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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Alaska’s Liberty field gets 3rd environmental review
For the third time since the late 1990s, federal regulators have embarked on an environmental review of an oil field
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Finland’s shipbuilding prospects looking up
The industrial sector in Finland has been hit hard by a changing market and the economic downturn. Tens of thousands
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Drivers criticize Anchorage road conditions
Schools closed, drivers slipped, slid and crashed into each other, and for the second time in a week there was generalized
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Calls for protection of Canada’s Lancaster Sound
An environmental group has partnered with Inuit artists to produce a short film it hopes will draw attention to the
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Lapland TV host becomes nature enthusiast
Television personality Mikko ‘Peltsi’ Peltola says he inherited his love of nature from his grandfather. Known for his years as
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2007 Arctic Alaska fire sparked permafrost thaw
The biggest wildfire to burn on treeless Arctic tundra triggered a dramatic permafrost thaw that unfolded over several years, new research
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Maps, climate & Hunter Tootoo: Arctic 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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Climate change leads snowshoe hares to Arctic Alaska
Though abundant over much of mainland Alaska, snowshoe hares were, until recently, absent from the state’s northernmost Arctic region. When did they
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Ice-Blog: Farewell to ‘Last Ice’ victims
Ice Blog readers may remember the story of the two ice researchers and polar explorers who died when they broke
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New tool tranlsates Inuit syllabics into Latin alphabet
A Canadian technology company has created a Google extension that will allow people to convert Inuit language syllabics into Roman
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Fossil-Free Sweden initiative aims to lead by example
A new initative called Fossilfritt Sverige, or Fossil-free Sweden, was launched on Wednesday by the government, ahead of the upcoming
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Alaska Natives head to White House tribal conference
WASHINGTON — Leaders from 44 Alaska Native tribes will be in Washington, D.C., Thursday to attend the seventh White House
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