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Data from polar orbit satellites is received and processed at KSAT in Tromso. I was able to visit in January. (Irene Quaile)

Ice-Blog: Sharing Arctic ocean data

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, February 6, 2015 at 20:49 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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This week I had an interesting conversation with Professor Karen Wiltshire, who is deputy director of Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute for

Fishing boats are moored in icy water at the small boat harbor on April 1, 2004 in Valdez, Alaska. (David McNew/Getty Images)

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U.S. senators try again to kill vessel discharge regs

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, February 6, 2015 at 18:47 — Last Updated: Monday, February 9, 2015 at 17:01
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Alaska fishermen have three years before the EPA is supposed to begin regulating deck wash, bilge water and other liquids

A county board in Sweden approved a protective wolf hunt because they feel the dozens of sheep and lamb deaths are so serious there's no other alternative.(iStock)

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How many wolves should live in Sweden?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 19:29 — Last Updated: Friday, February 6, 2015 at 22:06
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Sweden is to reconsider its wolf policy once again, as the government has demanded a new, scientific study into the

(Pamela Dunlap-Shohl / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Chukchi Sea shoal newly closed to oil leasing is well known as biological hot spot

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 18:28
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Hanna Shoal, a region of shallow water in the remote Chukchi Sea that President Barack Obama last week put off limits to

Inspection of clipfish for export. Cod is one of the commercially most important species of fish in the Atlantic ocean. (Trude Pettersen/Barents Observer)

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Climate change will lead to ecosystem clash

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 2, 2015 at 19:46 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 21:32
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New research shows that species from the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans soon will start to mix. This could have

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Swedish waste exports contain dangerous materials

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 18:55 — Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 20:11
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Illegal exports of waste from Europe, including Sweden, is drastically rising. About half of it heading to West Africa. The

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Alaska: Bristol Bay sockeye’s prey quality affected by ocean temperature

Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
Posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 19:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 20:38
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Having healthy and plentiful returns of salmon each season is an important issue to subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen alike.

A subdivision on the outskirts of Kaktovik looks into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 1002 coastal plain. Sept. 10, 2012. (Loren Holmes/Alaska Dispatch)

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Arctic Ocean may be next as Alaska officials seethe over ANWR move

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 15:46 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 20:38
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Emotions continued to rise on Monday over President Barack Obama’s initiative to increase protection for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with

This bag with plastic waste and food garbage from the submarine is not the polar bear’s traditional dinner. (Location Unkown/ Provided by Blogger51 courtesy of Barents Observer)

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Submariners feed polar bears with garbage

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 07:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 20:38
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These revealing photos, taken at an unknown location in the Arctic, show how crewmembers of a Russian nuclear powered submarine

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Laser scanning sheds a new light on animal habitats in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 19:09 — Last Updated: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 19:11
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A major laser scanning project spearheaded by the National Land Survey of Finland has generated a welcome by-product. Intended to

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ARCTREX tests Arctic oil spill tracking techniques

Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage
Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 14:38 — Last Updated: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 20:24
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Offshore oil and gas exploration has become increasingly prominent over the past several years. But, questions remain about how effective

Dawson City musher Brian Wilmshurst is one of this year's mushers in the Yukon Quest sled dog race. Organizers say open water may force some route changes. (Julien Schroder/Yukon Quest)

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Warmth, lack of snow in Yukon threatens winter events

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 21:35 — Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 21:39
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Once again, the weather patterns are playing havoc with the Yukon’s reputation for Arctic cold and snow. One of the

Tromso: the gateway to the Arctic. (Irene Quaile)

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Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 20:47 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the

Waters can be covered by up to 30 percent sea ice without making safety problems for oil-drillings in the Barents Sea, according to the Norwegian Government. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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‘Arctic oil is incommensurate with 2ºC target:’ WWF

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 19:07 — Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 21:39
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TROMSØ: Norway’s decision to offer more Barents Sea drillings would be incommensurate with efforts to limit global warming to 2ºC,

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Lack of fresh snow halts wolf hunt in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 16:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 22:44
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The on-going wolf hunt in Värmland, Sweden has been paused due to the weather and the lack of new snow.