Finland: 50 free Christmas trees – you just have to find them
For the third year in a row, Finland’s Forest Management Associations in the region of Pirkanmaa will be “hiding” Christmas
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Hunter sounds alarm on gold mine in Canada’s North
Hunters in the community of Chesterfield Inlet in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut say shipping from Agnico Eagle’s Meadowbank
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Study finds bird declines in mountains of Finland, Sweden, Norway
Bird populations in the mountains of Finland, Sweden and Norway are declining, a trend associated with changing weather transforming northern
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At -30, Arctic Winter Games trials move indoors
Thirty-five biathlon athletes are arriving in Hay River today to compete at Arctic Winter Games trials, but the athletes won’t
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Trains cancelled as northern Sweden braces for storm
Many trains heading to Sweden’s North have been cancelled in preparation for yet another winter storm that is expected to
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Savoonga, Alaska harvests second whale
Amid an economic disaster and food shortage, Savoonga, a community on Saint Lawrence Island, harvested a 57-foot bowhead whale on
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Canadian Inuit community applies for holiday booze ban
The alcohol education committee in the Inuit community of Kimmirut in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is asking for
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Finland: New Baltic data cable plan unfolding
Details are shaping up of a plan for a new government-backed high capacity data cable between Germany and Finland. The
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Funerary polar bear skulls may be returned to Alaska
For over 80 years, hundreds of polar bear skulls from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska have been sitting in the American
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BLOG: Stephen Harper and the North Pole – Still embarrassing Canadians in Arctic policy
It was a big week for Arctic governance and science, as Denmark and Canada both provided submissions to the Commission
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Food more expensive in Sweden’s North: survey
The cheapest groceries in Sweden are found on the Baltic Island of Gotland, and in the two southern counties Älvsborg
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Russia’s Putin rattles military sabre over Canada’s claim to North Pole
Russian President Vladimir Putin is pawing the snow over Canada’s claim to the North Pole. A day after Foreign Affairs
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Ice-Blog: Norway focuses on “Humans in the Arctic”
With the Annual “Arctic Frontiers” conference in Norway’s “Arctic capital” Tromsö looming large on the horizon from January 19th to
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Hunters question caribou rules in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The government in Canada’s Northwest Territories (GNWT) announced yesterday that the Bluenose-East caribou herd will remain off limits to ‘resident
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Warmer weather and hazardous roads in Finland
A snow front moving across Finland on Tuesday is expected to bring warmer temperatures, with readings in the far north
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