Ice-Blog: Obama stops oil in Arctic Wildlife Reserve
Back in Germany after spending a week and a half on the RV Helmer Hanssen off the coast of Spitsbergen, and
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Alaska: Bristol Bay sockeye’s prey quality affected by ocean temperature
Having healthy and plentiful returns of salmon each season is an important issue to subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen alike.
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Warmth, lack of snow in Yukon threatens winter events
Once again, the weather patterns are playing havoc with the Yukon’s reputation for Arctic cold and snow. One of the
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Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers
I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the
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‘Arctic oil is incommensurate with 2ºC target:’ WWF
TROMSØ: Norway’s decision to offer more Barents Sea drillings would be incommensurate with efforts to limit global warming to 2ºC,
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Ice-Blog: Tromso filmfest inspires US Arctic envoy
Tromso prides itself on being the “capital of the north”. As well as the Arctic Frontiers conference, which is happening this week,
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Oil – a white elephant?
The conference: Arctic Frontiers has attracted a record number of participants this year and huge media interest. For the first time in
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US seeks Finnish support for Arctic goals
The United States is seeking a closer partnership with Finland through the Arctic Council, which brings together countries on or
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Ice-Blog: A good haul for polar night team
The Polar Night cruise will come to an end on Tuesday, when the last of the scientists will leave the
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Will Barents oil investments be financial disaster?
TROMSØ: To drill or not to drill, that’s the Arctic Frontiers question of the year. Investor Jens-Ulltveit-Moe warns Troms and
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Ice-Blog: How adaptable are Arctic ecosystems?
The man in charge of this scientific cruise is Stig Falk-Petersen, Professor at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromso
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Ice-Blog: Ice and mud, glorious mud
Most of the time our ship is out of range of internet connectivity, so this post will be delivered to
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Ice-Blog: Food and sex in Svalbard’s icy waters?
This is my first post from the Polar Marine Night expedition, from the Kongsfjord in Svalbard. On the flight from
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Ice-Blog: Snow delays? In Norway?
Norway is one place that generally has no problem with a bit of snow, but my flight from Oslo to
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Solar and wind power yield cheapest energy say Finnish experts
Scientists at the eastern Lappeenranta University have calculated that China would become even more profitable if it were to make
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