Russia charges five Greenpeace activists with piracy; more charges expected
Greenpeace said Wednesday that five of its activists who were detained after protesting at a Russian oil platform have
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What’s next after piracy charge for Finnish Greenpeace activist
Markku Kivinen, head of Helsinki University’s specialist Russian and east European Aleksanteri Institute, has cautioned Finnish politicians to use
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Canada: More children sniffing gas says chief of Innu community
Officials in the Innu community of Natuashish, located in the northern region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and
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The challenges of growing food in the Arctic
The way barley farmer Bryce Wrigley sees it, farmers in the north are like bacteria. That’s not to disparage the
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Climate change can be deadly to caribou calves says study
The melting of arctic sea ice is indirectly leading to higher mortality among caribou calves, new research suggests. Penn State
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Swedish nuclear reactor re-starts after jellyfish shutdown
A nuclear reactor at the Oskarshamn plant restarted on Wednesday morning, after engineers managed to clear out tonnes of jellyfish.
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Air Greenland to reduce Iqaluit-Nuuk flights in 2014
Flights between Iqaluit, the capital of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, and Greenland’s capital, Nuuk have wrapped up for
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Eczema on the rise in Inuit populations in Greenland and Canada
An allergy doctor in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, says he’s seeing a spike
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VIEWS: Anchorage, Alaska unsettled over moose shooting
When is it a big deal to shoot a bull moose this time of year in Alaska? Only when it
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Finland lags in seniors’ wellbeing
Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Finland failed to make it to the top ten in a new global index measuring the
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No salvage plans for buildings after mine cleanup in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The federal team tasked with cleaning up the old Giant Mine site on the outskirts of the city of Yellowknife
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Russian probe: Greenpeace activists posed ‘real threat’ to Arctic oil platform
Russia’s investigative agency says Greenpeace activists posed a “real threat” to the security of personnel on an offshore drilling platform in the
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Norway faces minority government after coalition talks fail
Ruling parties agreed to keep some sensitive areas off limits to Norway’s sprawling oil industry, including the Arctic Lofoten and
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BLOG: South Korean icebreaker leads expedition to Canada’s Beaufort Sea for methane hydrates
Four months after its acceptance as an observer to the Arctic Council, South Korea is fulfilling expectations surrounding its new
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Future uncertain for new mining projects in Canada’s Northwest Territories
De Beers and Avalon Rare Metals have come across unexpected hurdles in trying to bring two major mining projects in
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