NATO membership not for Sweden: Ministers
In spite of closer ties and cooperation over recent years, Sweden will not seek NATO membership, the government stated on
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U.S. spy agency to release high-resolution 3-D maps of the entire Arctic
Following the public release of super-detailed 3-D topographic maps of Alaska last week, the United States government plans to gradually
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Russia wants Arctic delimitation deal with Denmark
Negotiations must start immediately, Minister Sergey Donskoy tells President Putin. In a meeting devoted to Arctic developments yesterday, Minister of
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NOAA to remove Endangered Species Act protections for most humpback whales
Humpback whales, a species that migrates to Alaska and is famous for singing below the water’s surface and leaping above it,
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Arctic sea ice nears its minimum extent for 2016
Average sea ice extent for August 2016 was 5.6 million square kilometers (2.16 million square miles), the fourth lowest August
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Blog: How much does the Arctic Council cost?
Speaking about sustainable development at an event on Arctic politics this summer, I expressed doubt that the Arctic Council could
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What happened in the forest outside Arkhangelsk?
A powerful explosion toppled trees and flashed away the soil in a huge circle, but there is still no official
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High hopes for Arctic space accelerator in Finland
The European Space Agency has nominated Finland as a possible location for a proposed Arctic space accelerator – a community
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Ice-Blog: China, USA climate pledge – all talk, no action?
In a blog post earlier this year, I mused on the danger of everybody sitting back saying, “Yes, we did,”
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Alaska maps released this week are most precise ever
From the Aleutian Islands to the North Slope, Alaska’s massive and varied terrain has now been mapped in an unprecedented
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Greenpeace report on sustainable development in Nunavut lacks substance: expert
A recent Greenpeace-commissioned report outlining a roadmap for sustainable development in Nunavut is a good first step but it still
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Kusko 300 boosts its purse again to a record $150,000
For the fourth time in five years, the purse of the world’s richest middle distance sled dog race will jump
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Minister Rehn not worried about Russian energy dependency
Minister of Economic Affairs Olli Rehn told Yle on Friday that Finland’s energy sources are diversified and that it has
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Report on possible NATO membership gets mixed reactions
A government investigation into the consequences of a Swedish NATO membership has stirred up debate about Sweden’s relations to the
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Troopers: ‘No survivors’ in midair collision near Russian Mission
BETHEL – None of the five people aboard two planes that collided Wednesday morning in the skies above a Yukon
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