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44 per cent increase in unique ships entering Canada’s Northwest Passage, says report

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 14:52
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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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 12:18
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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

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 09:50
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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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 16:02
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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

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 12:10
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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

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 09:26
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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

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, April 12, 2021 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:42
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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”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 12, 2021 at 13:06
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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

Emma Tranter, The Canadian Press @emmtranter
Posted: Monday, April 12, 2021 at 09:53
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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

Yle News
Posted: Friday, April 9, 2021 at 13:21
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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

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, April 9, 2021 at 09:30
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 15:23
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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?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 16:14
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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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Finland is considering restrictions on things like lakeside cottage construction in an effort to protect the endangered saimaa seal. (iStock)
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Saimaa ringed seal nest count begins in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 08:00
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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

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 10:15
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Sea ice loss threatens habitat for seals across northern Canada Fisheries and Oceans Canada will begin consultations this fall on

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