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Environment

More flood mitigation infrastructure coming to 2 Yukon communities
* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

More flood mitigation infrastructure coming to 2 Yukon communities

Politics

PM Orpo: Finland must apologise to Sámi people
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

PM Orpo: Finland must apologise to Sámi people

Society

Finland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 70 recommendations
* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 70 recommendations

Science

Photo of community of Kuujjuaq, Que.
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Science 

Nunavik health board proposes hiring private staff to help curb tuberculosis outbreak

Business

New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger
* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger

Art & Culture

Iqaluit Pan-Arctic Vision celebrates diversity, community and coming home to your cat
* Featured * Art (Canada) Art and Culture Canada Culture Featured • Zone 3 General 

Iqaluit Pan-Arctic Vision celebrates diversity, community and coming home to your cat

News

Finland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 70 recommendations
* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 70 recommendations

Thursday, December 4, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger
* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger

Thursday, December 4, 2025Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
PM Orpo: Finland must apologise to Sámi people
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

PM Orpo: Finland must apologise to Sámi people

Thursday, December 4, 2025Yle News0

Canada

Gwich’in want Carney to advocate for protecting caribou, oppose Trump’s Alaska oil plans
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Gwich’in want Carney to advocate for protecting caribou, oppose Trump’s Alaska oil plans

Thursday, December 4, 2025Avery Zingel, CBC News0
More flood mitigation infrastructure coming to 2 Yukon communities
* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 General 

More flood mitigation infrastructure coming to 2 Yukon communities

Wednesday, December 3, 2025CBC News0
‘It’s an issue of accountability’: Yukon man calls for more transparency on energy bills
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

‘It’s an issue of accountability’: Yukon man calls for more transparency on energy bills

Wednesday, December 3, 2025CBC News0

Denmark/Greenland

Arctic Council launches latest “Plastic in a Bottle” capsules from Greenland
* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Arctic Council launches latest “Plastic in a Bottle” capsules from Greenland

Friday, November 28, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
Inuit sound alarm after UN biodiversity talks: ‘Stop conflating Indigenous Peoples with local communities’
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 1 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Inuit sound alarm after UN biodiversity talks: ‘Stop conflating Indigenous Peoples with local communities’

Wednesday, November 19, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
Facing rapid Arctic warming, Inuit call for full voice in COP30 climate decisions
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 

Facing rapid Arctic warming, Inuit call for full voice in COP30 climate decisions

Thursday, November 13, 2025Eye on the Arctic0

Finland

Finland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 70 recommendations
* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 70 recommendations

Thursday, December 4, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
PM Orpo: Finland must apologise to Sámi people
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

PM Orpo: Finland must apologise to Sámi people

Thursday, December 4, 2025Yle News0
Nearly 700 health and social services jobs at risk in Lapland and South Karelia
* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Society (Finland) 

Nearly 700 health and social services jobs at risk in Lapland and South Karelia

Monday, December 1, 2025Yle News0

Iceland

NATO chief to Arctic Allies: “We’re all frontline states now,” as Iceland’s role grows
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News Politics Politics (Iceland) 

NATO chief to Arctic Allies: “We’re all frontline states now,” as Iceland’s role grows

Monday, December 1, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current’s possible collapse
* Featured * Environment Environment (Iceland) Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News 

Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current’s possible collapse

Wednesday, November 12, 2025Thomson Reuters0
Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Blog Featured • Zone 2 General Iceland Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?

Wednesday, October 22, 2025Mia Bennett1

Norway

New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger
* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger

Thursday, December 4, 2025Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
NATO sends more ships to High North “amid increasing operational demands”
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

NATO sends more ships to High North “amid increasing operational demands”

Tuesday, December 2, 2025Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
The deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean are warming now too
* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General 

The deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean are warming now too

Thursday, November 27, 2025The Independent Barents Observer0

Russia

Russia withdraws from Euro-Arctic rescue cooperation
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Society (Canada) 

Russia withdraws from Euro-Arctic rescue cooperation

Friday, November 28, 2025Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Norilsk Nickel admits trouble as Russia’s war-torn economy suffers due to sanctions
* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Norilsk Nickel admits trouble as Russia’s war-torn economy suffers due to sanctions

Tuesday, November 25, 2025Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
US senators say Trump failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics (Russia) News Russia 

US senators say Trump failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine

Monday, November 24, 2025Thomson Reuters0

Sweden

Poland subs deal a strategic boost for Sweden’s Navy
* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Poland subs deal a strategic boost for Sweden’s Navy

Wednesday, December 3, 2025Radio Sweden0
Energy products continue to make up the majority of Finland's imports from Russia. (iStock)
* Featured * Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Electricity to get more expensive in the north due to new Sweden-Finland powerline

Wednesday, November 12, 2025Radio Sweden0
Proposal: Sweden’s 2030 climate targets to remain unchanged
* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Proposal: Sweden’s 2030 climate targets to remain unchanged

Friday, October 31, 2025Radio Sweden0

USA

Alaskan tribes sue B.C. gov’t over mines in far northwest
* Featured * Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

Alaskan tribes sue B.C. gov’t over mines in far northwest

Tuesday, December 2, 2025CBC News0
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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 1 Newsroom Picks • zone 3 USA 

Congress approves measure to overturn Biden-era plan for Alaska petroleum reserve

Thursday, November 20, 2025The Canadian Press0
Alaska Ambler Road project back in focus as company outlines vision for work ahead
* Featured * Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 News USA 

Alaska Ambler Road project back in focus as company outlines vision for work ahead

Monday, November 17, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0

Podcasts

Arctic Tourism and the Pandemic

Longforms

Arctic Ambition: Taloyoak’s quest to transform its economy through environmental protection
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 2 Featured Longform Longform Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Arctic Ambition: Taloyoak’s quest to transform its economy through environmental protection

Wednesday, June 12, 2024Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0

Blog

Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Blog Featured • Zone 2 General Iceland Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?

Wednesday, October 22, 2025Mia Bennett1

Video Reports

Inuit artists reflect on their art, their culture and their language
Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture General Video Reports 

Inuit artists reflect on their art, their culture and their language

Wednesday, November 6, 2019Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic1

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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