Record heat sends shockwave through Arctic
From Svalbard to the New Siberian Islands. The Russian and Norwegian Arctic has never been this warm in November. Weather
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Swedes help in hunt to locate oldest ice on Earth
A team of European scientists, including experts from Sweden, are looking to find the oldest ice on Earth. They’re hoping
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Snow-buried Stockholm begins digging out
After 39 cm of snow blanketed central Stockholm on Wednesday, the city is struggling to get roads clear and traffic
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Continued snow disrupts traffic, transportation schedules in Finland… except in Arctic
The weather forecast is predicting up to 10 centimetres of additional snow on the south coast by Wednesday afternoon. Officials
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Alaska: Barrow’s record-warm October continues pattern associated with low sea ice
The nation’s northernmost community just closed out its warmest October on record, and other far-north parts of Alaska also posted
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Groundbreaking lawsuit filed against Norway over Arctic oil drilling
Environmental groups Nature & Youth and Greenpeace argue that Barents Sea oil must remain in ground if Norway should fulfill
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Walrus congregation in Northwest Alaska apparently short-lived this year
A congregation of walruses spotted on a Northwest Alaska beach Friday numbered about 6,000, but the animals had departed within days and
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Blog: Russia’s Yamal Peninsula reveals the paradox of sustainable Arctic development
For the fourth year in a row, Arctic Circle, the world’s largest gathering on Arctic issues convened in Iceland’s capital.
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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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An Arctic Council meeting in Maine? Why it’s not as strange as you may think
PORTLAND, Me. – When Portland, Maine was named as the site of this fall’s Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials meeting,
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Will Obama look north for his legacy?
These are the days when a president turns to thoughts of legacy. As the months tick down on this Administration,
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Norway orders new Coast Guard vessels as vanishing sea ice increases areas needing patrol
Three new vessels with ice-breaking capabilities, helicopter and longer sailing range will be built simultaneously. Norway has nearly 2 million
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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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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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