Eyes to the skies! Northern Lights blaze across the heavens
Now is a good time to linger outdoors at night as a hyperactive sun is fueling dazzling Northern Lights displays
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Goliat remains shut down, Norway orders power outage prevention plan
ENI has been ordered to identify and implement necessary measures following the loss of power on the Barents Sea oil
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Putin calls for fair play in the Arctic
Let’s not play geopolitical games in this area, the Russian president says. “I am convinced that the Arctic should be
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Report: Russia now a greater threat to Finland
Russia represents a greater threat to Finland, according to a new report out on Tuesday. The Finnish Institute of Foreign
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Northwest Alaska caribou herd may finally be growing after steep decline
The steep population slide of what was once Alaska’s largest caribou herd may finally be bottoming out. Lincoln Parrett, a
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Finnmark introduces strict regulations on grouse hunting
Grouse population in Finnmark is estimated to be only one-third of last year’s. Finnmarkseiendommen, the landowner that administrates 95 percent
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323 Norwegian reindeer killed by lightning strike ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’: expert
A herd of Norwegian reindeer killed in the deadliest lightning strike ever seen by scientists were likely in the wrong
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Oil minister Lien invites bids for more Arctic blocks
Additional blocks will be made ready for oil drilling in the Barents Sea as the Norwegian government on Monday announced
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Scientists calculate methane loads bubbling up from Arctic lakebeds
For the past 15 years, Katey Walter Anthony has been chasing the bubbles of methane that rise up from Arctic
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Papp hopes next president will carry on U.S. Arctic policies
A year ago, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to travel above the Arctic Circle. The president’s
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Greenpeace report calls on Nunavut to shun resource development in favour of sustainable projects
Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut has an unprecedented opportunity for demonstrating to the world what sustainable development looks like in
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Oil producers balk following new study calling Alaska’s LNG project uneconomic
Even as Alaskans were digesting a new report asserting that Alaska’s liquefied natural gas project wouldn’t be competitive with other projects
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Arctic national park expands, becomes Russia’s biggest
The whole of Franz Josef Land archipelago and surrounding waters are now included in the Arktika National Park. It will help protect vulnerable
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Luxury cruise ship heads to Arctic, but no environmental review
The search for the fabled Northwest Passage had cost the lives of many a European explorer whose ships became frozen
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Arctic community plugs in solar and star power in fight against climate change and seismic testing
The tiny Inuit hamlet of Clyde River in the Canadian Arctic is turning to star and solar power to highlight
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