Yukon bans caribou hunt near Dempster Highway
The Yukon government has imposed an emergency hunting ban on caribou near the Dempster Highway. The Porcupine Caribou herd that
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Arctic caribou eyes change colour with seasons
24-hour darkness makes caribou retinas change from gold to blue, study finds The eyes of caribou living in Arctic areas
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Is oil revenue-dependent Alaska headed for a market reckoning?
Oil moving west by train across the heart of the country and the shale-oil boom in Texas and North Dakota
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Who is a Sámi?
A Justice Ministry working group has put forward a proposal to redefine who can be legally recognized as a member
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Silver lining to stormy warmth: Less chance of Anchorage winter gas shortage
A massive underground warehouse of natural gas — a potential emergency supply to protect Southcentral Alaska from a devastating gas
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Comprehensive cleanup planned for oldest oil and gas wells drilled in the Arctic
There’s a spot about 15 miles southeast of Barrow where a battered, red-painted wood building provides weary snowmobilers with a
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Poor living conditions plague Nunavut communities
Poor living conditions are still a reality for many across the North. And one family in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut says
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STX sells Helsinki shipyard to Russian owners
The Russian state-owned shipbuilding firm USC has confirmed it will take full ownership of the Arctech Helsinki shipyard from its
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Vibrant swamp life in Lapland
The first peatland conservation land survey has now been completed. The widest and most diverse bog life was found in
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Study: Eastern Canadian temperatures hotter now than in 44,000 years
Ancient plants exposed by newly melted ice on Baffin Island suggest that summers in the eastern Canadian Arctic are warmer
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Ekati applies for diamond mine extension
Mining of new kimberlite pipes would lengthen mine life The new owner of the Ekati diamond mine in N.W.T. is
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Storm driven by Bering Sea cyclone menaces Southwest Alaska
As if the partial federal government shutdown didn’t cause enough problems for “The Deadliest Catch” crabbers working Alaska’s Bering Sea. Now, just
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Inuit group calls on Canada to better fund Arctic research
Inuit Circumpolar Council wants to see more long-term support for scientists Inuit leaders say they want to see more long
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FEATURE INTERVIEW: Inuk aritst Mark Igloliorte on how skateboarding inspires his work
Mark Igloliorte is an Inuk artist from Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and
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Nature excursions offered to young Swedes from immigrant backgrounds
Young immigrants are getting the taste of Swedish nature and wildlife, as part of an initiative by the Swedish Hunters
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