Finnish climate panel: Electric cars cheaper in the long run
The Finnish Climate Change Panel estimates that electric cars emit 60-70 percent lower lifetime emissions than standard cars with combustion
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Equinor drops plan for oil transfer terminal at Veidnes in northern Norway
This Arctic beauty spot will remain exactly that; a beauty spot. The costs of constructing an oil terminal at Veidnes
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Disability rates highest for Inuit outside of traditional homeland, lowest in Nunavik, says Statistics Canada study
A new study from Statistics Canada looking at disability rates amongst First Nations, Métis and Inuit has found that disability
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More wolves killed since new government incentives in northwest Canada
Dozens of wolves were killed by hunters under a new incentive program last year. But a biologist with the territorial
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2019 saw increase in commercial shipping through Northwest Passage
2019 marked a busy shipping season in the Canadian Arctic with 27 ships making a full transit through the Northwest
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Arctic Canada : airline merger creating ‘dire’ situation for northwest communities, says MLA
The MLA for the Northwest Territories’ northernmost communities is calling on airlines in the Beaufort Delta to provide more frequent
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Arctic Council creates new expert group on nuclear emergencies
Two fatal accidents during the summer of 2019 was a wake-up call for radiation emergency authorities monitoring northern waters. On
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Large swaths of Iceland still without power Wednesday after winter megastorm
Much of northern and eastern Iceland remained without power Wednesday afternoon after a winter storm raged across the country this
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Iceland to restrict heavy fuel oil use in territorial waters
Iceland’s Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources will restrict heavy fuel oil use in the country’s territorial and internal waters
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Swedish fishmongers and sushi shops still selling critically endangered eel, WWF says
Although the number of restaurants offering eel has fallen, the WWF says sales in sushi restaurants and stores still present
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Turkish Airlines opens flights between Istanbul and Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland
The new route is the first long distance to Rovaniemi and the local tourism hope it will bring more visitors
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A person has died of whooping cough in Canada’s Nunavut territory, health department says
A person in Nunavut has died of whooping cough, the territorial government confirmed Monday morning. A spokesperson for Nunavut’s Health Department
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Police response times up to an hour slower in Arctic Finland
A report on police response times from last year published by the National Police Board of Finland shows major regional
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Do the extreme conditions of Antarctica change the human brain?
Using Antarctica as a test ground, a group of researchers has found that extreme environmental conditions really can affect the
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What are the northern lights?
Across the North, vibrant aurora borealis dance and ripple across the sky practically every night in the winter. Most people
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