Let locals decide fate of Arctic drilling says U.S. politician
WASHINGTON — What happens in the Arctic is the Arctic’s business, Rep. Don Young told members of a House subcommittee on
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Fishery hopes in Arctic Russia after gas project flame out
The Murmansk Economic Zone was presented as a miracle cure for regional development and as key facility for the Shtokman
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Polish oilmen go Arctic
The Polish energy company PGNiG aims for Norwegian Arctic licenses in areas near the maritime border to Russia. The Polskie Gornictwo
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Hundreds of sled dogs rescued from Alaska wildfires
WILLOW — With the Sockeye fire still unpredictable late Monday, mushers who frantically evacuated their dogs Sunday afternoon waited to
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Acidification takes toll on Beaufort Sea
With their low temperatures that hold onto the carbon dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere, their shallow depths, their rich supply
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Asia ahead on preparing for polar climate change, says U.S. Arctic rep
Asia has lessons to teach other countries when it comes to preparing for polar climate change, says the U.S. special
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Shipping, military and the continental shelf: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Feature Interview: Unconventional petroleum resources found in Canada’s Sahtu region…. Now what?
Canada’s National Energy Board and the Northwest Territories Geological Survey released a report last month that almost 200
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Appeals court upholds Shell’s Arctic oil spill plans
A federal appeals court Thursday upheld the Interior Department’s approval of two oil spill response plans crafted by Royal Dutch
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Snowploughs out in North Sweden week before Midsummer
The sun is shining in southern Sweden and it is Midsummer next week, but in Klimpfjäll in Jämtland, you still
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Blog: Telehealth in the Arctic – Unfulfilled potential
Telehealth is going mainstream. That was the message from a pair of recent stories in Wired magazine, an InTouch Health
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Searchers return to Alaska glacier to recover remains from 1952 military plane crash
A team of military searchers, anthropologists and mountaineers is once again trying to turn back the clock on the crash of
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China eyes Arctic Norway infrastructure projects
As local politicians in the Norwegian Arctic town catfight over alternative sites for new ports and maritime infrastructure, Chinese investors
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Time for action: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases recommendations
For the estimated 80,000 survivors of Canada’s residential school system, Tuesday marked another step towards closure with the release of
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Alaska’s spring whaling season a success despite challenging sea ice
The spring whaling drought Barrow endured two years ago continues to ease, after subsistence whalers in the Arctic community landed nine
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