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The Alaska flag. What will the upcoming U.S. chairmanship mean for the state? (iStock)

Alaska stands to benefit as US takes reins of Arctic Council

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 13:17 — Last Updated: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 13:28
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Alaska stands to gain when the U.S. takes over chairmanship of the Arctic Council on Friday, with several meetings set to provide an economic shot

Admiral Robert Papp (pictured here in 2013) is the U.S. Special Representative to the Arctic. (Sean D. Ellio / The Day / AP)

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Big changes in Far North since US last chaired Arctic Council

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, February 13, 2015 at 14:51 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 13:15
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When the United States last led the eight-nation Arctic Council, September sea ice still covered about 2.3 million square miles, Royal Dutch Shell had

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Former Coast Guard chief to be U.S. Arctic representative

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at 20:12
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A former U.S. Coast Guard commandant, Admiral Robert Papp, will be the Obama administration’s special representative for the Arctic, while

Map of the Barents Strait between Alaska and Russia's Chukotka region. How will tensions between Moscow and Washington affect researchers in the Arctic? (iStock)

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U.S.-Russia tensions create worries for Arctic scientists

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 at 10:53
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For a week in June, about 20 Russian emergency-management experts and scientists and their U.S. counterparts were planning to tour