Arctic cruises are risky business: expert
Climate change means melting ice will make it possible for cruise ships to go through the Northwest Passage in
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Environment
OK to eat meat, berries from Swedish forests affected by Chernobyl disaster
Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, it is safe to eat berries, meat, and fish coming from the Swedish regions
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Ban use of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic by ships: environmental groups
A coalition of international environmental groups is calling on the International Maritime Organization to prohibit the use of heavy fuel
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Polar bears forced to swim long distances as Arctic ice melts
Scientists are sounding the alarm over the discovery that many polar bears in the Canadian Arctic are making marathon swims of
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Ice-Blog: Arctic off limits for giant trawlers?
This past winter, one of the favourite fish dishes being served up here in Germany was skrei, or Arctic cod.
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Finland’s bear population up 15 per cent in last year
The population of Finland’s national animal, the brown bear, rose by 15 per cent in the last year, reports the
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Top of the world sees yet another record hot month
Planet Earth, and particularly the Arctic, is heating up for the 11th month in a row with never seen before
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Record number of Saimaa seal pups born
A record number of Saimaa ringed seal pups have been born this spring. A review conducted by the state-owned forestry
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Ice-Blog: UNESCO acknowledges Arctic site
I registered that UNESCO had added 20 sites to its World Network of Biosphere Reserves during a meeting in Lima,
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Arctic tests for Russia’s new icebreakers
Russia’s new “Vladivostok” and “Murmansk” icebreakers (project 21900M) are on the way to Murmansk for trials in Arctic environment. The
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A letter from Svalbard’s dwindling sea ice
The Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum winter extent for this season, and it was a record low, as
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Report urges creation of new governance structure for oversight of Arctic shipping
Canada needs to come up with a new governance structure for Arctic shipping corridors through the Northwest Passage to address
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As temperatures climb, so do the shrubs on Alaska’s mountainsides
Devotees of Wolverine Peak, an Anchorage mountain with a well-used hiking trail, might feel like it takes them longer than
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Summit calls for Pan-Arctic climate change monitoring
A large gathering of Arctic scientists, politicians, indigenous peoples, and other observers and stakeholders are calling for a pan-Arctic climate
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Ice-Blog: Time to cruise the Northwest Passage?
When I came across a story about a sold-out cruise through the North-West Passage planned for this summer on a
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