Finnish EU presidency to work on stronger Arctic policy, climate change mitigation
Mitigation of climate change must be at the heart of our Arctic policy, the Finnish government says as it takes
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Temperatures nearing all-time records in Southcentral Alaska
It reached 82 degrees Fahrenheit (27.8 degrees Celsius) in Anchorage on Saturday. Hot by Southcentral Alaska standards, and three degrees
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Finnair gets domestic competition with Norwegian’s new Helsinki-Vaasa route
Norway-based budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced it will roll out regular flights between Helsinki and Vaasa, a city
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Russia’s floating nuclear power plant gets 10-year operating license, new paint job
The Akademik Lomonosov will be towed from Murmansk to Pevek, in Russia’s eastern Arctic, in August when the sea ice
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Inuk soprano Deantha Edmunds, from Atlantic Canada, embraces all the things that make her who she is
When Deantha Edmunds left her hometown of Corner Brook a few decades ago, she took a little bit of her
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Art exhibit in Alaska connects bird research to backyards
Art and science may seem like very different disciplines. But they converge in a new exhibit in Anchorage, southcentral Alaska
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Fuel shortage hits small community in Arctic Canada
There was no fuel in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic, for most of this week after the hamlet’s
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Water levels unusually low across Beaufort Delta region, in northwestern Canada
Water levels have been noticeably low across the Beaufort Delta region, in northwestern Canada, this summer. “It’s the lowest I’ve
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Murmansk supports building new road connection to Finland
Cross-border traffic and trade are down, but regional authorities in Murmansk still want to build a new road and border-crossing
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Land-claim talks: Dehcho First Nations, in Northern Canada, put land issues on backburner
The Dehcho First Nations in the Northwest Territories, in Northern Canada, are using new negotiating tactics in their decades-old land
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Nunavut educator Edna Agnes Ekhivalak Elias among appointments to Order of Canada
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette has announced the names of 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including actor Donald
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Royal Canadian Mint issues Nunavut gold collector coin to commemorate 20th anniversary of Arctic territory
The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a collector coin to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the eastern Arctic territory of
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U.S. gov reconsiders restrictions on controversial Alaska mine project
The Environmental Protection Agency announced good news Wednesday for the company backing the proposed Pebble Mine: The EPA is officially
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Arctic fox’s rapid journey from Svalbard to Northern Canada stuns researchers
The 3,506 km long sprint of the small animal is stunning researchers. “We first did not believe it was true,”
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Canada’s new Indigenous languages law does not protect Inuit languages, leaders say
Inuit leaders are calling on the Canadian government to make a real commitment to protect Inuit languages, saying the recently
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