Elite Arctic yacht race planned
Not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for the light of wallet, an elite and extreme yacht race
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Canada
Plastic microbeads- a toxic substance in waterways-from the Great Lakes to the Arctic
They are very tiny beads usually made of polyethylene, which is a very common plastic used for example, to make
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Oil spill exercise in Finland attended by international experts
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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Shipping, Russia and reality TV : Arctic week in review
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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Old chart identified as artifact from ill-fated Arctic voyage of the Karluk
A stained and torn navigational chart donated two years ago to a museum in Maine turns out to be a
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Keystone XL: Bad for Alaska Crude?
The fight over the Keystone XL Pipeline is likely to heat up in Congress this week. Senate Bill 1 would
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Russia’s former prime minister suggests pause in Arctic oil & gas projects
“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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Denmark claims North Pole
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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Ice-Blog: From Alaska to Ottawa
Ottawa has been the setting for “Arctic Change”, another major Arctic conference this week. It is organised by the research
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Blog: Greenland, Alaska elections bolster Arctic resource extraction
Voters in Greenland and Alaska went to the polls last November, electing politicians from parties in favor of natural resource
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Beaufort Sea polar bear population took big hit in early 2000s, study says
The polar bear population in the southern Beaufort Sea — considered one of the populations most vulnerable to reductions in Arctic
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New standards being discussed for Arctic oil and gas activities
Representatives from seven countries have gathered in Tromsø this week to create a new set of standards for sustainable standardized
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/17/14
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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Blog: The Arctic Council at a crossroads – Still, and again
The narrative of “the Arctic Council at a crossroads” has been prominent since at least 2008, and probably before. It
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Arctic shipwreck indentified by Canada as HMS Erebus
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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