Finnish President declines Moscow’s Victory Day invitation
This year’s festivities in Red Square will mark 70 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe.
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Spotlight: Montreal, Canada exhibit focuses on art by Inuit women
A unique exhibit focusing on works by Inuit women is underway at a Montreal, Canada gallery this month. Titled Inuit
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Blog: Norilsk, Russia -The inescapability of the company town on Russia’s tundra
There are many ways of framing Arctic climate change. On the one hand, countries in the south often see themselves as
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Old chart identified as artifact from ill-fated Arctic voyage of the Karluk
A stained and torn navigational chart donated two years ago to a museum in Maine turns out to be a
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Russian-Finnish relations significantly weakened by Ukraine crisis: Yle survey
Sixty-six percent of respondents to a survey commissioned by Yle of Russian-speakers living in Finland felt the Ukraine conflict had
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Blog: When is it New Year’s at the North Pole?
When December 31 draws to a close, people around the world will welcome in a new year. Unlike in the
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Economist reflects on 100 years of shifting fortunes in Anchorage
In 2015, Anchorage will turn 100 years old. In the December issue of Alaska Economic Trends, local economist Neal Fried reflects on change in
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Finland’s president to Guardian: “We’re on the brink of a cold war, but we’re not afraid”
Europe could find itself in the grip of another Cold War as relations with Russia deteriorate over the war in
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History revealed by WW2 wrecks in Norway’s Arctic fjords
In the 70 years since the war, more than a dozen wrecks of planes and ships have been found on
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New book reveals Soviet nuclear threat against Sweden
Could Sweden have been the target of a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union during the cold war? One of
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Russia’s Arctic culture heritage sites get protection
This abandoned polar hydrometrological station at Cape Menshikova on Novaya Zemlya can be declared a culture heritage site as Arkhangelsk
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Four divers charged with raiding ancient shipwreck in Finland
A southern Finland district prosecutor has pressed charges against four men for allegedly stealing from a shipwreck protected by antiquities
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Feature Interview: The environmental and social impacts of Arctic tourism
The changing Arctic climate has opened up business and economic opportunities in everything from resource development to shipping. Arctic tourism
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First muskox in a century spotted in Manitoba, Canada
For the first time since the late 1800s, a muskox has been spotted by hunters in the western Canadian province
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Article claims stone-age Swedes had Siberian ancestors
An article in the science journal Nature published today includes surprising findings about the stone-age people who lived in central
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