Weather takes a toll on wildlife, environment in Alaska
Anchorage’s soggy and warm winter has been tough on Knobby, a Bactrian camel at the Alaska Zoo, among other animals.
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Special Features
Siberia’s ice road truckers: ‘A way of life,’ says writer
Siberia’s ice road truckers may not have the same celebrity status as their North American counterparts, but one Russian journalist
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Shell calls off 2014 oil exploration in Arctic Alaska
Royal Dutch Shell’s new chief executive said Thursday the company is shelving its Alaska exploration program, at least for this
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Winter rain becoming new normal in Alaska and Arctic
When winter temperatures in Alaska’s largest city rise, Mike Abbott has reason to sweat. Abbott, chief of operations for the
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Alaska legislators push for Arctic port investment
Arctic development opportunities are opening at a time when Alaska is running out of money, but legislators are trying to
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Airbus’s new A350 in Iqaluit, Nunavut for cold weather testing
The new Airbus A350 XWB landed in Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, on Friday
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Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq on reclaiming Nanook of the North
By Holly Gordon, CBC Music Tanya Tagaq doesn’t mince words. Asked about her impressions of Nanook of the North, a
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Alaska program hopes to help restore Tlingit language
A three-year language mentorship program beginning in Southeast Alaska in August hopes to help revitalize the Tlingit language, classified as
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Poor air connections cost Finland’s Arctic millions
Northern Finland loses millions of tourism euros per year due to poor flight connections, according to a Lapland Regional Council
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Agency seeks assurances about Shell drilling safeguards
Before Shell wins approval for drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Northwestern Alaska this year, the company must prove that
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Eroding Alaska village urges Congress to address climate change
Congress has the dirt on climate change — literally. Five residents from the eroding village of Shishmaref in Northwest Alaska
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Cold weather causes dazzling light displays in Finland
Recent sub-zero temperatures across Finland have given birth to spectacular light shows. Ice crystals in the atmosphere combined with
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Nunavut coroner to launch inquiry into suicides
The chief coroner in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is calling an inquiry into the high rates of suicide
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New app teaches Inuktitut through song
No language is easy to learn, but Inuktitut? Many a langauge student has been sidelined by the complex sounds and
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Doubts raised about lead poising on Franklin expedition
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have re-examined the forensic data collected by Canadian researchers of the ice-preserved remains of
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