Nunavut, Canada politician questions Franklin search spending
Rankin Inlet North MLA Tagak Curley says the government of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut shouldn’t be spending money
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Norway’s new government to reshape world’s largest wealth fund
Norway’s incoming centre-right government plans to revamp and possibly break up the country’s $750-billion oil fund, changing how one of
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UPDATED: Coast guard helicopter crash kills 3 in Canadian Arctic
A helicopter operating with the Canadian Coast Guard research icebreaker Amundsen crashed into the Arctic Ocean yesterday. Three crew aboard
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Global cooling? London newspapers ignite controversy over Arctic climate change
The kerfuffle over climate change is heating up anew thanks to relatively cooler temperatures atop the globe that have resulted
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Finland looking to supply icebreakers to Russia
Negotiations are in the final stages between Finland and Russia to supply icebreakers for Russian waters. An inter- governmental agreement
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Sweden’s Arctic space centre sets sights on satellite launches
Sweden’s national space centre may have a future as Europe’s first satellite launch station. More than a thousand research rockets
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BREAKING NEWS: 3 dead in helicopter crash in Canadian Arctic
A helicopter operating with the Canadian Goast Guard research icebreaker Amundsen has crashed into the Arctic Ocean. Three crew aboard
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Man wards off polar bear with cellphone in Churchill, Canada
Cornered by a polar bear that had already swatted and bitten him, a desperate Garett Kolsun turned to the only
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Flights to Iceland to start next March from Edmonton, Canada
Flights to Iceland will start departing from Edmonton International Airport next March, city and airport officials announced on Tuesday.
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Alakanuk, Alaska gets $2.2 million for paving roads
The Village of Alakanuk, in western Alaska is getting a $2.2 million grant to pave almost three miles of dirt
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Public input sought on highway plan in Canada’s N.W.T.
People who live along the Mackenzie Valley in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) will get a chance to share their
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Should nuclear plan in north Finland be re-evaluated?
Finland’s former Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen says that Parliament and the government must re-consider plans to build
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Arctic sea ice changes begin affecting vegetation on land
The Arctic sea ice has been surprising scientists for the last six years. It set a new record for melting
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BLOG: Russia opens first of ten new search and rescue centers in the Arctic
On August 20, the first of ten new Russian search and rescue centers along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) opened
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FEATURE INTERVIEW: Cleaning up Canada’s Arctic radar sites
The Distant Early Warning Line system, known as the DEW Line, was a Cold War-era radar site that operated across
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