Sami win case for rights to hunt, fish in Sweden
The Gällivare District Court has awarded the Girjas Sami association in Norrbotten County the right to control hunting and fishing permits on
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Russian submarine activity equals Cold War levels
Commander says “a lot of what the Russians are doing at the moment we don’t understand, and is obscure.” Vice-Admiral
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Blog: Why northern development is hard
Everyone seems to love simplifications these days; maybe it’s always been so. We want to be told that solutions to
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North Korea signs Svalbard Treaty
Signing the Svalbard treaty gives North Korea the right to conduct economic and scientific activities on the Arctic archipelago. The
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Ice-Blog: Record permafrost erosion in Alaska bodes ill for Arctic infrastructure
Sitting in my office on the banks of the river Rhine, I am trying to imagine what would happen if
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Entrepreneurial burnout in North Finland
A new type of corporate barometer developed in the northwest region of Northern Ostrobothnia interviewed local business owners about the
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New wind power park planned for Arctic Norway
The Hamnefjell project will take advantage of rich Arctic winds to deliver an annual 186 GWh. The site is among
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Meet President Obama’s point man for Alaska
WASHINGTON — Alaska leaders have been making use of a new Washington connection lately: the man in charge of President Barack Obama’s
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Arctic soldiers training with reindeer in Russia
Soldiers from the Northern Fleet’s Arctic Brigade have for the first time learned how to use traditional means of transportation
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Resources, rights & ‘Where the ($%#!) is Canada on the Arctic?’: Your Arctic Frontiers Week in Review
TROMSO, Norway – Usually at the end of each week, we bring you the Week in Review with your most
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Three northern groups share $1.5M Arctic Inspiration Prize
Three northern projects, ranging from a program to support Arctic performance artists, to helping hearing impaired children, and advancing health
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Arctic shipping: The myths, the realities & the challenges ahead
TROMSO, Norway – Climate change and the effect of global warming on the North had many predicting a shipping bonanza
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How satellites are changing what we know, and can do, in the Arctic
TROMSO, Norway – Ask the average person what they might see in the Arctic from space and the answer would
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Ice-Blog: Anthropocene -No ice age – more blizzards?
If you are sitting somewhere on the East Coast of the USA, struggling to cope with 30 inches of snow,
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How an Arctic initiative by Canada has gone from being blasted by critics to praised by international politicians
TROMSO, Norway – When Canada announced the creation of an Arctic Economic Council during its most recent Arctic Council chairmanship (2013-2015), many
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