Russia taking over ownership stakes in Arctic oil field
Russia announced further moves Tuesday to take over foreign ownership stakes in energy projects, saying it would acquire the stock
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‘A shared understanding’: Northerners take in Pope’s apology while looking to next steps
For Natan Obed, the apology by Pope Francis on Monday to Indigenous people in Canada for the role the Catholic Church
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Pangnirtung health centre in northern Canada will be closed next month due to staff shortages
The health centre in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, will be temporarily closed next month for about one week, according to the Department of
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Murmansk offers 100,000 rubles cash in recruitment campaign for Ukraine war
Governor Andrei Chibis takes a more active role in the Ukraine war and promises payment by signing to “Arctic patriots.”
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As the Earth heats up, high-temperature records are being broken more often
It sounds like a broken record: as the Earth continues to heat up due to man-made climate change, “hottest temperature
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Thawing Arctic will reveal more mummified creatures, brings new risks
By Laura McQuillan · CBC News Millions of tonnes of carbon and methane, trapped in permafrost for thousands of years, could be
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Physiological responses in narwhal disrupted by seismic surveys, says study
Sounds from the seismic air guns used in oil exploration disrupt the typical physiological responses in diving narwhals, says new
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Murmansk gets comprehensive facial-recognition surveillance system
Authorities call it the «Safe City project» – the 1,658 CCTV cameras that will be installed in the Murmansk region
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Arctic warming four times faster than thought, says study
Although it’s well known that climate change is having dramatic impacts on the North compared to elsewhere in the world,
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Warmest June ever at Svalbard
Average temperature at Svalbard airport Longyearbyen was 6,0°C, which is 2,4°C above average for June and the warmest ever recorded.
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Heatwave across northern Scandinavia
Temperatures surpassed 30 degrees Celsius across northern Scandinavia on Wednesday and many metrological stations hit new record high temperatures for
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Europe-Asia Arctic route loaded at one-tenth of capacity
Rosatom engages the world’s only civilian nuclear-powered cargo vessels for yet another year on voyages between St. Petersburg and Petropavlovsk,
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We’re building a ‘Noah’s Ark’ in the Arctic, Rosneft CEO says in speech
A great Flood is on its way from the West, Igor Sechin warns. He finds salvation in Arctic project Vostok
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NORAD overhaul will replace aging radar stations in Arctic Canada
Canada will spend $4.9 billion over the next six years to modernize continental defence, Defence Minister Anita Anand said Monday. Anand
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Researchers identify polar bear population that hunts off glacier ice
A genetically distinct polar bear population that hunts off freshwater ice has been identified in Greenland, researchers outline in a
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