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Finnair with record number of flights above the Arctic Circle next winter

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 12:05
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Rovaniemi, Kittilä, Ivalo, Kirkenes, Alta, Tromsø and Bodø are all destinations inside the Arctic Circle for the Finnish flag carrier

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) 

While Trump casts doubt on NATO policy, B-52s make first time ever bombs drop over Lapland

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 09:48
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This is the first time bombs have been dropped by United States strategic bombers, hitting targets in Rovajärvi firing range,

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Politics Politics (Norway) 

Angle grinder used to cut telecommunications cable to NATO’s northernmost QRA base

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 10:50
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Nordland Police District has provided a photo of the key communication cable that last April was cut. Two deeper and

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Kola, Karelia soldiers likely to increase from 30,000 to 80,000

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 24, 2025 at 10:03
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Thousands of soldiers from the three brigades inside the Arctic Circle, near the border with NATO, are killed or wounded

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Harry S. Truman carrier strike group on exercise inside the Arctic Circle

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 14:32
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The giant U.S. Navy carrier is currently sailing Vestfjorden near the Lofoten archipelago, training with the Norwegian Air Force.  “It

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics (Russia) Politics (Russia) 

Twice more Russian diplomats in Norway than the other way around

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 18, 2024 at 15:31
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Keeping diplomatic channels open in times of turmoil is important but far from easy. Moscow was this week forced to

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land area covered with ice
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics 

Scorching heat, melting ice, forests ablaze: Why the Arctic needs Azerbaijan

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, September 2, 2024 at 15:20
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With temperatures in the 30s as we head into September here in Germany, it’s hard not to worry about the

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business Business (Denmark/Greenland) Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 

Serco Inc. secures $323-m contract for power upgrades at U.S. Arctic space base

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 16:02
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Serco Inc. has been awarded a $323 million contract to manage upgrades to the backup power systems at Pituffik Space

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Ilse ready to ‘Swim the Arctic Circle’

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, July 12, 2024 at 14:57
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Hundreds of brave souls are preparing to take part in an annual series of races in the Torne River, above

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Nightless nights begin in Finland’s Far North

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 10:23
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Residents of Finnish Lapland’s northernmost towns will next see the sun dip below the horizon in late July. The season

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Russia’s Navalny describes harsh reality at ‘Polar Wolf’ Arctic prison

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 at 08:53
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Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Tuesday confirmed his arrival at what he described as a snow-swept prison above

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Russia’s Navalny tracked down to ‘Polar Wolf’ prison in the Arctic

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, December 25, 2023 at 11:37
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Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been tracked down to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, his

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News Politics Politics (Norway) 

Last European entry point bans Russian cars

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 10:38
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The entry ban starts from Tuesday October 3, the Foreign Ministry in Oslo announces in a press-release. “Norway stands together

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Norway Politics (Norway) Politics (USA) USA 

Carrier USS Ford is now operating inside the Arctic Circle

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 5, 2023 at 11:16
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Sailing the waters around Lofoten archipelago in Northern Norway, the authority of the strike group was this weekend transferred from

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

The ‘nightless night’ season begins in Finland’s Far North

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 15, 2023 at 15:53
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When the sun sets over the Finnish Lapland municipality of Utsjoki on Monday, it will be the last time for

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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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