Inuit work towards greater voice in shipping as IMO meeting gets underway
As an International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-committee meeting on ship construction got underway in London on Monday, the Inuit Circumpolar
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New study reveals Greenland’s glaciers losing more ice than thought
A new study examining almost 40 years of data reveals that Greenland’s glaciers have lost more ice than previously thought.
Read moreCritical workforce shortage grips Russia’s North
Russia, especially its “depressed” regions, is suffering from a labor shortage. The decline in the workforce is evidenced by both
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Wildfires, space & shipping – Arctic roundup 2023 with Mia Bennett
As we approach the year’s end, Eye on the Arctic is reflecting on the past 12 months in northern news.
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COP 28 “transitional, but not transformative” says Int’l Inuit org
The agreement by nations to phase out fossil fuels was a promising step at COP28, but for Arctic Indigenous Peoples
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Arctic research conference is held in the Arctic for 1st time
A national Arctic research conference is taking place in Iqaluit this week, marking the first time in the academic conference’s
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Finland’s border closure explained
Crossings to be shut for at least 2 weeks following surge of migrants trying to enter from Russia. Finland is
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Arctic litter-monitoring project launches northernmost GPS capsule in Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Council working group behind the “Plastic in a Bottle” project to track marine litter, launched its northernmost capsule
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Cabinet shuffle poses challenges for advancing Inuit priorities, ITK president says
By Brett Forester · CBC News ‘We often as Inuit leaders have to be the ones that educate ministers,’ Natan Obed says
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Putin tells Xi: We will connect Kola Bay with Persian Gulf
The war president that is ready to spend one third of his state budget on national security tells Chinese President
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New study reveals link between climate change and polar bear lactation
A new study out of Canada has revealed a link between climate change and polar bear lactation and raising future
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Empowering youth key to climate adaptation in North, global conference hears
The Arctic is warming two to four times faster than the rest of the world, but northern communities are already
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Ice-Blog: Climate ambition is not enough to tackle the ice emergency
It’s been a big week for climate, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets around the globe as UN
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Northern airlines in Ottawa to talk wildfires, climate change and infrastructure
By Caitrin Pilkington · CBC News Members of the Northern Air Transport Association (NATA) were in Ottawa on Thursday to discuss the
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Husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola dies in an airplane crash in Alaska
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash, her office said in a statement Wednesday. “We are
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