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July may surpass hottest month in recorded history says World Meteorological Organization

5 August 20195 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, climate change, Copernicus Climate Change Programme, Russia, Siberia, weather, wildfires

July at least equalled, and may even have surpassed, being the hottest month in recorded history, says the World Meteorological

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2019 Arctic wildfire season ‘unprecedented’ say experts

30 July 20192 August 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, climate change, Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, emissions, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Russia, Siberia, vegetation

June and July are shaping up to be the most intense Arctic wildfire periods on record with blazes raging everywhere

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Arctic underwater forests set to expand with rapid warming

20 May 201924 May 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Canada, climate change, kelp, kelp forest, marine environment, Norway, Nunavut

While much of the world attention has been focused on rapid sea ice reduction in the Arctic, the changes underneath

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Arctic Council experts tackle black carbon risk posed by wildfires

21 January 201925 January 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Canada, China, climate change, global warming, India, POLICY, pollution, research, Science, weather

Forest fires, important sources of black carbon emissions, devastated Arctic regions around the world in 2018, and are an increasing

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Barclays latest bank to nix Arctic oil financing, singles out Alaska’s ANWR

16 January 201929 January 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments banking, Canada, climate change, Gwich’in, Gwich’in Steering Committee, indigenous, resources

Citing global warming and the Paris climate agreement, international banking behemoth Barclays says it’s nixing most future investment in Arctic drilling.

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Blog – Franklin expedition: How a doomed Arctic voyage presaged transpolar flights

18 December 201821 December 2018 Mia Bennett 0 Comments British, Canada, exploration, Franklin expedition, history, HMS Erebus, HMS Terror, Inuit, Netsilik Inuit, Northwest Passage, Sir John Franklin

Last month, I flew from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on one of those sleek jets that fuse heaven and

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Canada’s Inuit set out their priorities for federal Arctic policy roadmap

9 November 20189 November 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 1 Comment Arctic Policy Framework, Canada, Inuit

As the federal government works on developing its new Arctic policy strategy, Canada’s national Inuit organization is calling on Ottawa

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Increasing ocean acidification ushering era of uncertainty for Arctic, says report

11 October 201812 October 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 2 Comments Alaska, Arctic Biodiveristy Congress, Arctic Council, Arctic Ocean Acidification Assessment, Canada, climate change, fisheries, indigenous, pollution

If left unchecked, acidification levels in the Arctic Ocean will have significant consequences for northern communities as well as the

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Ex-priest Eric Dejaeger loses conviction appeal in sex offences case in Canada’s Arctic

27 September 2018 Sara Frizzell, CBC News 0 Comments Alberta, Canada, Igloolik, Inuit, justice, Nunavut, sexual assault

Dejaeger’s appeal related to the amount of jail time awaits written decision The Nunavut Court of Appeal will not grant

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Feature Interview: Is Arctic climate research missing the big picture?

31 August 201831 August 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Canada, climate change, indigenous, Lund University, Russia, Saami, sampling, Science

Arctic climate change is one of the most important stories of our time, but limited field work means we may

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Two candidates vy to unseat president of Canada’s national Inuit organization

6 August 2018 CBC News 0 Comments Canada, Indigenous communities, Indigenous development, Inuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Natan Obed, politics, Societey

Former MP Peter Ittinuar, former policy analyst Peter Williamson, and incumbent president, Natan Obed, are all in the running for

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Feature Interview: Every Inuk needs to stand up and be counted, says new ICC chair

26 July 201827 July 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Council, Canada, Chukotka, education, food security, Greenland, health, Russia, UN

As global players ramp up interest in the Arctic, the organization representing the world’s Inuit wrapped up their general assembly

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Inmates in Northern Canadian jail say conditions deteriorating since June riot

10 July 2018 CBC News 0 Comments Baffin Correctional Centre, Canada, crime, Iqaluit, jail, justice, Nunavut, prison, security

WARNING: This story contains some explicit language Some inmates at the Baffin Correctional Centre say conditions have gotten worse for

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Celebrations in Canada’s Nunavut for territorial holiday

9 July 201827 March 2019 CBC News 0 Comments Canada, Holidays, Inuit, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Nunavut Day, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

Today, July 9, is Nunavut Day, when people from across the Northern Canadian territory commemorate the passing of the Nunavut

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World’s first round-the-Arctic luxury cruise could set sail in 2020

6 July 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, Cruise lines, Greenland, Iceland, Murmansk, Newfoundland, Northern Sea Route, Northwest Passage, Norway, Russia, Silversea, Svalbard, tourism, tromso

Luxury cruise ship will next summer sail from Nome to Tromsø via the Northern Sea Route and then to Newfoundland

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