Did Arctic fox evolve from Himalayas?
Today’s Arctic foxes are likely descendants of foxes that acclimated to cold and extreme conditions millions of years ago in
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Special Features
Karelian art on show in Russia
Put together by the South Karelia Art Museum, the exhibition in the Pavlovsk Palace features drawings and watercolours by Viktor
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Birds carry plant fragments from Arctic
Mosses and other plants that grow in northernmost North America are also found in southern South America, but not in
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Mushroom rush in Yukon, Canada
Morel mushrooms are one the best and most-prized in culinary circles. And that’s the reason for the current mushroom rush
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Alaska Native youth and violence
Last week federal officials and Alaska tribal leaders met to talk about the impact of violence on Alaska Native children.
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Blog: Interactive atlas shows Inuit trails
Last week, a new atlas was released documenting the network of pan-Inuit trails crisscrossing the Arctic from Alaska to Greenland.
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Dockers’ strike shuts down Finnish ports
Stevedores across Finland are on strike on Wednesday in a solidarity action in support of their colleagues in Tornio, a
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Blog: Addressing northern food insecurity
The challenge of northern food security is not new, but awareness on the issue has been growing, thanks to efforts
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Video: Collar cams record polar bear point of view
Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey are using new video collars to get a glimpse into the daily life of
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Creating whiskey in Arctic Norway
When most people think whiskey, they think of Scotland or Ireland. But a group of Norwegian entrepreneurs wants to the
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Canada falling behind in western Arctic
Sometimes it seems like not a week goes by without headlines trumpeting business opportunities in the North. But here in
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WWF: Oil spill in northwest Finland worse than expected
Volunteers will continue oil spill cleanup operations in the Raahe archipelago in northern Ostrobothnia for up to a week. The
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Red foxes conquering Alaska’s North Slope: study
Red foxes, which began showing up in the Prudhoe Bay area in the late 1980s, are gradually conquering Alaska’s North
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Volunteers and soldiers clean spilled oil by hand in Raahe, Finland
At least four islands have been polluted by heavy oil that leaked from the Rautaruukki steel mill in Raahe on
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Mines in Gotland, Sweden given the go-ahead
A controversial mine on the Swedish island of Gotland has been given permission to quarry for another 25 years. The
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