has frozen for sale. Giannulis has been purchasing and processing reindeer meat from Savoonga. (Marc Lester/ADN)

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Alaska community gets into reindeer meat market

Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 16:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 14:40
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Lifelong Savoonga resident Richmond Toolie couldn’t wait to talk about the reindeer herd he manages. But there was a catch Wednesday:

Limits have been but on Shell's Arctic drilling season this year, including measures to protect walrus in the region. (Karen Bleier/ AFP)

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With new purchase, Shell may be less keen on Arctic

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2015 at 19:09 — Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 20:20
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Royal Dutch Shell announced this week a plan to purchase a major British LNG company, and statements by top executives