Canadian feds return $430M to oil and gas companies ahead of Arctic offshore exploration ban
The federal government returned $430 million in security deposits to oil and gas companies that committed to spend billions exploring
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Equinor drops plan for oil transfer terminal at Veidnes in northern Norway
This Arctic beauty spot will remain exactly that; a beauty spot. The costs of constructing an oil terminal at Veidnes
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Arctic Canada : airline merger creating ‘dire’ situation for northwest communities, says MLA
The MLA for the Northwest Territories’ northernmost communities is calling on airlines in the Beaufort Delta to provide more frequent
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Arctic Canada: over 140 businesses left stranded by shutdown of major trucking companies
More than 140 businesses have been left in the lurch by the shutdown of two Tlicho-owned trucking companies. For the
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Latest LNG carrier arrives in Arctic Russian port, marks completion of tanker fleet
The «Yakov Gakkel» in late November sailed into the Kara Sea with course for the Sabetta LNG terminal in Yamal.
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Nordic PMs sign climate declaration at Iceland meeting
A meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers ended in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday with the signing of a joint declaration on
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Residents of western Finland town oppose plan to boost coal operations
The Port of Kokkola in west-coast Finland is facing local resistance over plans to expand coal operations. The facility has
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Climate change could unleash Greenland sand bonanza, say researchers
The sediment left behind as climate change melts Greenland’s glaciers could provide unexpected export opportunities for the territory as the
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“The ‘Smart Arctic’ is Indigenous,” Saami leader tells Arctic Frontiers
We Sámi people manage the life cycles of natural resources and produce little or no wastes, that is what I
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Indigenous Cultural Tourism: How the North is learning from community success in southern Canada
The successes of cultural tourism in Canada’s southern Aboriginal communities are providing an important roadmap for development of Indigenous cultural
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$125.2 million announced for high-speed internet in Inuit region of Arctic Quebec
Ottawa and the province of Quebec announced $125.2 million this week to help improve high-speed internet in Nunavik, the Inuit
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Russia postpones minister-level business talks with Norway
A long-planned June meeting with Norway’s Trade and Industry Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen will have to wait until Russia has
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China’s retaliatory tariffs could cripple Alaska’s seafood industry
Alaska’s economy could suffer as a result of China’s 25 percent tariff on American seafood imports and that worries U.S.
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Blog – In Santa’s hometown, are tourism and a railway threatening Sámi culture?
Located just a few kilometers to the south of the Arctic Circle, the unassuming Finnish city of Rovaniemi does not
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Fewer Russians doing cross-border shopping in Northern Norway
The number of people crossing the Norwegian-Russian border is shrinking. But some people, like Aleksandr, will continue to travel between
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