College to offer course in professional gaming
A community college in Northern Sweden is offering “elite” training in the Counter Strike computer game, with the aim of
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Ice road truck woes: off-course pickups fall victim to Big Lake
WASILLA – Several pickups have broken through the ice of Big Lake since early January, as many as three in the
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Bad road conditions across Finland, except Arctic
Due to the spate of snow over the weekend, driving conditions are dangerous in the southern regions of Uusimaa and
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Arctic Profile : Doing business in Finnish Lapland
Arctic Profiles is an occasional Eye on the Arctic series where we check in with different Arctic regions to
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Arctic festival to draw attention to food insecurity, climate change
A tiny northern community is throwing a party to try to draw national and international attention to the effects of
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Cross-border Nordic policing would better serve Arctic: politician
Swedish police units could be dispatched to neighbouring countries in the Nordic region if they happen to be closer to
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Iditarod mushers pack fish, beef, stew and Twinkies for fuel
Paul Gebhardt has started the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 19 times. He’s placed second twice and has learned a
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Norway resumes transportation of asylum seekers to Russia
Migrants who came to Norway from Russia across the border-crossing point at Storskog last autumn and winter, are now being
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Sweden’s Arctic rescue chopper fiasco
The purchase of a new and much touted search-and-rescue helicopter for Sweden’s Arctic has been criticized after the aircraft failed to
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Arctic offshore oil more than doubled in Russia
Russia’s Gazprom increased oil production at its Prirazlomnaya platform 2.5 times last year. The platform in the Pechora Sea in
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U.S. Army Corps reviews of North Slope oil project
A federal agency is launching an environmental review of plans by the Spanish oil company Repsol to develop what may be one
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Guest officers deployed at Russia-Finland Arctic border
The first guest officers from other Schengen countries came to Finland’s northern border checkpoints to Russia on Monday. The flow
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Blog: Caribou, development & North Korea – Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Ice-Blog: Rising seas culprit – ice or heat?
My attention was caught this week by a study that ascertained that thermal expansion accounts for a much greater share
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Algae-related toxins found in Arctic sea mammals
Toxins produced by harmful algal blooms are showing up in Alaska marine mammals as far north as the Arctic
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