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Tracing the path of the proposed extreme sailing race through the northwest passage. (STAR)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Elite Arctic yacht race planned

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2015 at 18:57 — Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 20:20
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Not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for the light of wallet, an elite and extreme yacht race

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As technology has improved to detect them, there is a realization that plastic microbeads are a growing problem worldwide and can be found in concentrations as high as the plastic bits in the ocean gyres. (CBC)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Plastic microbeads- a toxic substance in waterways-from the Great Lakes to the Arctic

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 20:38
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They are very tiny beads usually made of polyethylene, which is a very common plastic used for example, to make

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The crew of the oil spill recovery vessel Letto geared up for the exercise on Tuesday. (Kyösti Vaara/Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General Special Features 

Oil spill exercise in Finland attended by international experts

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 14:23
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Experts from as far afield as China and Canada will observe Wednesday’s oil recovery exercise on the Gulf of Bothnia.

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A look at Eye on the Arctic's most read stories this week. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Shipping, Russia and reality TV : Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 16, 2015 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:56
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

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(iStock)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Old chart identified as artifact from ill-fated Arctic voyage of the Karluk

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 19:47
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A stained and torn navigational chart donated two years ago to a museum in Maine turns out to be a

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Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski listens during a session of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill January 8, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Business Business (USA) General Special Features USA 

Keystone XL: Bad for Alaska Crude?

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 22:38 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 21:48
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The fight over the Keystone XL Pipeline is likely to heat up in Congress this week. Senate Bill 1 would

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Former Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov pictured here in 2007. (Ilmars Znotins/AFP/Getty Images)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russia’s former prime minister suggests pause in Arctic oil & gas projects

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 21:43
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“Arctic offshore oil production is only profitable at an oil price of 100-120 dollars per barrel” says Russia’s former prime

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Overlapping claims to the North Pole don't mean conflict is inevitable says a Norwegian expert. (iStock)
Denmark/Greenland General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) Special Features 

Denmark claims North Pole

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2014 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Monday, December 15, 2014 at 20:43
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Scientific data shows Greenland’s continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, says Denmark’s Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard.

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Black guillemot. (iStock)
Blog Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Special Features 

Ice-Blog: From Alaska to Ottawa

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 21:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Ottawa has been the setting for “Arctic Change”, another major Arctic conference this week. It is organised by the research

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Greenland at a crossroads. (Mia Bennett)
Blog Denmark/Greenland General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) Special Features 

Blog: Greenland, Alaska elections bolster Arctic resource extraction

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 16:16 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Voters in Greenland and Alaska went to the polls last November, electing politicians from parties in favor of natural resource

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Beaufort Sea polar bear population took big hit in early 2000s, study says

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 15:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 21:42
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The polar bear population in the southern Beaufort Sea — considered one of the populations most vulnerable to reductions in Arctic

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(iStock)
Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

New standards being discussed for Arctic oil and gas activities

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 20, 2014 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 21:06
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Representatives from seven countries have gathered in Tromsø this week to create a new set of standards for sustainable standardized

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Stories concerning everything from drilling and education, to journalism and the environment, were among your most read stories this week. (iStock)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/17/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 17, 2014 at 20:40 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:03
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  On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic

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Stories concerning everything from drilling and education, to journalism and the environment, were among your most read stories this week. (iStock)
Blog Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) Special Features 

Blog: The Arctic Council at a crossroads – Still, and again

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Friday, October 3, 2014 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 18:56
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The narrative of “the Arctic Council at a crossroads” has been prominent since at least 2008, and probably before. It

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A sea-floor scan shows one of the two long-missing Franklin ships. The masts have been sheared off by ice over the many decades, but the vessel appears otherwise to be in relatively good condition. (Parks Canada /The Canadian Press)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic shipwreck indentified by Canada as HMS Erebus

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 20:21 — Last Updated: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 18:56
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The long-lost shipwreck discovered last month in the Canadian Arctic has been identified as the HMS Erebus, the very ship

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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