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Alaska and Arctic Shipping: Boon or Boondoggle?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 08:11
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At the July 16-18 Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic held in Washington, D.C., Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski

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View across Reykjavík in Iceland from Öskjuhlíd Hill. (Kirsty Wigglesworth, File / AP)
Business Business (Iceland) Iceland 

Porter Airlines signs deal with Icelandair

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:50
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Porter Airlines has signed an interline agreement with Icelandair that gives passengers on its flights access to Europe on a single combined

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NTSB team at the Rediske Air crash site in Soldotna, Alaska. (NTSB)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Clues sought in deadly Alaska plane crash

Ben Anderson, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 09:51
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ANCHORAGE — During a final regularly-scheduled press briefing with media Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board Member Earl Weener ruled out

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Earl Weener, NTSB board member, talks to reportes outside the Soldotna airport on July 8, 2013. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Phones, GPS may hold clues to Alaska plane crash

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 11:17
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SOLDOTNA — A major accident “go team” of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials from Washington D.C. arrived here shortly

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(Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch )
Society Society (USA) USA 

10 people dead in Alaska plane crash

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2013 at 10:09
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A Nikiski-based charter plane crashed at the Soldotna Municipal Airport in south Alaska Sunday morning, killing all 10 people aboard,

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Military personnel recovering the remains of a C-124 air plane that crashed on Colony glacier in 1952. July 12, 2012 (Loren Homes / Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Search resumes on Alaska glacier for remains of 1952 plane crash victims

Ben Anderson, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, June 21, 2013 at 10:42
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The hot weather in Alaska that has driven folks to lakes and ice cream stands has had an altogether different

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Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (The Canadian Press)
Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Delegation promotes Canada’s eastern Arctic capital city as airplane test site

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 14:40
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A delegation from Iqaluit is in Paris this week, pitching the city’s cold to the aviation industry. They’re at the

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Air Greenland's service between Iqaluit and Nuuk was less successful than hoped. (CBC)
Business Denmark/Greenland 

Air Greenland’s Iqaluit service off to rocky start

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 12:07
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Summer flights between Nunavut and Greenland have resumed for the second year in a row. The first flight from Nuuk

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MiG-35d military planes perform in Moscow, on August 16, 2011. A new Swedish report highlights concerns about Russia's political direction. (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP PHOTO)
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian plane violates Finnish airspace

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 13, 2013 at 11:31
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A Russian military aircraft violated Finnish airspace over the Gulf of Finland around mid-day on Monday. According to the Ministry

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By allegedly capturing an Idaho garter snake and transporting it across state lines, a 23-year-old Alaska firefighter violated the federal Lacey Act. And that would prove costly for all involved. Here's what happened. (Aaron Jansen illustration / Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Snakes in the North: costly for one young Alaskan — and the government

Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 12:07
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Little could former Fairbanks dishwasher Matthew Mayo have guessed that his infatuation with the common garter snake would become a

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Duane Wilson, vice-president of merchandising and logistics with Arctic Co-operatives Ltd., says the company will switch to using Canadian North, with Winnipeg as a hub for shipping food due to changes in the food subsidy program for northern residents. (CBC)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Food program changes business in Canada’s Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 09:17
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Changes to the supply chain for Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. are creating new transportation routes in Canada’s High Arctic. Arctic Co-operatives

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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