First wolf killed in Sweden’s controversial hunt
Midday Saturday saw the first shooting of a wolf in Sweden’s controversial hunt. The county authorities in Dalarna in central Sweden
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‘Farm in a box’ offers year-round Alaska crops
An Anchorage startup company has found a new use for the refrigerated container vans that once brought perishable items to
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Anchorage Chamber announces 2016 priorities
The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce this week released its legislative priorities for the upcoming session. Bruce Bustamante is the president
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Arctic cooperation in the coming year
Despite growing political tensions elsewhere in the world, 2015 was a year of cooperation in the Arctic, say two Canadian
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Ice dangerously thin in south Finland
Ice skaters on Espoo’s Lake Bodom kept rescue workers busy on Wednesday. First, a person fell through the ice in
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Dueling court rulings on Sweden’s wolf hunts
Wolf hunts remain a contentious issue in Sweden and now there is a battle in the courts about whether hunting permits for the
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Starving seabirds grounded in Southcentral Alaska
Normally found skimming the North Pacific, seabirds known as common murres are appearing inland in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and elsewhere
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Critical winter for Finland’s Saimaa seal
Nesting for the endangered Saimaa ringed seal is under threat from rising waters and a lack of ice and snow.
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Sweden’s North: from myth to reality
The myths of Christmas are tied to the north of Sweden in many people’s imaginations. But what is the reality
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Sámi spokesperson urges respect for nature
Pekka Aikio, a long-term spokesman for the indigenous Sámi people of Finnish Lapland, implores everyone to respect nature in all
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Test targets colorectal cancer in Alaska Natives
For Alaska’s indigenous people, colorectal cancer presents a double challenge. Alaska Natives have high rates of the disease, while those
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Food insecurity in Alaska
In the far north, where wild fish, game and plants are dietary staples and where store-bought foods are sometimes prohibitively expensive,
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New space incubators opened in Sweden
The first Scandanavian space incubator has just been launched, aiming to help new companies utilize space technology, patents, inventions and
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Helsinki has priciest Xmas trees in Finland
An Yle survey of market square Christmas tree merchants shows that Helsinki, and especially central Helsinki, has the most expensive.
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How competitive is Alaska LNG?
This month, the state committed to another year of work on the Alaska LNG project. That’s the effort to bring
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