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Some filling stations fear fuel shortage in northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 09:02 — Last Updated: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 09:03
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Filling stations in northern Finland might run out of fuel, if a truckers’ strike continues as planned until next Tuesday.

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Veteran musher Michelle Phillips wins Yukon Quest

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 15:47
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‘It was one of those magical runs where, you know, you just went with it,’ Phillips said Michelle Phillips says

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Russia continues big dig on Arctic seabed

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 14:36
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A total of 13,5 million cubic meters of sea bottom is to be removed this year as part of Moscow’s

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Connection to nature, concern for environment amongst results of Sami youth survey

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 14:06
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A recent survey of Sami children in Finland suggests a connection to nature is one of the most important factors

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Map of the Barents Strait between Alaska and Russia's Chukotka region. How will tensions between Moscow and Washington affect researchers in the Arctic? (iStock)
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A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, a walrus discovery is caught up in geopolitics

Kavitha George, Alaska Public Media @kavithamgeorge
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 11:53
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Last October, research biologist Tony Fischbach made a startling discovery. Using satellite imagery, Fischbach and his team counted 200,000 Pacific

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Russian shoppers take Norway’s Schengen shortcut to Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 09:05
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Finland closed the Russian border due to the attack on Ukraine last year, but that has not reduced the flow

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Biden administration can’t have it both ways on Arctic project, Murkowski warns

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 15:51
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Alaska’s U.S. senators warn that half measures won’t suffice as they campaign to get federal approval for ConocoPhillips’ Willow drilling

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Bearded seals have a penchant for floating alone on pieces of drifting Arctic sea ice. (iStock)
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Ocean protection needs Inuit involvement, marine congress hears

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 14:50 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 14:51
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Inuit leaders say the recent marine protected area congress in Vancouver, B.C. was an important occasion to remind the international

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Moscow say’s it won’t lower ambitions in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 10:31
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The capacity of seaports along the Northern Sea Route will reach 83 million tons in 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri

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Recognizing the Black soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 09:06
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By Josh Grant, Matt Allen · CBC News Segregated troops laid the foundation of 2,400 km road linking Alaska to Dawson Creek The

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U.S. nominates Alaskan as first Arctic ambassador

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 16:13
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U.S. President Joe Biden has unveiled the nominee for the newly created position of Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs, with Alaskan

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Baffinland critical of report that says shipping to blame for narwhal displacement

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 14:00
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Report leaves out key information, says Baffinland spokesperson A new report predicts there will be almost no narwhal left in

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general view of Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company (Kola MMC), a unit of Russia's metals and mining company Nornickel, in the town of Monchegorsk in the Murmansk region on February 25, 2021
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Profit drops for Nornickel in Arctic Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 11:21
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Nornickel still earns very big money, but war-related sanctions and reorientations of sales to new markets were factors causing net

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Trudeau says flying objects brought down over the past week may be linked

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 09:03
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‘Obviously, there is some sort of pattern in there,’ the prime minister says after Yukon visit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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Activists halt logging again at Lapland site in Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 13, 2023 at 15:59
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A group of protesters disrupted logging operations at Aalistunturi in Kolari, Finland, on Sunday. According to the Forest Movement (Metsäliike in

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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