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Canada’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship to be launched Saturday

14 September 201817 September 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments AOPS, Arctic, Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, HMCS Harry DeWolf

Shipbuilders at Halifax Shipyard are set to launch Canada’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) on Saturday to get

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Russia flexes its military muscles with Arctic component of Vostok 2018 war games

12 September 201817 September 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, Chukotka, military, Northern Fleet, Russia, Vostok-2018

The Russian military is conducting a series of exercises designed to test and showcase its ability to mount large-scale joint

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Communities wrestle with shark-bite mystery off Alaskan coast

24 July 201827 July 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Barrow, Bering Strait, climate change, food security, hunting, indigenous, Nome, North Slope, oceans, sea lions, seals

Sometimes it’s seals with amputated flippers. Or even a sea lion snatched seemingly out of thin air. But for at

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Inuit association gets $900,000 to monitor marine protected area in Arctic Canada

19 July 201819 July 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Inuit, marine areas, nature, Nunavut, politics, Tallurutiup Imanga / Lancaster Sound, traditional Indigenous knowledge

The association that represents Inuit in Canada’s Baffin region will get $900,000 to set up a pilot program to monitor

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Arctic and Antarctic waters breed more new species than tropics: study

9 July 201813 July 2018 Allison Chandler, CBC News 0 Comments animals, Antarctic, Arctic, Biodiversity, fauna, flora, nature, plants, species, vegetation, wildlife

Think life is easier in the tropics? A new study published in the journal Nature suggests Arctic and Antarctic waters,

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Norway to build three large Coast Guard ships for Arctic

28 June 201829 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Coast Guard, Norway, sea ice, ships

With a length of 136 meters, the three will be the largest Coast Guard vessels sailing the European Arctic. Norway’s

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Police lift lockdown of Nunavut community

19 June 201819 June 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic, Nunavut, RCMP, Sanikiluaq

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nunavut said Thursday afternoon that they have lifted the lockdown in the Arctic territory’s

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Russia’s resources minister to open new Arctic office

19 June 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Antarctica, Arctic, Arctic department, Dmitry Kobylkin, environmental protection, gas, meteorology, natural resources, oil

An improvement of the ministry structure is needed in order to meet the requirements of the Russian President, says Minister

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Alaska museum’s latest exhibit gives unique look at pingoes

16 June 201815 June 2018 Erin McKinstry, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Anchorage, Arctic, John Grade, Murmur, museum, nature, Pingo

When Seattle-base sculptor John Grade first headed to the Arctic, he was searching for the northernmost tree he could find.

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Russian troops undertake exploration of large Arctic island

12 June 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, exploration, history, military bases, military exercises, Novaya Zemlya, Russia

Five 30-ton heavy ATVs are making their way around the Novaya Zemlya (Russian Arctic) as part of a major exploratory

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US Gov preparing for oil exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

8 June 20188 June 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, ANWR, Arctic, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic oil, conservation, environment, Kaktovik, oil, U.S. Interior Department, wildlife

The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday announced it is undertaking a series of construction projects to prepare for oil exploration

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Norway’s Arctic islands crush May heat records

5 June 20184 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Bjørnøya, climate change, global warming, islands, Jan Mayen, Longyearbyen, Ny Alesund, Svalbard, weather

It was 6,0°C above normal in Longyarbyen (Svalbard) which concluded its 90th month in a row with above normal temperatures.

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Russia names new acting Governor of resource-rich Arctic region

30 May 201830 May 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Dmitry Artyukhov, oil and gas, politics, Russia, Siberia, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Dmitry Artyukhov was this week appointed acting Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Artyukhov officially took over the reigns of

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While Trump shuns climate research, Sweden looks to lure American scientists

25 May 201825 May 2018 Philip Barjami, Radio Sweden 0 Comments Arctic, climate, climate change, environmental, global warming, research, Science, Sweden, United States

The Swedish government is setting up a guest research program to attract American climate and environmental scientists. We spoke to

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Ignoring Indigenous women’s traditional knowledge hurts Arctic science, G7 summit hears

24 May 201825 May 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, colonialism, environment, gender, LGBT, research, traditional Indigenous knowledge

Indigenous women’s traditional knowledge is too often excluded from scientific research in the North, something that could have serious implications