VIDEO – Changing Sea Ice: The Ripple Effect
Anthropologist Lene Kielsen Holm, an Inuk (Inuit) from Greenland, talks about the importance of sea ice in Inuit culture and
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County in North Sweden votes to keep health services
An overwhelming majority has voted in favour of keeping local health services open in two northern Swedish districts hit
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Perils of Prohibition: History repeats in Alaska’s failed attempt to stamp out booze
The worst of what Alaska’s war on alcohol has brought to the impoverished, rural areas of the state — a
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Finland’s Fortum inks nuclear, wind power deals with UK firms
Finland’s biggest power company unveiled agreements with British firms Rolls-Royce and Impax Asset Management on Thursday. Finland’s largest energy utility,
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New kimberlite deposit could extend life of northern Canadian mine
The company that owns the largest diamond mine in Canada’s North says a new deposit of diamond-containing rock could potentially
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Perils of Prohibition: Drowning the past in rural Alaska
EDITOR’S NOTE: For three decades, alcohol has anchored the debate about the future of rural Alaska. That liquor and homebrew spread
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UN report critical of Sweden’s treatment of the Sami
The United Nations has criticised Sweden’s mining policy saying the nation should give greater support to the Sami people who
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Drones help Yukon prospectors find gold deposits
A gold prospector from Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory is using unmanned aerial drones and other technologies to survey huge stretches
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Hunting season underway in Finland
The first two weeks of open season on bear have brought 21 kills – and one suspected hunting crime. At
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ANALYSIS: Perils of Prohibition – Alaska’s failed war on booze
Alaska’s war on alcohol, a costly and painful crusade waged for decades in remote villages across the rural vastness of
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Ice delays supply barge for communities in Canada’s western Arctic
Ice buildup in the Amundsen Gulf is responsible for barge delays that have many Northern coastal communities in Canada’s western
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Swedish university showcases green energy research for Obama
In addition to talks with his Swedish and Nordic counterparts, US President Barack Obama is expected to visit Stockholm’s Royal
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Yong Sheng: Why Arctic voyage of Chinese cargo ship is business as usual
Much is being made of the voyage of the Yong Sheng, a Chinese cargo ship slowly making its way across
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Canada’s N.W.T. calls for more fracking disclosure
Canada’s Northwest Territories government says the public has a right to know what chemicals are being put into the ground
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Finland’s Fennovoima taps Russian supplier for nuke project
At 6.4 billion euros, the estimated price tag exceeds that of Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia’s handset business. The Finnish power
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