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Finnish Border Guard deploys surveillance drones, Norway not

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 08:51
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The border guard is one of few army units in Norway not in possession of drones. With the mid-winter icy escape

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Russian drone pilot detained on border to Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 14, 2022 at 14:12
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A Russian citizen has been detained on the border crossing point of Storskog after police found two drones in his

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Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Is this Russia’s new coastal base for the ‘doomsday nuke’ drones?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:30 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10:33
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Vladimir Putin’s Russia is indeed serious about deploying a new leg to its nuclear triad, the unmanned underwater nuclear-powered Poseidon.

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Business Business (Sweden) General Sweden 

From rescue work to construction, next generation of drones creating new opportunities

Simon Linter, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 11:09
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Once expensive toys, the latest breed of unmanned drones are being developed to help businesses grow or even save people’s

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Canada General News Science Science (Canada) 

Canada is testing drones for Arctic surveillance

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 15:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 09:29
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The federal government in partnership with a Nunavut-based private drone-operating company and the University of Alaska Fairbanks is in the

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General News Society Society (USA) USA 

Move over mushers and planes, drones to deliver emergency supplies in Alaska

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 12:05 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 13:11
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A team of unmanned aerial vehicle experts led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks is working on delivering emergency medical

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Could drones help prevent polar bear attacks on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 15:20
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A polar bear shot dead after it attacked a crew member from a cruise ship on Svalbard this summer now

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Judge balks at plea deal for man who flew drone in airspace in Northern Canada

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 at 14:11
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A judge signalled that a plea bargain agreed to by the Crown may be too lenient for a man who

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Blog Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Saami, the seabed & seismic testing: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, March 14, 2016 at 18:18 — Last Updated: Monday, March 14, 2016 at 18:19
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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New Russian Armata tank is driven during the Victory Parade marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 9, 2015. (Ivan Sekretarev/AP)
Blog Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Tanks, drilling & polar drones: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2015 at 20:25 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:52
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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Tourists' use of UAVs at the Poles may lead to increased noise pollution, disturbances to wildlife and may interfere with scientific work in the Arctic and Antarctic. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

UAVs to be banned in the Arctic and Antarctic

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 17:16 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 18:32
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Two major associations representing tour operators in the Arctic and Antarctic have stated that they will not allow visitors to

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Lt. Gen. Russell Handy. Photo – USAF
Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska’s Lt. General Russell Handy on Arctic strategy

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 12:10 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:23
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When Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel released the Pentagon’s Arctic Strategy document last month, he said rapid change in the Arctic

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