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Feature Interview: Rethinking how we talk about the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 20:28 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:52
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This week, chairmanship of the Arctic Council rotates from Canada to the United States. It’s a time when Arctic issues

A whalebone arch sits on the Barrow, Alaska shoreline. (Nicole Klauss / Kodiak Daily Mirror / AP)

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Arctic priorities questioned on eve of U.S. chairmanship

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 13:27 — Last Updated: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 21:25
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The United States assumes chairmanship of the Arctic Council this week, kicking off a two-year window to assert American priorities

Pollution from the chimneys in Nikel moves towards the Norwegian border, while the snow around the plant is black of fallout of heavy metals, sulphur dioxide and other pollutions from the plant. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Russia: Arctic mega-polluter pays record high dividends

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 13:11
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Nickel industry in Siberia and on the Kola Peninsula is very good business for investors. Norilsk Nickel set to pay

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Al Grillo, AP)

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Alaska Senate passes bill establishing an official state Arctic policy

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 13:12 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 21:56
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The Alaska Senate on Tuesday passed a bill establishing an official state Arctic policy that, in large part, calls for more natural-resource

Before the long Easter weekend, we take a look back at some of your most read northern stories this week. (iStock)

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Mining, politics and Maine: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 3, 2015 at 08:00
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

Greenpeace protests Arctic oil drilling in Hamburg, Germany. (Daniel Müller / Greenpeace)

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New Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2015 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 19:23
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The environmental organization makes a second move against the tanker “Mikhail Ulyanov” as it enters the port of Hamburg. Greenpeace used

Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)

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Alaska: Point Hope opts out of lawsuit over 2008 Chukchi lease sale

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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 18:45 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 21:54
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The lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that stalled Arctic Outer Continental Shelf oil drilling has pulled out of the 7-year-old

What role are observation nations like the UK and China actually playing in the Arctic Council? (iStock)

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Blog: The Third Wheel: Observers in the Arctic Council

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:47
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Does the United Kingdom need an Arctic Ambassador? According to the UK House of Lords Select Committee on the Arctic,

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Supply barge adrift in the Arctic for months

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, March 13, 2015 at 15:26 — Last Updated: Monday, March 16, 2015 at 18:31
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A Canadian company’s supply barge which has been floating loose around the Arctic since last October, is now just off

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Finland: British investor makes conditional bid for Talvivaara

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Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 12:48 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 20:29
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A British investment company specialising in corporate restructuring cases has tabled a conditional offer to purchase the beleaguered Talvivaara mining

Exercise Barents includes search and rescue operations. Photo shows "KV Harstad" and a Norwegian rescue helicopter involved in a similar exercise in 2013. (Jonas Karlsbakk/Barents Observer)

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Norway and Russia join forces in Arctic response drill

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 13:34 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 20:29
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Despite the chill in regular military cooperation, Norwegian and Russian rescue centers will team up with coast guard forces from

View of the Chukchi Sea seen through a whalebone arch in the Arctic city of Barrow, Alaska. (Nicole Klauss/Kodiak Daily Mirror/AP Photo)

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Targeted Arctic lease sales could ward off conflicts says U.S. agency

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 16:20 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at 16:47
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A fresh new five-year plan for oil and gas leasing in the nation’s outer continental shelf features what federal officials hope will

Moose health in a changing climate is one of many stories that made Arctic headlines this week. (iStock)

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Alaska policy, oil exports and moose threats – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 20, 2015 at 18:50
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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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Alaska lawmakers frustrated after meeting with U.S. interior secretary

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Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 20:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 20:54
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After President Barack Obama announced a plan to designate most of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, Alaska lawmakers

An undated landscape in Alaska's Arctic. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Getty Images)

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Alaska passes Arctic policy bill

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Posted: Monday, February 16, 2015 at 19:20 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 16:50
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The Alaska House of Representatives has passed legislation outlining the state’s Arctic policy. The bill lays out the state’s values