Issues affecting circumpolar nations
‘Arctic people… aren’t used to this kind of weather,’ says Brandon Kyikavichik Old Crow resident Brandon Kyikavichik says it “feels quite uncomfortable”
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Greenland’s decision to ban un-vaccinated people from public transportation will expire after July 23, instead of July 30, as domestic
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Iceland will reinstate negative COVID-19 test requirements for travellers on July 27 after a rise in infections, most of which
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Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory will host the 2022 Arctic Arts Summit, the territorial government announced this week. It will be
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– The story is by Kate McGillivray , CBC News A report out last month suggests the territory needs to
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‘The [current] system itself is failing people,’ says project founder Nelson Lepine Nelson Lepine knows just how hard it can
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Seven-year-old Lindyn Fraser is the youngest visitor to Ivvavik National Park in Yukon this summer. “I’m having a lot of fun here,”
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As news of the first Indigenous person ever to be appointed to the role of Canada’s next governor general was
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Chinese artist-sailor Zhai Mo (翟墨) has just set sail from Shanghai to embark on a four-month journey around the Arctic
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The naming of Inuk leader Mary Simon as the next Governor General of Canada has not just national, but also
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Russia took over the rotating two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) in May. Shipping and maritime safety are
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Research showed August 2020 had a record-low sea ice concentration in the area The Arctic’s Last Ice Area is losing ice
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Three Nunavik-based projects were among nine named Wednesday to receive funding from Quebec’s Fonds d’initiatives nordiques (The Northern Initiative Fund).
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Temperatures in N.W.T. and Yukon have been rising to new heights over the last week, with 20 daily records broken
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Previously solid ground is quickly degrading. The melting of the permafrost is about to cause huge damage to buildings and
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