Inuit language celebration underway in Nunavut, Canada
An Inuit Language celebration is now underway in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. The annual event is held to promote and
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Special Features
Alaska communities divided as Arctic drilling delayed
The recent court decision that could stop Royal Dutch Shell from drilling in the U.S. Arctic Ocean might be felt
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Military exercises underway in Arctic Canada
Hundreds of soldiers are learning cold-weather survival and warfare techniques with the help of Canadian Rangers in the Kivalliq and
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Ice-Blog: Why melting Arctic ice leaves us cold!
Since I attended a workshop on “Creating a Climate for Change” in Tromso in January, I have been thinking a
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Blog: Oil companies push ahead with plans in Russia and Canada while sidelined in the U.S.
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that more crude oil is being sent by sea and inland waterways
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Oregon mining company says it can build Arctic port for Alaska
Worried that the other nations are crushing the United States in the race for Arctic shipping and resource-extraction dominance because
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Canada eyes Arctic reindeer reserve for oil and gas
Tracts of land that had been set aside for reindeer grazing in Canada’s North have instead been offered up by
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Reindeer glitter to improve road safety in Finland
Employees at Finland’s Reindeer Herders’ Association are testing two different reflective sprays on reindeer’s antlers as a means to make
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U.S. to create Arctic ambassador position
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is creating a new Arctic ambassador position. In a letter to Alaska
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Feature Interview: The return of Inuit Art Quarterly (Audio)
Inuit Art Quarterly, long regarded as one of the most important sources of information on the art and artists of
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Immigrants join forces in Finland’s Arctic
The trauma of arriving in wintry, near-deserted Rovaniemi, a city in Finland’s Arctic, from Bangladesh’s capital of 15 million people
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Arctic Anglicans seek fresh new recruits in England
Looee Mike was an Anglican Minister in the community of Pangnirtung, located in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, for
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Arctic Alaska lakes icing up later, thawing earlier
Small lakes and ponds around Alaska’s North Slope are freezing up later in the year, thawing out earlier in the
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How climate change abroad could hit Sweden
Politicians and Commissioners of the European Union are currently discussing what targets to set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But
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Artists boycott market in Arctic Sweden over mining conflict
Thursday is Sami National Day, celebrated internationally by indigenous people of the European Arctic, including in Sweden. This is also
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