New rules proposed for Alaska predator hunting
The state of Alaska has, in recent years, loosened the rules for hunting wolves and bears, but federal wildlife managers
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Finnish, Swedish PMs plan closer defense cooperation
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven have penned a rare joint missive outlining their plans
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7,500 asylum seekers may enter Arctic Finland in 2016
Projecting from present rates, the number of asylum seekers entering northern Finland across the border with Russia could shoot up
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Native corporations Alaska’s new wildcatters
Alaska Native regional corporations are wildcatting for oil and gas in the state’s frontier basins, eyeing little-explored prospects after dusting off
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Greenland, farming & Jutai Toonoo: 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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Manitoba wants protection for Hudson Bay belugas
Canada’s western province of Manitoba wants the federal government to preserve vital habitat for the world’s largest population of beluga
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Alaska, COP21& the Arctic Council: 2015 Year in Review (Part 2)
2015 has drawn to a close which means Eye on the Arctic is looking back at the year’s news and events
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Sweden wants lower emissions for new icebreakers
Sweden’s five state-owned icebreakers are nearing retirement, and so the Swedish Maritime Administration has started work to develop designs for
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Ice-Blog: Greenland ice a chute to rising seas?
As I checked through the news agencies to keep tabs on what’s been happening with Greenland as 2016 kicks off,
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Severe cold causes transport havoc in North Finland
The deep freeze that has descended upon Finland is causing disruptions to train traffic in several areas of the country.
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Whaling ship wreckage found off Arctic Alaska
When pack ice shifted to trap 33 commercial whaling ships off Alaska’s Arctic coast in the fall of 1871, more than
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Shell, governance & Arctic exceptionalism: 2015 Year in Review (Part 1)
2015 has drawn to a close which means Eye on the Arctic is looking back at this year’s news and events
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Study looks at climate, Greenland ice sheet
The huge Greenland ice sheet is changing and in a newly discovered way. Traditionally, snow falling on the ice sheet
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Jutai Toonoo, iconoclastic Arctic artist, dies in Nunavut
VIDEO: Eye on the Arctic documentary interview with Jutai Toonoo, 2010 Jutai Toonoo, the iconoclastic artist from Arctic Canada, died
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Helsinki consumers cool on solar energy
When the Helsinki energy company Helen launched a new solar power plant in June last year, consumers snapped up nearly
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