Satellite imagery reveals construction progress on new Chinese Antarctic base
A US think tank report suggests that China’s expanding activities in polar regions, including a new Antarctic research station currently
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Arctic
Antarctic sea ice lowest on record, continued glacier mass loss in Arctic: WMO report
The lowest Antarctic sea ice extent on record and glacier mass loss in parts of the Arctic are just two examples
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Arctic security key in upcoming defence agreement: acting Danish defence minister
Security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic will be a key focus in the upcoming Danish defence agreement, Denmark’s
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In bid to tap Arctic gas, Norway eyes pipeline connection to Barents Sea
The Norwegian government might support the building of a far northern natural gas pipeline. A report commissioned by the country’s
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COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials
By Emily Blake Plan to eliminate TB by 2030 still in place Nunavut’s health minister says the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted
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Moscow outlines big future for Arkhangelsk Seaport
Few months after the FSB-associated company of Andrei Patrushev acquired a stake in the Arctic infrastructure object, the country’s deputy
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Russia opens new airfield in remote Arctic archipelago Severnaya Zemlya
It is built to handle “any heavy cargo aircraft” and will serve primarily Arctic researchers and their drifting North Pole
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U.S. air base in Greenland gets new name inspired by Inuit language
Thule Air Base in Greenland, the U.S.’s northernmost military installation, has been renamed Pituffik Space Base. U.S. officials says the
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Russian Arctic rescue exercise attended by observers from Iran and Saudi Arabia
The exercise called “Secure Arctic 2023” included 16 scenarios and was held in nine Russian Arctic regions, from Murmansk in
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Inuvialuit elder, scientist describe the Arctic’s shrinking ice cover
Ice cover this year hit a maximum extent that’s smaller and came earlier than past average The condition of the
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Ice decline in Bering Sea could affect carbon export and fish ranges
The continued decline of sea ice on the Bering Sea could have implications for everything from carbon export, to the
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Federal budget makes little specific mention of the North
The federal government’s latest budget contained little that’s new or specific for the North, despite an ongoing housing crunch in the
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ConocoPhillips details Alaska gas leak cause, remedies at hearing
ConocoPhillips, which last week received U.S. government approval for the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska, detailed reasons for a natural
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First-of-its-kind Arctic tech forum brings Inuit together in Iqaluit
Qikiqtaaluk Business Development Corporation hopes to make forum a regular event Inuit from across Inuit Nunangat are gathered in Iqaluit this
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UN high seas treaty praised by Inuit Circumpolar Council
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has applauded the United Nations’ high seas treaty reached this month, saying it will contribute
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