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Maps, climate & Hunter Tootoo: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, November 9, 2015 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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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

Stories concerning everything from drilling and education, to journalism and the environment, were among your most read stories this week. (iStock)

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Citizenship, Shell and polar education:Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 at 20:30
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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

A view of the Beaufort Sea from the community of Tuktoyaktuk in Canada's Northwest Territories. Imperial Oil's decision to delay drilling in the Beaufort was among your most read stories this week. (Rick Bowmer/AP)

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Imperial delays oil drilling in Canadian Arctic

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, June 29, 2015 at 13:28 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 14:00
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Imperial Oil and its offshore Arctic joint-venture partners are delaying their plans for an ambitious drilling project in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, news organizations reported

The Donut Hole (and two other small ones to the south) at the center of the Arctic Ocean. (Cryopolitics)

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Blog: The donut hole at the centre of the Arctic Ocean

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 13:45 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:55
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On June 4, I wrote about issues surrounding the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. June 5 was National Donut

The tugs Aiviq and Nanuq tow the mobile drilling unit Kulluk 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska on Dec. 29, 2012. (Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis / United States Coast Guard / AP)

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Ice-Blog: Arctic oil – still in the picture

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, February 2, 2015 at 19:21 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Was it too good to be true? The euphoria over the US administration’s moves to protect the Arctic National Wildlife

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Shell says it plans to drill in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 19:21 — Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 20:11
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Shell says it plans to drill in offshore waters in Alaska’s Arctic in 2015, even as it retrenches on capital

Greenpeace activist dressed like a polar bear in Prague, Czech Republic on October 13, 2014. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)

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‘Poverty porn,’ Obama & Inuit health: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 23, 2015 at 21:45 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:59
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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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Blog: #SavetheArctic… from Greenpeace

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, January 19, 2015 at 19:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 22:44
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I take a deep and annoyed breathe every time I see a Greenpeace #SavetheArctic tweet, video, or article. Not because

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Gazprom Neft meets production level at Prirazlomnoye oil field

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 15:16 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 21:43
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Russia’s only offshore oil-producing field in the Arctic, the Prirazlomnoye, reaches the 300,000 ton production limit. With the production figure, Gazprom

A part of the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany. (Mia Bennett)

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Blog: Vestiges of the Berlin Wall in the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 15:06 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate, issuing a challenge to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Scientists set up a “mesocosm” to measure ocean acidification Spitzbergen 2010. (Irene Quaile)

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Ice-Blog: Acid Arctic Ocean and Russell Brand?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 20:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Is ocean acidification a term you are familiar with? If you are a regular Ice Blog reader, I would like

How will Russia's new military bases effect polar bears? (Thomas Nilsen / Barents Observer)

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Putin ensures Arctic militarization will not harm polar bears

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 18:39 — Last Updated: Friday, October 17, 2014 at 18:20
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Environmentalists fear the Defense Ministry’s new military bases can pose problems for polar bears. The Russian President is publicly known

US icon sinking in melting ice? The photo was taken in the Arctic Ocean northwest of Svalbard the 7th of September 2014. (Christian Auslund / Greenpeace)

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Ice-Blog: The Arctic on the UN agenda

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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To those of us who deal with the Arctic on a regular basis, the significance of the melting ice for

Greenpeace's Farrah Khan. (Courtesy Farrah Khan)

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Feature Interview: Arctic Economic Council raises environmental concerns

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2014 at 09:55 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:04
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Canada’s Arctic Council chairmanship has garnered mixed reviews. The Arctic Economic Council (AEC), a Canadian initiative that would have northern

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Blog: Mapping and distorting the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 14:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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I’m here at the University of Minnesota’s Polar Boot Camp, which is run by the on-campus Polar Geospatial Center (PGC).