Nuclear reactor in Oskarshamn, Sweden shut again
The nuclear power station in Oskarshamn, southern Sweden has once again been forced to shut down one of its reactors
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Finland: Talvivaara funds running low
The troubled nickel mining company Talvivaara says it needs additional financing. However chief executive says the money shortage will not
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Canada’s Hudson Bay lowlands succumbing to climate change
It’s one of the last unchanged Arctic refugia in the world. Or, it was. The vast area around Hudson Bay,
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Counting elusive Finnish forest reindeer in Russian Karelia
Finnish and Russian researchers are teaming up for the first comprehensive population study of the rare Finnish forest reindeer.
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More Grizzlies and wolves moving north to High Arctic
Grizzly bear sightings have been made in the high Arctic on occasion for several decades. But what has been a
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Russia sees Wrangel Island oil and gas potential; Greenpeace eyes an eastern Arctic front
A remote island off northeast Russia has been swept into that nation’s campaign to capitalize on the Arctic’s potential for
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First Nations and Inuit join forces over caribou conservation
Caribou is central to Inuit and First Nations cultural life in northern Canada. But the decrease in the numbers of
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Town in northern Sweden leads the pack of best schools
The northern town of Piteå was selected as Sweden’s best school district for 2013 in the annual ranking of the
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Aboriginal-owned company buys mining properties in Canada’s Northwest Territories
A corporation owned by five Dene groups in Canada’s Northwest Territories has purchased old silver mines and properties near the
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Great Bear says Alaska’s shale has great potential
The CEO of Great Bear Petroleum says their new 3-D seismic data confirms a promising new oil resource in the
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KGB archives set to open up to Finnish researchers
How did the Soviet Union affect president Urho Kekkonen’s career? Why was the Porkkala peninsula handed back to Finland early?
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Anglicans could lose new igloo church in Canadian Arctic
Officials from the Anglican diocese of the Arctic say they are in a financial crisis after receivers for a bankrupt
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Nikiski edges out Valdez and other Alaska gasline terminal hopefuls
The three largest oil corporations doing business in Alaska and a Canadian pipeline builder are now looking to acquire
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Franklin search: Relatives hope for answers in Arctic mystery
Simon Ekins was a young British lad of about eight when his father told him they had a famous explorer
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Understanding the rules to Finland’s ‘right to roam’
Known as “everyman’s right” in Finland, people are free to roam public and private lands for recreation or exercise, even
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