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The Greenlandic flag in territory's capital city of Nuuk. The incumbent Siumut party narrowly won a snap election in November 2014. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Shell, governance & Arctic exceptionalism: 2015 Year in Review (Part 1)

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 15:59 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 14:42
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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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Q&A: What’s at stake for the Arctic at COP21?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, December 4, 2015 at 21:51 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:37
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All eyes are on the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris. As part of our Eye on the

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Blog: Will COP21 turn down heat on Arctic?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 19:20 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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The world’s leaders are meeting in Paris this week for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, generally known as

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Speed, politics & TransCanada: Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, November 2, 2015 at 14:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

A judge has ordered Alaska officials to provide more outreach and resources to Yup’ik- and Gwich’in-speaking villagers in the upcoming November election. (iStock)

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Trudeau, shipping & Arctic conflict: Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, October 26, 2015 at 13:17 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

The nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) at the North Pole in 2013. Here, it brought the Olympic Flame to the North Pole for the first time during the torch relay for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. (Sergei Dolya/AP)

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Blog: Arctic cruise industry expands

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 18:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 18:10
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In August, just as the short polar cruising season was winding down to a close, I sat down in a canteen at Moscow

Norway's spy ship the Marjata will be equipped with sensors and other technology to snoop on Russia's activities in the Arctic beginning in 2016. (Norwegian Military/AP)

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Ships, spys and international ‘uncooperation’ – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2015 at 20:15
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

Admiral Robert Papp Jr. of the Coast Guard (ret.), special representative for the U.S. Arctic at the State Department, speaks at an Arctic symposium in Washington, D.C., July 14, 2015. (Erica Martinson / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Arctic Alaska meeting planned for Kerry, Lavrov and other officials

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 at 14:24 — Last Updated: Monday, July 20, 2015 at 18:16
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WASHINGTON — U.S. State Department officials are planning a “ministerial event” on Arctic policy later this summer in Alaska that could

Cargo ships entering Singapore in 2014. What can other countries learn from Singapore's engagement with the Arctic? (iStock)

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Asia ahead on preparing for polar climate change, says U.S. Arctic rep

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2015 at 22:23 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 15:57
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Asia has lessons to teach other countries when it comes to preparing for polar climate change, says the U.S. special

United States Secretary of State John Kerry responds to a question during a news conference at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: Obama defends Arctic drilling weeks after Kerry promotes clean energy at Arctic Council

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 18:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 17:45
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At the Arctic Council ministerial in Iqaluit, Canada on April 25, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waxed poetic about

A Finnish Air Force Hornet jet on May 16, 2011. A story looking at an upcoming aviation exercise in Arctic Europe was your top read Eye on the Arctic story this week. (Heikki Saukkomaa/AFP/Getty Images)

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NATO, icebreakers and a tragic loss: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 20:12 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

United States Secretary of State John Kerry receives the gavel from Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq to take over the chair of the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: As U.S. assumes chairmanship, what’s next for Arctic Council

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 14:19 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 21:00
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On April 24, the Arctic Council ministerial convened in Iqaluit, capital of the territory of Nunavut, wrapping up the two-year

Flags from participating nations are seen in the Nunavut Legislative Assembly in preparation for the Artic Council Ministerial Meeting Thursday, April 23, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups will met Friday in Iqaluit. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Mining, environment and polar politics – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 22:39 — Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 20:29
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

Stories concerning everything from drilling and education, to journalism and the environment, were among your most read stories this week. (iStock)

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Feature Interview: Rethinking how we talk about the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 20:28 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:52
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This week, chairmanship of the Arctic Council rotates from Canada to the United States. It’s a time when Arctic issues

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Majorities in Arctic nations favor cooperation with Russia

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 13:18 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 13:23
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A majority of the people living in the Arctic wants to continue cooperation with Russia despite the conflict in Ukraine.