Oil majors announce Arctic spill preparedness and response collaboration
Arctic frontiers are opening to development but oil-spill infrastructure is still limited in many regions. Now, some of the world’s biggest
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Businesses ‘desperate for workers’ in Arctic Sweden
“We have a unique situation in the future job market” Financial instability, a jobless rate of 7.5 per cent and
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Oil ‘tipping point’ has passed with much higher prices to come
As Alaskans grapple with the issue of oil taxes and what state legislative moves, if any, will increase the flow
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Canada’s eastern Arctic in line to get faster internet
Ontario-based company proposing to run fibre optic cable under water, through Northwest Passage A Canadian company is planning to build
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Finland’s Outokumpu in merger talks with Germany’s ThyssenKrupp
Finnish metals giant Outokumpu confirmed on Monday that it is negotiating with German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp on a possible merger of
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Kemi Snow Castle construction begins in Finland
Kemi’s snow castle, a Finnish tourist attraction, is finally being constructed on the northern shore of the Baltic Sea after
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Broadband Internet forges into rural Alaska
Thousands of remote Alaskans will soon be able to enjoy high-speed Internet thanks to an $88 million project — funded
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Diamond exploration at Nunavut, Canada Chidliak property on hold
The president of Peregrine Diamonds said it’s still too early to say whether work will resume this year at the
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Free flights south for some of Finland’s Arctic residents
The Arctic municipality of Enontekiö, in the northwest of Finland’s Lapland region, is again distributing free airline tickets to all
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Minerals bring economic boom to the north of Sweden
The job market is bright in Norrbotten County, fuelled by growing global demand for iron-ore and other industrial and precious
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Santa Claus Village in Arctic Finland attracts record number of visitors
A record number of visitors have attended the Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland in the Arctic Circle this year.
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More wind power in Sweden
Record year 2011 Swedish energy authorities claim the wind power industry in this Nordic nation has “wind in its sails”
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North Finland gears up for holiday invasion
As Christmas approaches, Finland’s roads and railways will soon be crowded with holiday travellers. Traffic is expected to be heavy
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Natural gas to transform Teriberka, Russia into a paradise?
The Shtokman field, one of the biggest gas fields in the world, is located way up north in the Barents
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Indigenous Saami reindeer herders driven away from mining conference
Representatives from six indigenous Saami villages in northern Sweden were forced away from an international mining conference in London, England
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