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This was a view of the ice in the sea north of Deadhorse from the cockpit of a U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Domain Awareness flight out of Kodiak on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (Kamala Kelkar / Alaska Dispatch News)

Obama visit brings new attention to Arctic

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 14:36 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 19:18
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Climate scientists said Tuesday they hope President Obama’s visit to Alaska and next week’s State Department-organized Anchorage conference on climate

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Examining mental health in Arctic Alaska

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 18:26 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 19:18
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When Alaska Health and Social Services Commissioner Valerie Davidson parked her car in downtown Anchorage Monday and walked to the swanky

A story looking at the complexity of polar bear hair and what that knowledge could contribute to design were among your most read stories this week. (Mathieu Belanger/Reuters)

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Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review

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Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 19:55
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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Unraveling the mysteries of polar bear hair

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 13:47 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 20:33
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Polar bear hairs are hollow to maximize insulating qualities of the animals’ fur, as almost every student of the Arctic

Radar stations are under construction in the Russian district of Vorkuta and in the Arctic Murmansk region. (iStock)

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Russians wrap up Arctic ice floe research

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 18:00 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 18:26
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An icebreaker sailed from Murmansk yesterday to pick up 17 scientists who have spent four months on an ice floe

The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy off the shore of Nome, Alaska on July 20, 2015. (Kamala Kelkar / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Life on the U.S. icebreaker Healy

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 18:23
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It’s been two days since the only U.S. ship deployed above the Arctic Circle each summer has left the ice,

A helicopter drops a load of water on the wildfire front just outside the evacuated village of Gammelby near Sala, Central Sweden, on August 4, 2014. The fire was classified as the worst forest fire in Sweden's modern history. (Fredrick Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)

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One year anniversary of historic forest fire in Sweden

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Posted: Friday, July 31, 2015 at 14:11
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Friday is exactly one year after an enormous forest fire broke out in Västmanland in central Sweden. And since the fire, forestry companies

The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority is requesting that the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs intervenes in the case of a sunken Russian submarine. (iStock)

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Norwegian outcry over sunken Russian sub tests

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2015 at 13:40 — Last Updated: Friday, July 31, 2015 at 13:43
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Researchers fear they might never see their samples taken near the sunken nuclear submarine “K-159”. A joint team of Norwegian and

The Arctic Canadian community of Ukukhaktok in Canada's Northwest Territories. A move to reduce diesel use in community's like this one, were among your most read stories this week. (Eilís Quinn / Eye on the Arctic)

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Fishing, science missions and the end of diesel in the North? – Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2015 at 20:32 — Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2015 at 20:51
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

Rocket technicians of the SSC (Swedish Space Corporation) assemble the student rocket 'Rexus 11' at the Esrange Space Centre near Kiruna on November 15, 2012. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sweden developes new space strategy

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Posted: Friday, July 3, 2015 at 13:22 — Last Updated: Monday, July 6, 2015 at 20:51
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Sweden may soon have a new strategy for space, with proposals on how to get the most out of the

Adult female walruses on an ice floe with their young in the U.S. waters of the Eastern Chukchi Sea in Alaska in 2012.S.A. Sonsthagen / U.S. Geological Survey / AP)

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September Arctic sea ice forecast

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 14:16 — Last Updated: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 18:13
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It may be only June, but predictions are already in for Arctic sea ice conditions in September, the month of

In this May 25, 2014 file photo, Central Emergency Services firefighter Dan Jensen maneuvers a hose into position to fight a portion of a wildfire in the Funny River community of Soldotna, Alaska. Wildfires are blistering Alaska forests with increasing frequency and intensity and forest managers and climate scientists are trying to explain why and predict what's next. One common factor associated with the increase, which doesn't bode well for 2015 or beyond, is warm weather, even if experts don't explicitly blame climate change. (Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion via AP)

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Dramatic increase in tundra-fire frequency in Arctic Alaska: report

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 18:31 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:20
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If it seems like there’s more fire activity in Alaska than in the past, that’s no illusion. The long-term record shows

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Canada creates new Polar Medal

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 20:30 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 18:39
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The Canadian government announced the creation of a new medal on Tuesday to honour people who’ve made a difference in

A fin whale in the Atlantic Ocean. (iStock)

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Endangered whales found dead in Alaska waters

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 13:55 — Last Updated: Monday, June 22, 2015 at 17:49
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At least nine fin whales have been found dead in recent weeks in southern Alaska waters, and researchers with the

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Shipping, military and the continental shelf: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 19:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 15:17
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this