‘Farm in a box’ offers year-round Alaska crops
An Anchorage startup company has found a new use for the refrigerated container vans that once brought perishable items to
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Helsinki has priciest Xmas trees in Finland
An Yle survey of market square Christmas tree merchants shows that Helsinki, and especially central Helsinki, has the most expensive.
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COP21: View from Nunavut, Canada
On the occasion of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the Arctic has
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Oil & gas industry messages Alaska students
With talk of taxes on the rise and Alaska struggling with massive deficits, an oil and gas trade association representing some
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Reinstilling pride in the Inuit seal hunt
This month, Inuit launched a new offensive in their battle against the EU seal ban. The 2009 EU law bans the
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Blog: Singapore and the Arctic
In Singapore, they say, there are two seasons: summer outdoors and winter indoors. On a hot and dangerously hazynight last
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Permafrost thaw to cost global economy trillions
Permafrost may be mostly invisible underground, but the consequences of its thawing will be anything but. That’s according to a
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Winds cause flooding in Alaska village, prompts Shell to pause oil drilling
Huge, wind-whipped waves crashed onto the shore at Barrow on Thursday, forcing the closure of a nearby road, the National
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Finns need Swedish, say Norway employers
Norwegian business leaders and academics interviewed by Yle’s Swedish-language news service say they are disappointed in the overall level of
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Project brings salmon back to Swedish river
Some 15 years ago, officials were alarmed by the rapid decline of wild salmon populations in Sweden’s Vindel River but
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North American pines invading Swedish forests
In the 1970’s Swedish forest companies started importing pine trees from North America, and today – a billion tree plants
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Blog: The Arctic is not just an earmark for Alaska says senator
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) gave a speech at the 6th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval
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Descendant dilemma looms for Alaska Native corporations
The Alaska Native corporation for the Nome region will analyze the idea of enrolling descendants while sister corporations keep such
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Sweden’s plan to boost rural housing fails
The Swedish government’s investment in a guaranteed line of credit to build new houses in rural areas has been a
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Sweden: Government to form council of researchers for sustainable development
During last week’s Almedalen political week, the red-green government decided to form a council consisting of science researchers to
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