44 per cent increase in unique ships entering Canada’s Northwest Passage, says report
The number of ships entering Canada’s Northwest Passage, and the distances sailed, are all increasing, says a new report from
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Norway to host biggest exercise inside Arctic Circle since Cold War
About 40,000 soldiers will participate in Cold Response 2022, planned to take place in the Ofoten area with navy and
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‘What is happening now is not working for Inuit’: Why Inuit association in Arctic Canada won’t support Baffinland mine expansion
QIA board voted in March not to support expansion The Qikiqtani Inuit Association says its decision to not support Baffinland’s
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With tougher border rules appearing to work, Iceland to relax some domestic restrictions
With Iceland’s tougher border screening and quarantine rules appearing to have put the breaks on new variant infections, the government
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Wildlife concerns still lingering in Arctic Canada as public hearings into Baffinland’s expansion resume
Final public hearings into Baffinland’s Mary River Mine expansion run until April 2 Nunavut’s Qikiqtaaluk communities are still concerned about
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Climate crisis tops agenda as parliamentarians meet ahead of Arctic Council ministerial
They were supposed to meet in Tromsø, northern Norway, but for pandemic reasons, the conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic
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Arctic Guardian exercise 2021 underway to test joint emergency marine response
The Arctic Council and the Arctic Coast Guard Forum launched their Arctic Guardian 2021 exercise on Monday to test the
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Heavily-armed frigate sails Norwegian Sea to “ensure safety of Russian fishermen”
The Admiral Kasatonov sails together with the large navy tug Nikolay Chiker and the navy tanker Vyazma. The Northern Fleet vessel group entered the Norwegian Sea from
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‘You cannot claim any more:’ Russia seeks bigger piece of Arctic
Russia wants to stretch out imaginary lines on the ocean floor — and below it — and that has one
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Mysterious coronavirus variant in Arctic Finland is rare US-Mexican strain
The chain of coronavirus infections in the Kemijärvi region last month has since calmed. A mysterious coronavirus variant detected in
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Icelandic volcano could erupt for years, creating ‘perfect tourist’ attraction
It’s estimated more than 10,000 people have visited the site since Friday A volcano in Iceland spewing lava into the sky since it erupted
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Norway’s Equinor is buying LNG from Russian Arctic
A carrier loaded with liquified natural gas from the Yamal Peninsula is on its way to Equinor’s Melkøya plant in
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Political upheaval in Greenland — What does Inuit Ataqatigiit do now?
The future of a rare earth mineral extraction project in Greenland is now up in the air, after the left-wing
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Saimaa ringed seal nest count begins in Finland
The annual count of endangered Saimaa ringed seal nests has begun. The count aims to provide an estimate of how
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Canada considers designating ringed seals as Species at Risk
Sea ice loss threatens habitat for seals across northern Canada Fisheries and Oceans Canada will begin consultations this fall on
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