First Finnish ‘Ski Pride’ in April
The popular Ruka ski centre in Kuusamo announces that it will organise a pro-LGBTQ skiing event in mid-April, 2016. In
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Controversy over street lighting in Finnish town
Municipalities in Finland have been turning off street lights at night in order to save money. In the town of
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ConocoPhillips Oks $900 million Alaska project
ConocoPhillips has approved funding for its Greater Mooses Tooth development on Alaska’s North Slope, a $900 million project expected to
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Statoil quits Arctic Alaska
Norwegian oil company Statoil has announced the closure of its Anchorage office as it withdraws from Alaska, exiting leases in
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Arctic artworks featured at Canadian auction
The Walker’s Inuit and First Nations Art auction is known for its focus on Canadian art from the Far North. But
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Blog: Moscow, where polar bears stalk the streets?
This summer in Helsinki, I found token signs of the country’s Arctic identity, which I discussed in a post called “Finland: An
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Driving the sea ice, tundra in Arctic Alaska
When the highway ends for Alaska’s ice road truckers, the adventure is just beginning for the hearty souls who haul vehicles and freight across
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Ice-Blog:: Melting glacier risk to seabed ecosystem
On my first visit to the Arctic in 2007, I went out into the Kongsfjord at Ny Alesund, Spitsbergen, with
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Blog: Arctic like ‘discovering a new Africa,’ Iceland
The Arctic Circle Singapore Forum convened last week in the hot and hazy tropical megalopolis. The forum is an offshoot of the
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Ocean acidification strong off Alaska
The Arctic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean, along with Antarctic waters, are acidifying faster than the rest of the world’s
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Environment, NATO & Alaska driving: 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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Finland OKs disposal cave for nuclear waste
The Finnish government has granted Posiva a permit to build a permanent disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel on the
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Forecast: $80 oil at decade’s end
The International Energy Agency is predicting the return of higher oil prices, but not soon enough to end the gut
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Lapland skiers out after heaviest snowfall so far
Up to 24 centimetres of snow fell across Lapland on Wednesday, coercing many skiers out onto the tracks for the
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Sweden to share more intel with Finland, NATO
Sweden will have more joint military exercises and share more intelligence with both Finland and the military alliance NATO, Defence
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