Exceptionally cold March in Arctic Finland
Finland’s Arctic Lapland region had an exceptionally cold March this year, in line with much of the rest of the
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Russia opens new airfield in remote Arctic archipelago Severnaya Zemlya
It is built to handle “any heavy cargo aircraft” and will serve primarily Arctic researchers and their drifting North Pole
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Yukon gov says help available for Whitehorse landslides, but makes no firm commitment
Whitehorse says it needs tens of millions of dollars to address landslides permanently As landslides and road closures become the
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U.S. air base in Greenland gets new name inspired by Inuit language
Thule Air Base in Greenland, the U.S.’s northernmost military installation, has been renamed Pituffik Space Base. U.S. officials says the
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Whitehorse mayor says long-term solutions needed after weekend landslide
Expect more landslides this year, says geologist The mayor of Whitehorse says she’s concerned about more landslides along the escarpment by
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Canadian experts decry Alaska study on parasite afflicting Yukon River chinook salmon
‘Maybe this year isn’t a good year to be doing the study, when there’s no fish to study,’ says chief
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Russian Arctic rescue exercise attended by observers from Iran and Saudi Arabia
The exercise called “Secure Arctic 2023” included 16 scenarios and was held in nine Russian Arctic regions, from Murmansk in
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Inuvialuit elder, scientist describe the Arctic’s shrinking ice cover
Ice cover this year hit a maximum extent that’s smaller and came earlier than past average The condition of the
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Fibre optic internet comes to Whatì, N.W.T.
‘It will be a really good communication tool,’ says Alfonz Nitsiza In Whatì, some buildings are now seeing internet speeds
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Melting permafrost may release industrial pollutants at Arctic sites: study
There are thousands of contaminated sites in the Arctic, and as permafrost thaws, increased pollutants from these areas could be
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Finland’s Border Guard not planning big changes after NATO membership ratification
There will be more Border Guard units out and about, as staff are shifted from border checkpoints. Following Finland’s accession
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Alaska marine debris experts call for tighter regulation and more cleanup funding
Trawl nets, buoys, even boats and fragments of buildings: these are some types of marine debris that wash up on
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Northern Mosaic Network opens clinic to help transgender people navigate name-change process
As a transgender woman living in Yellowknife, Shylo Foster remembers how scary it felt when she first came out. “I
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Federal gov’t under pressure to buy hangar in Inuvik, N.W.T., owner says
The owner of a large airplane hangar in Canada’s Arctic says the federal government may be looking to buy the strategic facility
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‘Brown blob’ found in Yukon is a well-preserved Ice Age squirrel
It’s a debut that’s been about 30,000 years in the making. Yukon paleontologists have this week unveiled another unusual find
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