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Canada General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics 

NATO wants to keep the Arctic an area of low tensions

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 09:58 — Last Updated: Friday, April 6, 2018 at 14:03
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Despite rising tensions with Russia in Eastern Europe, the Baltics and more recently in the United Kingdom, NATO would like

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Russia’s Arctic nuclear dump could become promising fishing area

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 15:18
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Thousands of containers with radioactive waste were dumped in the Kara Sea during Soviet times. Now, Russia’s Federal Agency for

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ARCTIC COUNCIL 2017 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Arctic Council ministerial – View from Russia

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, May 8, 2017 at 16:00 — Last Updated: Monday, May 8, 2017 at 16:09
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The United States hands the Arctic Council’s two-year rotating chairmanship to Finland on May 11th in Fairbanks, Alaska. Foreign ministers

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Blog: Greenland ice holds Cold War peril

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, September 26, 2016 at 15:04 — Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2016 at 15:10
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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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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Report encourages Norway to reopen Olavsvern submarine support base

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 15:17
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NATO and partner nations do not currently possess the ability to quickly counter the Russian undersea challenge in much of

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian Arctic locations listed as U.S. nuke targets

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 13:07
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The Soviet Border Guards station located a few hundred meters from the border to Norway was during the early days

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finnish, Swedish PMs plan closer defense cooperation

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 14:51 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 20:49
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Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven have penned a rare joint missive outlining their plans

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General Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Searchers return to Alaska glacier to recover remains from 1952 military plane crash

Sean Doogan, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 18:39 — Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 18:27
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A team of military searchers, anthropologists and mountaineers is once again trying to turn back the clock on the crash of

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Point Hope, Alaska in background. (Al Grillo / AP)
Environment Environment (USA) Special Features USA 

Villagers suspect nuclear devices buried in Arctic Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, March 3, 2014 at 15:07
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As the Department of Energy moves to clean up remnants of Project Chariot — a Cold War-era scheme to create

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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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