Shipping, military and the continental shelf: 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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Feature Interview: Unconventional petroleum resources found in Canada’s Sahtu region…. Now what?
Canada’s National Energy Board and the Northwest Territories Geological Survey released a report last month that almost 200
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Alaska senator votes ‘Nay’ on icebreaker provision in defense bill
In Congress Thursday morning, a U.S. senator proposed adding nearly a billion dollars to a Defense spending bill to acquire an icebreaker –
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Russia: Frigate delays likely after Ukraine pulls cooperation
A Ukrainian maritime engine manufacturer has broken its cooperation with the Russian state shipbuilding corporation. That has consequences for Russia’s
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Appeals court upholds Shell’s Arctic oil spill plans
A federal appeals court Thursday upheld the Interior Department’s approval of two oil spill response plans crafted by Royal Dutch
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Snowploughs out in North Sweden week before Midsummer
The sun is shining in southern Sweden and it is Midsummer next week, but in Klimpfjäll in Jämtland, you still
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Blog: Telehealth in the Arctic – Unfulfilled potential
Telehealth is going mainstream. That was the message from a pair of recent stories in Wired magazine, an InTouch Health
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Russia plans to increase Northern Sea Route capacity
Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a plan for development of the Northern Sea Route. The aim is to
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Searchers return to Alaska glacier to recover remains from 1952 military plane crash
A team of military searchers, anthropologists and mountaineers is once again trying to turn back the clock on the crash of
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Norwegian could launch direct flight from Arctic Norway to USA
Can be the first direct intercontinental flight across the Atlantic from the Barents Region. The budget carrier has already calculated ticket
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Finland considers new combat aircraft
A preliminary report on replacing Finland’s aging fleet of F-18 Hornet fighters was turned over to Defense Minister Jussi Niinistö
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Village crime victims in Alaska need intervention, senators told
The U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee today heard pleas for better treatment of crime victims in Native communities. Gerad Godfrey, chairman
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Seismic work continues in Arctic despite sanctions: Russia
Western sanctions have made drilling in the Russian Arctic difficult, but seismic works continue and will be completed according to
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Blog: The Continental Shelf – Geological, legal or geopolitical?
With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up
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Finland could be carbon neutral by 2050: researchers
Researchers say that in 35 years, Finland could theoretically get all of its energy needs using only renewable energy sources.
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