U.S. interior secretary to spend night in ANWR
New Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is headed to Alaska to spend a night in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the
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Finland: NATO membership no substitute for strong national defence
Cooperation with the military alliance NATO has helped Finland develop its defence capabilities, said Finnish President Sauli Niinistö. Speaking to
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Greenpeace defies Russia in Arctic protest
Greenpeace says the Russian Coast Guard has threatened to open fire on the Arctic Sunrise. That’s the ship Greenpeace has
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BLOG: Harper’s Arctic tour conceals shift in circumpolar politics
In the midst of the hoopla for Stephen Harper’s 8th annual Arctic trip this year, two extremely interesting things took
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Canada’s Northwest Territories hosts mining conference
Mining companies are set to meet with government this week in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) Top
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Sweden: Air pollution violates EU levels
Sweden may have to pay fines to the EU because of poor air quality. Although last year saw an improvement
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Alaska aviators: Is that a drone in your airspace?
As the national conversation builds about what drones should and should not be used for in the U.S. (along
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More students in North Finland opting to study Russian
Record numbers of elementary school students in northern Finland are opting to learn Russian. Up to a quarter of youngsters
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The Changing Arctic: Spotlight Chukotka
The warming climate is having significant changes on permafrost across the world’s northern regions. This year at Eye on the
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Sweden’s most common jellyfish disappearing
Swedish Radio News reports that the Moon Jellyfish, once common in the North Sea, has largely vanished from off Sweden’s
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Two dead in Norwegian-Swedish coach collision
A Taiwanese and a Norwegian woman died in a head-on collision between a Swedish tourist coach and a Norwegian bus
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If the Arctic booms, will Alaska’s workforce be ready?
As some of the world’s polar nations race to develop the melting Arctic, Alaska isn’t doing enough to prepare for
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Priceless Inuit artifacts still in Canada’s N.W.T. for lack of Nunavut museum
Ten years after a decision was made for a museum in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, to temporarily
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Citizens against mandatory Swedish in Finland
A citizen’s initiative opposing mandatory Swedish-language classes in the Finnish school system has gathered 50,000 signatures within 6 months and
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VIDEO: Sixteen Minutes with TuuMotz
Meet TuuMotz, one of the founders of Nuuk Posse, Greenland’s seminal hip-hop group and now a solo artist. Here, Radio
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