Blog: Caribou, development & North Korea – Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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What Fitbit-like devices tell us about polar bears
To survive the harsh conditions of the Arctic, polar bears roaming Alaska’s Beaufort Sea coastline subsist on the equivalent of
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Sanctuary expands for near-extinct seal in Finland
In eastern Finland’s lake district, a ban on fishing with nets, which can be deadly for endangered ringed seals, is
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Sami win case for rights to hunt, fish in Sweden
The Gällivare District Court has awarded the Girjas Sami association in Norrbotten County the right to control hunting and fishing permits on
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Arctic soldiers training with reindeer in Russia
Soldiers from the Northern Fleet’s Arctic Brigade have for the first time learned how to use traditional means of transportation
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Critical winter for Finland’s Saimaa seal
Nesting for the endangered Saimaa ringed seal is under threat from rising waters and a lack of ice and snow.
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The Arctic & COP21:Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Small grizzlies dominate bigger polar bears: study
North Slope grizzly bears may be little, but when it comes to grabbing morsels of bowhead whale scraps, they are mighty
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Canadian caribou herd rebounds but future uncertain
Canada’s smallest caribou finally got some good news last week. After seeing its population decline by almost 80 per cent,
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Maps, climate & Hunter Tootoo: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Climate change leads snowshoe hares to Arctic Alaska
Though abundant over much of mainland Alaska, snowshoe hares were, until recently, absent from the state’s northernmost Arctic region. When did they
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Swedish wolves need more genetic diversity: study
A new report commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency says Sweden needs at least 300 wolves to maintain a
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The new face of climate change?
German tourists aboard a cruise through the Hinlopen Strait in Svalbard this summer were approaching a yellow dot on an ice-floe,
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Russian oil company studies polar bears
State company Rosneft spends more than 120 million rubles on studies of the Russian polar bear. Company representative Pavel Rassadkin
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North Sweden on lookout for raccoon dogs
As the moose-hunting season kicks off in northern Sweden, hunters are being encouraged to keep an eye out for the
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