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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Russia establishes new Arctic research centre in Archangelsk
The new federal science centre on the Arctic will house 500 researchers, regional authorities say. “Our main task will be
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Discussions underway on who can claim Arctic seabed
Quietly flying under the news radar is an extremely important international meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York
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Ice-based Arctic research station in jeopardy: Chilingarov
Unless the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology comes up with 200 million rubles or about $2.8 million USD,
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Tribes say concern over Alaska Native corporation is intense as meeting nears
BETHEL — Conflict between local Yukon-Kuskokwim tribes and the region’s leading Alaska Native non-profit corporation may come to a head
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Ice-Blog: Arctic winter: warm, wet, weird
Here in Germany, the winter has seemed strange enough. We had flowers in bloom at Christmas, and people sneezing with
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Levels of methane increasing rapidly in the Arctic
The levels of the greenhouse gas methane are increasing more than expected at measuring stations both on Svalbard and in Southern
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How satellites are changing what we know, and can do, in the Arctic
TROMSO, Norway – Ask the average person what they might see in the Arctic from space and the answer would
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New space incubators opened in Sweden
The first Scandanavian space incubator has just been launched, aiming to help new companies utilize space technology, patents, inventions and
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Feature Interview: ArcticNet’s 2015 scientific meeting
The ArcticNet scientific meeting took place in Vancouver, British Columbia from December 7-11. There, hundreds of Canadian scientists and researchers
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Canada & Sweden cooperate on Arctic science
Canada announced an Arctic science cooperation agreement with Sweden on Friday with a focus on marine surveying and oceans. The
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Sweden developes new space strategy
Sweden may soon have a new strategy for space, with proposals on how to get the most out of the
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Better technology stretches Arctic Alaska’s shrinking tundra travel season
A decade ago, oil operators on the North Slope found themselves in a climate predicament. The steady warming seen since
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U.S. to collect Arctic data for modern navigational charts
The Office of Coast Survey, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is one of the U.S. government’s oldest agencies,
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Canada announces Polar Knowledge Canada organization
The Canadian government announced this week that it has merged the functions of the Canadian Polar Commission and the Canadian High
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