China’s top 10 keywords for the Arctic
The country’s new Arctic policy document mentions the word «research» 41 times, «cooperation» 46 times and «climate» – 26 times.
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Blog – It’s official: China releases its first Arctic Policy
China has been an active player in the Arctic for years now, sending an icebreaker towards the North Pole, opening a research station
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Colonialism still present in Arctic, says premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Despite improved relations between the federal government and Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, northerners still get excluded from political
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Blog: Russia’s Yamal Peninsula reveals the paradox of sustainable Arctic development
For the fourth year in a row, Arctic Circle, the world’s largest gathering on Arctic issues convened in Iceland’s capital.
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Shell, governance & Arctic exceptionalism: 2015 Year in Review (Part 1)
2015 has drawn to a close which means Eye on the Arctic is looking back at this year’s news and events
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NSR – Russia to focus on domestic projects
REYKJAVIK: Transit cargo between Europe and Asia is plummeting, but cargo to and from Russian ports along the Northern Sea
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Alaska villages want in on Arctic planning
The long-standing president of Alaska’s Association of Village Council Presidents asked officials on Monday to take steps to include coastal villages he represents in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in
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Blog: The return of the Arctic Five
Last week, the five Arctic Ocean coastal states signed a much heralded moratorium on fishing in the high seas portion
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/14/14
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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Blog: Revisualizing the Cryosphere
Earlier this week, I participated in the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Polar Data Visualization Hackathon in New York City. Remote sensing scientists, glaciologists,
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/07/14
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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Arctic Circle 2014: Welcome to the new global Arctic
The Arctic has been no stranger to foreigners for quite some time. Although Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson opened the
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Blog: Arctic Circle – A tale of two Arctics
Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson opened this year’s Arctic Circle conference today by declaring, “If the Global Arctic was not
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Expert predicts ice-free Arctic by 2020 as UN releases climate report
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Get ready to order those beach umbrellas in Barrow. One of the leading authorities on the physics of
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Blog: From Arctic Circle 2013-2014, a big drop in the price of oil
I’ve arrived in Iceland for the Arctic Circle 2014 assembly. I expressed some reservations about the conference program yesterday, but it should still be
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