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Danish PM apologizes to Greenlanders taken to Denmark as children in 1950s

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, December 11, 2020 at 09:23
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen apologized this week to Greenlanders taken to Denmark as children in the 1950s. “I have

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Cracking open a ‘treasure trove’ of aviation history in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 10:46 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 13:41
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Bob Cameron calls it a “treasure trove” of Yukon aviation history. The small, unassuming building in Carcross was once the

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

What Gold Rush-era comedy can tell us about Canadian national identity

CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2020 at 13:45
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When Canadians think of the Klondike Gold Rush, they probably think of one of two things: the wild jubilation of

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Living through Coronavirus – but how much will we remember in the future?

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2020 at 13:29 — Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2020 at 15:07
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How has everyday life changed since the Coronavirus outbreak, what will the future look like and how much will we

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Culture Culture (Russia) Russia 

Russia adds ancient sites along Norway’s border to cultural heritage list

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 10:15
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The monument erected after the delineation of the two countries’ border in 1826 has officially been declared an object of

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Canada honours Arctic’s last known WW II bone collector

Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News
Posted: Monday, January 27, 2020 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2020 at 14:30
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In late May 1940, 20-year-old Qapik Attagutsiak voluntarily picked up a burlap bag, put her one-year-old son in her amauti ⁠— a

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Christmas Special: How Santa became Finnish

Tom Bateman, Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 01:00
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All Points North went to Lapland to find out how one man helped make Santa Claus one of Finland’s biggest

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Canada Science Science (Canada) 

Earth’s north magnetic pole is heading for Russia at an unprecedented rate, scientists say

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 at 17:14 — Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2019 at 17:16
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The direction indicated by our compasses, the magnetic north pole, is not fixed, unlike the geographic north. In fact, it

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General 

New cultural centre will help bridge generations say Inuit in Atlantic Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 11:40 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 11:42
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A new Inuit cultural centre opened this month in Atlantic Canada, something community representatives believe is an important step to

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Greta Thunberg look-alike in Yukon gold rush photo sparks online frenzy

CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2019 at 16:23
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No, Greta Thunberg is not a time traveller. But a historic photo from the Yukon Klondike Gold Rush in northwestern

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Longread – Why a Soviet-built polar cruise vessel left Atlantic Canada as a derelict ghost ship

Randi Beers, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 10:42 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 17:11
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Glenn Mackey boarded the MV Lyubov Orlova in St. John’s Harbour in Newfoundland, Atlantic Canada, on July 2, 2010, expecting

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

History in the North: Selected reports

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 00:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 15:58
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Discover the history of the North through these selected reports.

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Miles Canyon in Canada’s Yukon territory needs name change, says MLA

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 11:54 — Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 16:32
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It’s one of Whitehorse’s best known and most admired local landmarks. The same, however, can’t be said for its namesake

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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Time to end Western sanctions against Russia, Arctic Norwegian leader says

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 10:46 — Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 08:43
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It’s time for Norway to abolish sanctions against Russia and instead introduce similar measures against the USA, Finnmark County Council

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Northern Canada: We’ve spelled this Indigenous community’s name wrong for decades

Walter Strong, CBC News
Posted: Monday, October 28, 2019 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 08:54
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The Yellowknives Dene First Nation recently emailed a notice asking certain news organizations to begin — please — to correctly spell “Dettah,”

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