Alaska’s Western Arctic Caribou Herd numbers continue to slide
North America’s largest caribou herd is continuing a decade-long population slide, a drop for which there is no easy explanation
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Triple petrol prices to reach Sweden’s climate goals says report
In order to reach Sweden’s goal of a fossil free vehicle fleet, the government should raise petrol prices to SEK
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Canada’s Arctic claim includes North Pole
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said today that Canada will make a claim to the North Pole, but has
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Finnish Greenpeace activist second in Guardian poll
Finnish Greenpeace activist Sini Saarela has finished second in the Guardian newspaper’s online ‘Person of the Year’ poll. US whistleblower
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Alaska Highway permafrost gradually disappearing: study
Permafrost along the Canadian portion of the fabled Alaska Highway is disappearing, and coverage is steadily moving north, a newly
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Cold causes train cancellations in North Sweden
The bitter cold in northern Sweden has meant that local train operators have been forced to cancel several departures between
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BLOG: Bipartisan amendment to build up to four icebreakers introduced to U.S. defense bill
In mid November, U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced an amendment into the National Defense Authorization
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Ice-Blog – Rovaniemi: Finland and the Arctic
Rovaniemi is where I would like to have spent the last few days. From Dec. 2nd to 4th, the first
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Shipping challenges in Canada’s North-West
Canada’s western Arctic is rich in resources and communities keen to participate in responsible development. But tapping into the economic
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Shell plans Arctic Alaska comeback
Royal Dutch Shell is back, baby! Well, maybe. The Netherlands-based oil giant has long said it would not return to
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Finland: Talvivaara uranium license revoked
The Finnish government is set to reconsider Talvivaara’s license to mine uranium, after the supreme administrative court revoked the permission
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Canadian Inuit leaders, northerners remember Mandela
Canadian Inuit leaders are remembering Nelson Mandela today, saying his battles against racism, inequality and poverty had deep meaning among
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Councils in North Sweden fail to house refugees
People granted refugee status are supposed to be housed by the local municipality in Sweden, but in the northern county
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Panel blasts ‘colonial model’ of justice in rural Alaska
Members of a Congressionally-created panel that blasted the state’s justice system for Alaska Native villages arrived in Anchorage on Wednesday,
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BLOG: The elephant in the room – Mental health in Arctic communities
It probably won’t surprise many readers to learn that northern Canada has one of the highest rates of suicide in
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