Reinstilling pride in the Inuit seal hunt
This month, Inuit launched a new offensive in their battle against the EU seal ban. The 2009 EU law bans the
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Special Features
Blog: Reindeer, oil at Energy Summit
Across the vast tundra of northern Eurasia, nomadic indigenous peoples have herded reindeer for thousands of years. From the Sami in
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Language lecturer voted Finland’s Sámi of the Year
Sámi language and culture lecturer Outi Länsman was named Finland’s first Sámi of the Year on Saturday at the Turku
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Myths about Shell’s Arctic Alaska pullout persist
When Royal Dutch Shell announced that it had lost its big-money bet in the Chukchi Sea and would end its entire program
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Sweden backs EU climate line for Paris
Sweden’s minister for the Environment Åsa Romson joined EU environmental ministers in Brussels last week ahead of the United Nations Climate
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Arctic Alaska oil lease auctions scheduled for November
U.S. state and federal agencies will hold jointly scheduled auctions to lease oil and gas tracts across Arctic Alaska next
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UN rep. urges suspension of Sámi elections
Finland has been urged to suspend elections to the Sámi parliament amid controversy over recent additions to the electoral roll.
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Inuit launch new offensive against seal ban
A new pan-Arctic Inuit organization is taking its case on seal hunting directly to the European Parliament on Thursday. The organization
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Sámi politician calls Finland “racist country”
The former President of the Sámi Parliament in Finland has resigned from the indigenous people’s voter register to protest a
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New pipeline connects Arctic with Europe
The last pipe has been laid at the 482 km long Polarled Pipeline, the first Norwegian pipeline stretching north of
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Shell’s failure latest in series of Arctic flops
After pouring billions of dollars into offshore Arctic leases and a complicated drilling program that used the latest available technology,
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Blog: Singapore and the Arctic
In Singapore, they say, there are two seasons: summer outdoors and winter indoors. On a hot and dangerously hazynight last
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What Shell’s decision means for Alaska economy
Views on the impact of a Shell pullout from the already fragile Alaska economy ranged from dire to cautious Monday,
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Why Shell stopped drilling in Arctic Alaska
Royal Dutch Shell will abandon its Arctic oil exploration efforts in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea after spending billions of dollars on
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Arctic Energy Summit: What can polar regions learn from each other?
Energy security and the cost of living are constant challenges in most polar regions. While the South focuses on things like offshore drilling
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