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New Russian Armata tank is driven during the Victory Parade marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 9, 2015. (Ivan Sekretarev/AP)

Was new Russian battle tank made for Arctic?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 16:04 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 18:01
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Russia’s new battle tank is designed for operations in extremely low temperatures. It could be based in the Kola Peninsula,

The Alaska phase of a major fibre optic project remains on track for completion by the end of next year. (iStock)

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Arctic-spanning fiber-optic project moves ahead in Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 13:36 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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Alaskans are playing a bigger role in an international project that seeks to link Europe and Asia with a fiber-optic cable

A Finnish Air Force Hornet jet on May 16, 2011. A story looking at an upcoming aviation exercise in Arctic Europe was your top read Eye on the Arctic story this week. (Heikki Saukkomaa/AFP/Getty Images)

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NATO, icebreakers and a tragic loss: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 20:12 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

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Social media strengthens Sami language

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 20:16 — Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 17:52
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A new survey shows that the Sami language is getting a boost – in social media. The study, carried out at

United States Secretary of State John Kerry responds to a question during a news conference at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: Some final thoughts on the U.S. Arctic Council chairmanship

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 18:07 — Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 17:52
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On Monday, I wrote about future directions for the Arctic Council now that the U.S. has taken over the rotating

The proposd mining area included the catchment area for the Teno River, which borders Finland and Norway. (Jarmo Honkanen / Yle)

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Local opposition buries plans for diamond mine in Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 15:17 — Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 17:52
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An Irish mining company’s bid to begin prospecting for diamonds in Utsjoki, northern Finland has fallen flat following opposition to

View of a former coal mine train in the science base of Ny-Alesund on the Svalbard archipelago in the Norwegian Arctic. (Martin Bureau / AFP)

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Russia protests drilling in Svalbard zone

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 20:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 20:26
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Russia believes Norway is violating the Svalbard Treaty when the Norwegian government opens three blocks for oil drilling in the

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Up to 500 reindeer killed annually by trains – no fences planned

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 18:28 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 21:00
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Citing high annual livestock losses, the Reindeer Herders’ Association is urging Finland’s State Railways VR to build fences alongside railway

United States Secretary of State John Kerry receives the gavel from Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq to take over the chair of the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: As U.S. assumes chairmanship, what’s next for Arctic Council

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 14:19 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 21:00
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On April 24, the Arctic Council ministerial convened in Iqaluit, capital of the territory of Nunavut, wrapping up the two-year

Marc Cornelissen shows climate ambassadors how to drill to measure ice thickness. Alaska, 2008. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)

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Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, May 4, 2015 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 20:39
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This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow

United States Secretary of State John Kerry, Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq, and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson pose with Inuit wearing traditional dress at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups form the Council. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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All Arctic Council, all the time – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 21:04
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

Delegates attend the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups form the Council. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Feature Interview: The Arctic Council – What was accomplished and where we go from here

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 20:27 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:52
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The Arctic Council Chairmanship passed from Canada to the United States last week. It was a time to look back

The Sami flag. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)

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Finland’s Sámi request UN help in securing their rights

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 15:34 — Last Updated: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 21:09
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The head of Finland’s Sámi Parliament told a United Nations gathering in New York that the Finnish government has robbed

Mikhail Korbinsky shows the worst-case senario map with potential distribution of radioactive Cesium-137 from the K159 in the Barents Sea. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Sunken Soviet submarines threaten massive radioactive contamination

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 13:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 18:47
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While Russia’s naval yard in Severodvinsk is busy like never before in Post-Soviet times with construction of new submarines, two

United States Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, and Leona Aglukkaq, Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council, right, chat with a traditional Inuit drummer while attending the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: Arctic Council – from looking out to looking in

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 19:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 18:47
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Last Friday, the ninth ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council conference took place in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. The Canadian hosts recapped