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Before the long Easter weekend, we take a look back at some of your most read northern stories this week. (iStock)

Mining, politics and Maine: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 3, 2015 at 08:00
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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

Suicide rates in the world's circumpolar communities remain several times higher than their southern counterparts. (iStock)

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Mental wellness symposium taking place in Canadian Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 21:09 — Last Updated: Monday, March 30, 2015 at 18:54
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A circumpolar mental wellness symposium is taking place this week in Canada’s Arctic, tackling an issue that’s at the forefont

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Blog: Senate energy committee hearing exposes irony of Arctic opportunities

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, March 9, 2015 at 19:52 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Last week, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Arctic opportunities to assess how the country

Greenpeace activist dressed like a polar bear in Prague, Czech Republic on October 13, 2014. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)

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‘Poverty porn,’ Obama & Inuit health: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 21:45 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:59
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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

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Obama issues executive order to better coordinate Arctic policy

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 16:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 21:48
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With the United States on the verge of leading the eight-nation Arctic Council and far-north climate warming continuing at twice the

Political tensions have not affected cooperation in the Arctic, says Artur Chilingarov. (Trude Pettersen/Barents Observer)

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Russia still open for cooperation in the Arctic

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 15:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 21:48
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TROMSØ: “In the Arctic there are no problems that cannot be solved on the basis of mutual understanding and constructive

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Blog: #SavetheArctic… from Greenpeace

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, January 19, 2015 at 19:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 22:44
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I take a deep and annoyed breathe every time I see a Greenpeace #SavetheArctic tweet, video, or article. Not because

Admiral Robert Papp (pictured here in 2013) is the U.S. Special Representative to the Arctic. (Sean D. Ellio / The Day / AP)

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US seeks Finnish support for Arctic goals

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 19, 2015 at 16:04 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 22:44
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The United States is seeking a closer partnership with Finland through the Arctic Council, which brings together countries on or

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Politics, energy & climate: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 9, 2015 at 22:19 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 21:49
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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

Russian Polar Hero Artur Chilingarov speaks at Arctic Circle 2014 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Mia Bennett)

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2014 in Review: A strained year for the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 06:32 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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If 2013 was a year of expanded Arctic cooperation, perhaps best highlighted by the acceptance of five Asian states as

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)

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Russia, shipping and political crisis in Greenland: 2014 Year in Review (Part 3)

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 17:45 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 13:52
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Today is the last instalment of the Eye on the Arctic Year in Review where we checked in with our

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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Blog: The evolving role of regions in Arctic governance

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 19:37 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:50
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An interesting thing happened last Fall as the US prepared for its upcoming Arctic Council chairmanship. The Alaska Arctic Policy

Overlapping claims to the North Pole don't mean conflict is inevitable says a Norwegian expert. (iStock)

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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/14/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, November 14, 2014 at 21:38 — Last Updated: Monday, November 17, 2014 at 21:37
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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

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Analysis: Time to ramp up Arctic infrastructure in the U.S.

Sourabh Gupta & Dr. Ashok K. Roy
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2014 at 16:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 21:29
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At long last, the United States government appears poised to seize – if at times, fitfully – it’s Arctic Destiny.

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Blog: Field notes from Greenland – The muskox economy

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 13:45 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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“I just had muskox Thai curry at the only restaurant in town,” I messaged my friend after dinner one night