Ice extent still well below normal in Arctic
Arctic sea-ice extent in April was probably at a record low for the month, continuing this year’s trend of record
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Norway’s seafood exports booming
So far this year Norway has exported seafood worth nearly €4 billion, an increase of 26 percent year-on-year. Norwegian seafood
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When does Lapland’s summer start in Finland?
Finland has a special way of calculating the start of summer, and that official metric might be met this week.
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A reindeer tragedy in Russian Arctic
In less than three years, the number of animals on the island of Kolguyev dropped from more than 12,000 to
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With Shell gone from Arctic, US official fears fading attention to region
Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to pull the plug on its offshore oil exploration program in Alaska’s Arctic waters could have
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Russian Arctic locations listed as U.S. nuke targets
The Soviet Border Guards station located a few hundred meters from the border to Norway was during the early days
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Canada to submit Arctic continental shelf claim in 2018
Canada plans to submit its Arctic continental shelf claim in 2018 and it is expected to include the North Pole,
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First liquor store in more than 40 years opens in Bethel, Alaska
BETHEL – After decades of political battles over booze in a region where attention is often focused on alcohol-fueled destruction,
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Finnish-American war games launched in Niinisalo
A controversial military exercise involving US troops begins on Monday in the municipality of Kankaanpää, western Finland. The war games
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Coal miners look to Taymyr peninsula in Russian Arctic
Several shiploads of mining equipment are sent from Murmansk to the Arctic outpost of Dikson. It is the company Vostokugol,
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Blog: The EU’s Arctic policy – A means, not an end
Last week, the European Union launched a new integrated Arctic policy. This comes on the heels of a 2008 Arctic
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NATO membership not joint Finnish-Swedish decision: President Niinistö
President Sauli Niinistö has told Yle that there is no automatic link that would require Finland and Sweden to coordinate
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Russians step up presence on Svalbard
The new Russian research institute on the Arctic archipelago will house up to 100 people. In a decree dated 4th
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Warming climate lures new species to Finland
Paradoxically, climate change is boosting biodiversity among moths in Finland, as myriad new species are pushing northward as conditions become
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Chinese mega-deals in Yamal LNG
Novatek lands historic $12 billion credit deals with Chinese banks. Project operator Novatek in March made clear that «several big
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