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Heavily-armed frigate sails Norwegian Sea to “ensure safety of Russian fishermen”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 12, 2021 at 13:06
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The Admiral Kasatonov sails together with the large navy tug Nikolay Chiker and the navy tanker Vyazma. The Northern Fleet vessel group entered the Norwegian Sea from

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Extensive reconstruction drawn up for fishery port in Arctic Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11:45 — Last Updated: Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11:49
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A brand new terminal will be built on an artificially created land, while the existing berths of the fishery port

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Survey data sheds light on Indigenous languages, traditional activities across Canada’s North

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Monday, February 22, 2021 at 14:24
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Aboriginal Peoples Survey regularly queries thousands of Indigenous people across Canada Less than one in 10 Indigenous Yukoners can speak or

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Scientists puzzled by 30,000 chinook that seem to be missing from Yukon River

Philippe Morin, CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 1, 2021 at 12:20 — Last Updated: Monday, February 1, 2021 at 12:27
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There’s a mystery in Yukon and Alaska and it involves about 30,000 missing fish. Salmon counts on both sides of

Politics Politics (USA) USA

Russian intimidation of Bering Sea fishermen shows gap in Arctic investment, Sullivan says

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 17:08
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The second-in-command of the U.S. Coast Guard shouldered some of the blame on Tuesday for incidents in August in which

Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden

Swedish researcher finds fish and squid in icy depths of Arctic Ocean

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 16, 2020 at 12:05
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For the first time, cod and squid have been found deep in the water at the center of the ocean.

A new feeding program is contributing to an increased arctic fox population in Sweden. (iStock)

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Sweden not doing enough to protect biodiversity, new report shows

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 09:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 16:16
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The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has published a report with suggestions on how the government can step up its efforts to

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Denmark, U.S. affirm need to ‘maintain and build situational awareness’ in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2020 at 08:09
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Denmark’s Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod wrapped up their meeting on Wednesday, with both

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Sami in Sweden start work on structure of Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 08:36
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The Swedish government announced 1.2 million Swedish kroner (approximately $170,00 CDN) this month for the Sami Paliament to begin laying

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Inuit gov. in Atlantic Canada gives gas allowances to harvesters under COVID-19 program

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 15:22 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 15:26
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The Inuit government in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador will be giving gas allowances to marine harvesters

Business General

Q&A: How the International Inuit Business Association wants to transform commerce in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 28, 2020 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Friday, February 28, 2020 at 14:36
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As interest in the Arctic ramps up in the global community, Inuit business leaders from across the Arctic want to

Society Society (Sweden) Sweden

Swedish Sami and hunters react to historic win over state in land use case

Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 12:32 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:09
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The Supreme Court, in Stockholm, was packed with people, most in traditional Sami dress, waiting for the result of a

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Sami indigenous village wins historic land use case over Swedish state

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:58 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:08
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The Supreme Court has granted a Sami association in the far north the sole right to manage small-game hunting on

Business Business (Russia) General Russia

Russia auctions Barents Sea king crab quotas for €600 million

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 30, 2019 at 11:20
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Russia’s new move, going from a quota distribution system based on historical catch to auctions, has generated big revenue to

Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia

Ecosystems shifting in Russia’s Arctic waters, scientists find

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 10:30
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Species that previously were non-existent in Russia’s remote and icy Arctic waters are now found in big numbers. The researchers