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There are many different caribou herds in regions all across Canada, but most are experiencing dramatic declines. While habitat loss and industrial activity are listed as a major concern, increased pressure from hunting in order for meat and fish to be sold online has also become a concern. This was the most retweeted story on Eye on the Arctic this week. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/24/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2014 at 21:14 — Last Updated: Friday, October 24, 2014 at 21:15
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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

"We stand ready to support our national government in whatever way we can," said Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski after the Ottawa attacks on Wednesday. Pasloski is pictured above at a premier's conference in 2011. (James Mackenzie / The Canadian Press)

Canada Politics (Canada) Special Features

Canada’s northern leaders react to Ottawa attack

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 00:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 19:12
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Territorial governments across Canada’s Arctic responded on Wednesday to the attack in the nation’s capital city of Ottawa. In Whitehorse,

A World War II memorial gun overlooking Dikson, Russia's northernmost town on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia. (Thomas Nilsen / Barents Observer)

General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Special Features

Russia says no need for NATO in Arctic, expands own military presence

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 13:10 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 19:26
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Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announces plans to deploy troops along entire length of the Arctic, while Russia’s Foreign Minister

Knut Pettersen on a hunt in Norway's High North. (Emma Jarratt/Barents Observer)

General Norway Society Society (Norway) Special Features

The food crisis in the Far North

Emma Jarratt, Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 20:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 19:26
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Global warming could trigger a food crisis in the High North with hunters’ ability to live of the land threatened

Day four in the hunt for the suspected foriegn sub. Here at Ornö. (Lotta Myhrén/Sveriges Radio)

General Politics Politics (Sweden) Special Features Sweden

Sweden continues search for suspected foreign submarine

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, October 20, 2014 at 13:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 21:06
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The on-going hunt for a suspected foreign submarine in the Stockholm archipelago has evoked memories of the Cold War when

$With booming oil fracking, like here in North Dakota, prices could continue to drop. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)$

Business Business (Norway) General Norway Special Features

Why Barents oil is becoming unprofitable

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 17, 2014 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Monday, October 20, 2014 at 20:37
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MINOT / NORTH DAKOTA: This U.S. shale formation produces over a million barrels of oil per day at a break-even

The opening of formerly frozen Arctic sea lanes will increase the need to monitor events and safeguard freedom of navigation, Pentagon says. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

General Politics (USA) Society Special Features USA

Pentagon: Climate change is national security risk

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 13:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 20:53
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The U.S. Department of Defense has released a “Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap”, detailing plans to combat both “immediate” and future national security

Greenland’s former prime minister Aleqa Hammond addresses attendees at Arctic Frontiers, January 2014. (Mia Bennett)

Blog Denmark/Greenland General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) Special Features

Blog: Greenland’s political crisis concerns locals and foreign investors alike

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 13:51 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Yesterday morning, mining company Rare Earth Minerals (REM) announced that it had discovered rare earth minerals within its licensed areas near Narsarsuaq,

A polar bear pictured on ice in 2011. (iStock)

General Society Society (USA) Special Features USA

Tense moment for Alaska polar bear patrol

Michelle Theriault Boots, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 18:15 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 20:33
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Ruby Kaleak was at her part-time job on Kaktovik’s roving “polar bear patrol” Friday when a whispery call came over

Fireworks over Umea, the capital of Sweden's Västerbotten country. (iStock)

General Society Society (Sweden) Special Features Sweden

County in Sweden’s North has best mental health in country

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, October 10, 2014 at 15:39 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 20:32
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People living in Sweden’s northern county of Västerbotten enjoy the best mental health in Sweden, Swedish Radio News reports. This

Composite image of night lights above 60°N (with the Arctic Circle also included for reference), as imaged in April and October 2012 with SUOMI NPP’s Day/Night Band. (Data downloaded from NASA Earth Observatory / Cryopolitics)

Blog Environment Environment (Iceland) General Iceland Special Features

Blog: NASA satellite imagery reveals the Arctic at night

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 15:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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In winter, the Arctic is considered to be a dark and dreary place save for when the northern lights shimmer

A whalebone arch sits on the Barrow, Alaska shoreline. (Nicole Klauss / Kodiak Daily Mirror / AP)

Environment Environment (USA) General Special Features USA

Barrow, Alaska’s dramatic autumn warming linked to shrinking sea ice

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 19:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 21:01
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The nation’s northernmost community is getting warmer, most dramatically in October, when sea ice loss has been greatest, according to

Empty loading platforms at the Northland mine in Kaunisvaara. (Mats Jonsson/Sveriges Radio)

Business Business (Sweden) General Special Features Sweden

Northland halts operations at mine in Arctic Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 12:58 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 19:25
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Nearly 300 people will be laid off as Northland Resources stops operations indefinitely at its iron ore mine in Kaunisvaara,

Presumed Route of Polar Discovery tanker carrying oil from Alaska to South Korea. The brown line denotes the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, while lines in the sea denote commercial shipping. Data from the European Commission. (Cryopolitics)

Blog Business Business (USA) General Special Features USA

Blog: Alaska ships its first oil to Asia in a decade

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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On September 26, ConocoPhillips‘ Polar Discovery departed the Valdez Marine Terminal in Alaska for Yeosu, South Korea. Valdez is where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline,

New findings suggest Swedes' stone age ancestors came from Siberia. (iStock)

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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/03/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2014 at 20:58 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:03
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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