Blog: Hamburg & the Northern Sea Route
The port city of Hamburg, Germany actually lies 130 kilometers inland from the North Sea. Despite this distance, it has
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Blog: Reflections on 8th international congress of Arctic social sciences
In the logging town-turned service center of Prince George, British Columbia, close to 500 people descended upon the University of
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Blog: UK has Arctic on radar in national maritime security strategy
The United Kingdom is a country with longstanding interests in the Arctic. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, English whalers
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Blog: North Korea and the Northern Sea Route
Last year, a total of three ships sailed from the Port of Ust-Luga, Russia along the Northern Sea Route (NSR).
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Blog: What’s in a name? The Japanese-built, Chinese-chartered icebreaker – MV Nunavik
At the Nunavik Nickel Project mine in northern Quebec, Japanese shipbuilding skills, Chinese mining expertise, and European demand are combining
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Blog: Interview with Arctic Corridor Spokesman Timo Lohi
On Monday, I spoke with Timo Lohi, who is heading up the Arctic Corridor project based in Finland. The Arctic
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Blog: Local vs Global – Dualism in Arctic Policy Development
For those readers who just arrived to this blog from a 1981 deLorean, the Arctic has in recent years become
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What the changing Arctic means for Finland
Global warming, the melting of the Arctic Ocean and new rail lines could open great opportunities for Finland. Its time
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China expert warns Alaska: Be wary of pipeline dreams
At a clean energy conference in Anchorage Thursday, Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell got a stern dose of skepticism about the
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