Canada’s Prime Minister to tour Far North this week
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the itinerary of his annual northern tour on Tuesday. Harper will visit Canada’s northwestern
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Special Features
Finland ministers call for changes to solar energy tax
Finnish Customs say that current legislation requires small-scale producers of solar energy to pay taxes, even if the power is
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Finland’s sea eagles now nesting far inland – even Karelia and Lapland
Finland’s white-tailed eagle population is staging a strong recovery after nearly disappearing four decades ago. The majestic raptors, which can
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Blog: The Russian Far East, the Arctic and Foreign Trade
On Monday, I wrote about the diamond mine located in Mirny, a city in the Sakha Republic in the Russian
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Nighthawkers hitting more archaeological sites in Finland
Unauthorized excavations and thefts at historic and prehistoric sites are becoming a growing problem in Finland. Professional archaeologists say information
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Eastern Finland is this summer’s snakebite hotspot
Physicians are reluctant to resort to antivenom, which costs more than 3,000 euros per dose. Finland only has one venomous
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Competitor dies in grueling Alaska backcountry race
The inevitable has happened in the 32-year-old Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic, and 44-year-old Rob Kehrer is dead. A 10-year veteran
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Permafrost lakes are long-term climate coolers, study says
The tundra lakes that form over permafrost have been considered contributors to greenhouse gas accumulations and climate warming. The formation
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Alaska: Bears in the neighborhood trigger fear one time, joy the next
In terms of cool, it’s hard to beat sitting on the roof of your garage with a pair of binoculars
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Forest fire rages on in central Sweden
The forest fire that started last Thursday in Västmanland in central Sweden is still raging, and firefighters went back to
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Finland: Northern berry may find use in cancer therapy
Research by a team at the University of Helsinki shows that an extract from wild cloudberries is effective in preventing
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Predictions of Arctic summer ice melt come with lots of uncertainty
Every year, as Arctic sea ice thins, scatters and melts, scientists ask: How low will it go? While the long-term
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Just how dark and cold is Sweden really?
Sweden is hardly known for its inviting climate or mild summers, being part of the Arctic region the country is
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Shell, Native corporations unveil joint venture in Chukchi Sea leases
Energy giant Shell, which has yet to hit oil after spending about $5 billion on a program to drill in
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U.S. judge rules beringia bearded seals improperly listed as threatened
Alaska’s bearded seals, animals with distinctive whiskers and a penchant for floating alone on pieces of drifting Arctic sea ice,
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