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Tor Erik Huuva near the accident location. (Anne Marit Päiviö/Sameradion & SVT Sápmi)

High-speed train kills 54 reindeer in Arctic Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 at 14:07 — Last Updated: Monday, July 13, 2015 at 20:22
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A high-speed train killed 54 reindeer belonging to the Laevas Sami association on Thursday near Kiruna, in northern Sweden. The

Walrus carcasses hanging to dry in the St. Lawrence island village of Gambell. August 29, 2012. (Loren Holmes/ Alaska Dispatch News)

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Alaska village seeks disaster relief as walrus harvests decline drastically

Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 17:07 — Last Updated: Friday, July 10, 2015 at 20:32
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As recently as a few years ago, the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island could expect to harvest 600

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Ice-Blog: Icy hotspots in focus at climate talks?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 17:50 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 21:15
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With western Europe sweltering in a record-breaking heatwave, climate scientists are meeting in Paris this week for what is

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Blog: Back to the future – An Arctic conference in 1979

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, July 6, 2015 at 14:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 20:55
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On a dusty shelf in the library at my university, I came across a volume entitled Marine Transportation and High

A view of the Beaufort Sea from the community of Tuktoyaktuk in Canada's Northwest Territories. Imperial Oil's decision to delay drilling in the Beaufort was among your most read stories this week. (Rick Bowmer/AP)

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Erosion, geopolitics and the Beaufort Sea: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2015 at 15:18 — Last Updated: Monday, July 6, 2015 at 20:51
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

A male polar bear in the Beaufort Sea in 2005. (Steven C. Amstrup/USGS/AP)

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U.S. polar bear conservation plan focuses on near-term goals

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2015 at 13:08
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The federal agency that manages polar bears concedes the most important action needed to protect the threatened animals – reduction

Erosion along the northern Alaska coast in Barter Island, Alaska in 2011. Erosion is eating away at Alaska's northern coast at some of the highest rates in the nation, threatening habitat and infrastructure, according to a new report published Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (Ben Jones/U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

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Arctic Alaska coastal erosion rates among worst in U.S. : report

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 13:24 — Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2015 at 17:39
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The shoreline along Alaska’s northern coast has eroded at some of the fastest rates in the nation, putting local communities, oil fields and

A view of Reykjavik, Iceland's capital city. (iStock)

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Iceland most peaceful country in the world: study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 19:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 19:32
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Iceland has been named the most peaceful country in the world, again, by the nonprofit Institute for Economics and Peace. The

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Imperial delays oil drilling in Canadian Arctic

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 13:28 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 14:00
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Imperial Oil and its offshore Arctic joint-venture partners are delaying their plans for an ambitious drilling project in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, news organizations reported

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Medals, energy and shipping shenanigans: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:09 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:16
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

With no caribou on their islands, Inuit on the Belcher Islands have relied on eider ducks for food and clothing for generations. Here, an Inuit woman wearing a traditional eider skin parka collects duck eggs in a still photo from the film "People of a Feather." (Joel Heath/The Canadian Press)

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Nunavut Canada community revives eiderdown business

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 17:56 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:25
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A small Inuit community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is reviving its eiderdown business, something it hopes provides

The Donut Hole (and two other small ones to the south) at the center of the Arctic Ocean. (Cryopolitics)

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Blog: The donut hole at the centre of the Arctic Ocean

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 13:45 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:55
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On June 4, I wrote about issues surrounding the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. June 5 was National Donut

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Finland ‘shot itself in the foot’ creditor says of mining company saga

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 12:42 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 15:39
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A portfolio manager and major investment player in Finland’s troubled Talvivaara mining company says the Finnish state missed an opportunity

An icebreaker in the Kara Sea in April 2015. Stories concerning drilling and shipping were among you're most read Eye on the Arctic stories this week. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty)

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New law would allow only Russian-flagged ships in Russian Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 at 13:43 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 15:39
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A new law might force shipping companies to sail in the Arctic only under Russian flag. New legislation under elaboration

A fin whale in the Atlantic Ocean. (iStock)

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Endangered whales found dead in Alaska waters

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 13:55 — Last Updated: Monday, June 22, 2015 at 17:49
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At least nine fin whales have been found dead in recent weeks in southern Alaska waters, and researchers with the