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View over mountains in Kebnekaise National Park in Sweden. (iStock)

Swedes seek “nature” in times of life crisis

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 17:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 14:00
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A new survey of cancer patients suggests that in times of crisis many Swedes find solace in “naturen,” which translates

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Huge differences in Finland’s tapwater prices: study

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 15:34 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 14:00
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The prices of Finnish tapwater may vary from 2.6 euros per cubic metre of water to as much as 17

A view of the Beaufort Sea from the community of Tuktoyaktuk in Canada's Northwest Territories. Imperial Oil's decision to delay drilling in the Beaufort was among your most read stories this week. (Rick Bowmer/AP)

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Imperial delays oil drilling in Canadian Arctic

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 13:28 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 14:00
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Imperial Oil and its offshore Arctic joint-venture partners are delaying their plans for an ambitious drilling project in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, news organizations reported

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Medals, energy and shipping shenanigans: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:09 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:16
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

Two Russian Sukhois jets performing in an air show. (iStock)

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Nordic-Baltic-Polish 9 should boost security: US think tank

Yle News
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 18:16 — Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 18:15
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According to a report by the US think tank Center of European Policy Analysis, Russian troops performed an island attack

With no caribou on their islands, Inuit on the Belcher Islands have relied on eider ducks for food and clothing for generations. Here, an Inuit woman wearing a traditional eider skin parka collects duck eggs in a still photo from the film "People of a Feather." (Joel Heath/The Canadian Press)

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Nunavut Canada community revives eiderdown business

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 17:56 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:25
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A small Inuit community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is reviving its eiderdown business, something it hopes provides

Adult female walruses on an ice floe with their young in the U.S. waters of the Eastern Chukchi Sea in Alaska in 2012.S.A. Sonsthagen / U.S. Geological Survey / AP)

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September Arctic sea ice forecast

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 14:16 — Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 18:13
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It may be only June, but predictions are already in for Arctic sea ice conditions in September, the month of

Nellie T. Kusugak will be the fifth Commissioner of Nunavut. (Government of Nunavut)

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Canada appoints new commissioner for Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 19:39 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:20
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Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced this week that Nellie Taptaqut Kusugak has been named the new Commissioner of Nunavut. Kusugak had

In this May 25, 2014 file photo, Central Emergency Services firefighter Dan Jensen maneuvers a hose into position to fight a portion of a wildfire in the Funny River community of Soldotna, Alaska. Wildfires are blistering Alaska forests with increasing frequency and intensity and forest managers and climate scientists are trying to explain why and predict what's next. One common factor associated with the increase, which doesn't bode well for 2015 or beyond, is warm weather, even if experts don't explicitly blame climate change. (Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion via AP)

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Dramatic increase in tundra-fire frequency in Arctic Alaska: report

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 18:31 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:20
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If it seems like there’s more fire activity in Alaska than in the past, that’s no illusion. The long-term record shows

The defence forces' largest scale annual activity the Wihuri war games was held in early June near the eastern border of North Karelia. (Anu Rummukainen / Yle)

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Finland’s military sets up rapid deployment force: report

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 15:37 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:20
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Some Finnish conscripts have been offered the opportunity to commit to fronting up for service more quickly than required by

Heather Stewart, with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, shows a sample of Richardson's Pond Weed, during a survey the weeds in Lake Hood Float Plane Base on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The weed is native species often mistaken for the invasive species Elodea that has been found in a small area of Lake Hood. (Bob Hallinen/Alaska Dispatch News)

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Alaska: Invasive plant found in floatplane lake

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:20
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A tenacious, invasive aquatic plant is now growing in what might be the worst place in Alaska – the floatplane

The Donut Hole (and two other small ones to the south) at the center of the Arctic Ocean. (Cryopolitics)

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Blog: The donut hole at the centre of the Arctic Ocean

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 13:45 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:55
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On June 4, I wrote about issues surrounding the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. June 5 was National Donut

Canada's Polar Medal design. (Governor General of Canada)

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Canada creates new Polar Medal

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 20:30 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 18:39
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The Canadian government announced the creation of a new medal on Tuesday to honour people who’ve made a difference in

The warm weather tempted Laplanders out to visit local beaches.(Bikka Puoskari / Yle)

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Summer weather hits Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 15:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 18:39
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Meteorologists say that Monday could be described as a true summer day in many parts of the country. The mercury

A firefighter in training with fire retardant foam. What effect does foam have on the environment? (iStock)

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Sweden : Use of fire-fighting foam grows despite environmental risks

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 14:18 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 18:39
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Swedish fire departments are increasingly use foam to extinguish blazes even though the chemical can be an environmental hazard. Swedish Television