Saturday, August 9, 2025
Eye on the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic

Issues affecting circumpolar nations

  • Countries
    • Canada
    • Denmark/Greenland
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Norway
    • Russia
    • Sweden
    • USA
  • Categories
    • Environment
    • Politics
    • Society
    • Science
    • Business
    • Art and Culture
  • Longforms
  • Video Reports
  • Regard sur l’Arctique

General

* Featured * Art (Canada) Art and Culture Canada Countries Culture Culture (USA) Featured • Zone 3 News USA 

Gwich’in-language short film explores connection with land in award-nominated series

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, December 9, 2022 at 15:49
0 Comments

A Gwich’in-language short film shot in Alaska is part of the award-nominated Reciprocity Project series that looks at the relationship

Read more
* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

More Russian Arctic oil via Murmansk redirects to India

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, December 9, 2022 at 11:24
0 Comments

The“Surgut” is one of the supertankers loaded with crude oil from Murmansk now sailing past Europe and instead heading to

Read more
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

No money to include the North in next international survey of literacy and numeracy

Walter Strong, CBC News
Posted: Friday, December 9, 2022 at 08:58
0 Comments

The previous OECD survey of adult literacy and numeracy included the 3 territories The next international survey of adult literacy

Read more
* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

COP15: Indigenous-led conservation key to ensuring biodiversity goals says ICC

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 16:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 16:50
0 Comments

As the global community gathers in Montreal for COP15, the organization representing Inuit internationally says full involvement of Indigenous people

Read more
* Featured * Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

Utqiagvik in Arctic Alaska reaches record high 40˚F in December

Kavitha George, Alaska Public Media @kavithamgeorge
Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 12:22
0 Comments

This time of year Billy Adams would expect to see sea ice lining Utqiagvik’s Chukchi Sea shoreline. But right now,

Read more
* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Huge divergence between Norway and Finland in Russian border traffic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 08:58 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 09:01
0 Comments

Pathways for Russians traveling to Schengen-Europe changed substantially after Finland by the end of September restricted entry for travelers with

Read more
* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 2 General Russia 

Amid plummeting export, Gazprom opens new Arctic field

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 16:02 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 16:08
0 Comments

The Semakovskoye natural gas field is located offshore in the far northern Gulf of Ob. In a statement, Gazprom CEO Aleksei

Read more
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

‘This type of a ban will affect the hunters’: Yukon leaders say of federal gun bill

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 14:39
0 Comments

‘These amendments need to be very much clarified,’ says Yukon Liberal MP Brendan Hanley Yukon Liberal MP Brendan Hanley says

Read more
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (Canada) 

Nunavut education department launches school violence data tracking system

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 11:28
0 Comments

993 violent incidents reported in 2021-2022 school year Nunavut’s education department has launched its long-awaited school violence data tracking system.

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska Republican governor sworn in for second term

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 09:50
0 Comments

By Becky Bohrer · The Associated Press Mike Dunleavy says his goal is to ‘work with everybody to create an Alaska for

Read more
* Featured * Countries Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General News USA 

Alaska villages facing erosion, flooding receive relocation grants

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 15:42
0 Comments

Two Alaska villages facing serious erosion are two of three recipients to receive relocation grants from the U.S. Department of

Read more
* Featured * Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 11:09
0 Comments

By Seth Borenstein · The Associated Press  ‘Record-setting weather like we’re seeing … does tell a real story of climate heating’ Much

Read more
(iStock)
* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

White River First Nation’s solar project aims to reduce reliance on diesel power

Chris MacIntyre, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 09:53
0 Comments

Solar power generated will replace more than 55% of the diesel generation in the community One of the smallest First

Read more
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon government offers cash bonuses to attract and keep nurses

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 5, 2022 at 15:57
0 Comments

‘An awful lot of other people deserve and should get something like this as well,’ union says The Yukon government

Read more
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland presents NATO membership proposal to parliament while awaiting Hungary, Turkey ratification

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, December 5, 2022 at 15:18
0 Comments

Finland’s government submitted a proposal to parliament on Monday, laying the groundwork for the country’s accession to NATO while awaiting

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Also on RCI (Chinese)

体验加拿大之北极光下 • Experiencing Canada

Also on RCI (Spanish)

Nunavut in spanish

Also on CBC

CBC North
RCI • Radio Canada International
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

RCI

  • FRANÇAIS
  • ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
  • 中文
  • العربية

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RCI | Facebook
  • RCI | Twitter

Resources

  • RADIO-CANADA
    • Conditions d’utilisation
    • Ombudsman
  • CBC
    • Impact and Accountability
    • Ombudsperson
Copyright © 2025 Eye on the Arctic. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.