Out of campaign spotlight, Obama keeps focus on Arctic says official
The people vying to succeed him may not be talking on the campaign trail about the Arctic, but President Barack
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Climate, politics and the question that just won’t die: Arctic Council meeting winds up in Maine
Portland, Maine – Climate change was at the top of the agenda during this week’s Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials Meeting,
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The Arctic Council at 20 – View from Iceland
The Arctic Council is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. The international forum has Canadian roots and was established on September 19,
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The Arctic Council at 20 – View from Canada
The Arctic Council is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. The international forum also has Canadian roots and was established on September
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Yukon’s climate, notoriously cold in Gold Rush days, expected to transform in coming decades
In the days of poet Robert Service more than a century ago, Canada’s Yukon territory was almost as notorious for its
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Arctic shipwreck confirmed as Franklin expedition’s missing HMS Terror
Canadian officials have confirmed that a shipwreck found in uncharted waters of a remote Arctic bay earlier this month is
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Blog: Greenland ice holds Cold War peril
It sounds like something from a science-fiction novel or a disaster movie. A hidden city under ice, housing 200 people,
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The Arctic Council at 20 – View from Finland
The Arctic Council is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. The international forum also has Canadian roots and was established on September
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Council – 20 years in a warming world
Twenty years does not really seem like a long time. But when it comes to climate change in the Arctic, the
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Russian researchers besieged by polar bears on Arctic island
The five Russian researchers where trapped for days in their small cabin at the remote Arctic island of Troynoy. The
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Ice-Blog: German research station celebrates birthday in Arctic Norway
25 years ago, Germany set up its own Arctic research station in the tiny settlement of Ny Alesund, in the
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Ice-Blog: Alpine ice – no more than a memory? New archive of ice cores
It was with mixed feelings that I read an article drawn to my attention by a colleague earlier in the
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Alaska & Russia join forces to create database of walrus haulouts dating back 160-years
When Russian explorers sailed that nation’s northeastern coastline along the Chukchi Sea in 1852, they were startled when they encountered
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Research balloon breaks tether, floats away before falling into Beaufort Sea
A 13-foot-tall research balloon that was to float into the clouds on a mile-long tether above Alaska’s North Slope broke
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What shallow lakes are telling us about the changing Arctic climate
Permafrost changes are among the most alarming consequences of warming Arctic temperatures. All across the Arctic, the shifts in how permafrost
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