United Russia wins elections in Russia’s western Arctic
The United Russia wins 39,3 percent of the votes in regional parliament elections in Murmansk, a significant increase compared with
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Climate change does ‘weird things’ to Canada’s Arctic glaciers: expert
Scientists studying how climate change affects Arctic glaciers are increasingly seeing some “weird things happening,” says a Canadian researcher. University
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Waters in ice-free Arctic now four degrees warmer than normal
Sea ice on the top of the world melts to second lowest on record. The September sun is low on
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Ungava Gin: apologies for cultural insensitivity and appropriation
The company behind the successful Ungava Gin liquor brand, named for the region in northeastern Quebec, has issued an apology, following the
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Sustainable Arctic fishery monitoring gets powerful digital tool with Global Fishing Watch
Proponents of developing sustainable fishery in the Arctic got a powerful new tool today with the launch of the Global Fishing
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Climate change could jeopardize Yamal gas development, the Kremlin fears
“We have 20 trillion cubic meters of Arctic natural gas available, let’s get it developed before it is too late.”
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Arctic hamlet set to celebrate historic discovery of second Franklin expedition shipwreck
Residents of Gjoa Haven, a tiny Inuit hamlet in the Canadian Arctic, and the crew of a research vessel that
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Norilsk says blood-red river spill caused by heavy rain, weather report tells another story
“Abnormally heavy rains became the reason for Daldykan River Case,” reads the headline in a press-release sent out by Norilsk-Nickel
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Polar bear adaptation to ice loss not really working
Polar bears do not seem to be able to find adequate alternative food sources to replenish their diet as they
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Inuit in Canada and Greenland seek control of marine oasis
Indigenous peoples from Canada and Greenland are seeking to have joint management of a unique area of the Arctic Ocean,
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Food costs could eat up half of northern incomes
A new report suggests that food is so expensive in Canada’s remote northern communities that people would have to spend
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Northern Finland plans self-service health care kiosks for remote villages
Finland’s northern municipality, Sodankylä, plans to introduce self-service health care stalls for persons living in remote locations. The pop-up medical
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Sir John Franklin’s long-lost HMS Terror found: The Guardian
HMS Terror, one of Sir John Franklin’s two ships lost in the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition, has been found in “in
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Murmansk opens biggest highway north of Arctic Circle
It has the capacity to handle 20,000 cars per day, Governor Marina Kovtun says. “From now on, everyone driving into
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Defence Minister downplays Swedish report citing risks of defence cooperation with Finland
Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö says that a recently-released Swedish security policy report provides no reason to re-evaluate defence cooperation arrangements
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