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Blog – With Siumut’s re-election, will Greenland welcome Chinese investment?

25 April 201827 April 2018 Mia Bennett 0 Comments airport, America, China, coalition, construction, Demokraatit, Denmark, elections, environment, government, Greenland, Inatsisartut, independence, Infrastructure, Inuit, Inuit Ataqatigiit, Kielsen, Kim Kielsen, minerals, mining, natural resources, North America, POLICY, politics, self-rule, Siumut, soft power, United States, USA

Nearly 30,000 Greenlanders, or some 71.9% of eligible voters, went to the polls today on the world’s largest island. Some

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Inuit perspectives crucial as Canada develops Northwest Passage says report

9 February 20188 February 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, business, fishing, Greenland, indigenous, ITK, shipping

Inuit must be at the negotiating table as climate change redefines the future of the Northwest Passage, says a new

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North American Arctic is failing compared to Russia, Nordics, warns think tank

2 February 20182 February 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, business, energy, environment, Greenland, indigenous, Norway, oil, Russia

Weak national leadership in the North American Arctic is hindering northern development compared to the thriving polar regions of Russia

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Blog: Looking back on the year that was in the Arctic

28 December 201728 December 2017 Mia Bennett 0 Comments 2017, Alaska, Greenland, Indigenous populations, Inuvik, Kassiarsuq, Keflavik International Airport, Narsarsuaq, Northwest Territories, Qaqortoq, Tuktoyaktuk, Utqiaġvik, Whitehorse, Yukon

In Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, the ocean was frozen as far as I could see. It was March, the time of

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Arctic: Record ice-loss, highest melt rate in 1,500 years

13 December 201713 December 2017 Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Arctic Report Card, climate change, Greenland, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North America

The latest Arctic Report Card, an annual scientific assessment of Arctic conditions by the U.S-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Inuit in Canada and Greenland seek co-management of crucial Arctic habitat

24 November 2017 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments environment, Greenland, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Lancaster Sound, North Water Polynya, Northwest Passage, Pikialasorsuaq

The Inuit of Canada and Greenland are calling on Ottawa and Copenhagen to create an Inuit-managed protected area in the

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Blog – Arctic nickel, not oil, could soon power the world’s cars

2 November 2017 Mia Bennett 1 Comment Alaska, ANWR, Canada, China, energy, Greenland, Maniitsoq, natural resources, Norilsk Nickel, North American Nickel

The Arctic is often imagined as a new energy frontier because of its ample oil reserves. But what if its

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Denmark’s new defence agreement renews focus on protecting the Baltic

16 October 201717 October 2017 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments defence spending, Denmark, Greenland, military

For the first time in over two decades, the Danish government is looking to renew its military’s focus on the

In this July 18, 2011 photo, an Inuit fisherman pulls in a fish on a sea filled with floating ice left over from broken-up icebergs shed from the Greenland ice sheet in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)

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Better climate adaptation strategies needed across the Arctic

25 April 2017 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Council, europe, Greenland, indigenous, Inuit, politics, Russia, Science

Climate change continues to transform the Arctic at an unprecedented rate but adaptation strategies continue to lag behind, says a series

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Utqiaġvik, Alaska to host 2018 Inuit Circumpolar Council assembly

6 April 20179 March 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 2 Comments Barrow, environment, Greenland, ICC, indigenous, Russia

The Arctic Alaskan city of Utqiaġvik will host the 2018 general assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, the organization announced this week.

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Inuit organization plans economic development across national boundaries

31 March 2017 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Canada, Greenland, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Russia

When it comes to economic development, Inuit people across the Arctic face similar challenges, including sparse populations, pockets of poverty

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Blog: Scotland’s First Minister – We’re closer to the Arctic than London

13 October 2016 Mia Bennett 0 Comments energy, EU, Greenland, independents, Nicola Sturgeon

On Friday, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delivered a speech in an unlikely venue: the Arctic Circle conferencein Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Blog: Russia’s Yamal Peninsula reveals the paradox of sustainable Arctic development

11 October 2016 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Arctic, Arctic Circle, climate, energy, Greenland, indigenous, oil

For the fourth year in a row, Arctic Circle, the world’s largest gathering on Arctic issues convened in Iceland’s capital.

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An Arctic Council meeting in Maine? Why it’s not as strange as you may think

7 October 20167 October 2016 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments business, Canada, climate, construction, culture, Greenland, history, indigenous, international, shipping

PORTLAND, Me. – When Portland, Maine was named as the site of this fall’s Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials meeting,

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Blog: Greenland ice holds Cold War peril

26 September 201626 September 2016 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 1 Comment Arctic, Camp Century, climate, Cold War, emissions, Greenland, ice, nuclear, permafrost, research, Science, Sea level, toxic waste, USA, Warming

It sounds like something from a science-fiction novel or a disaster movie. A hidden city under ice, housing 200 people,