Finnish grave hunter brings over 100 war dead home from Russia for burial
A Finnish man has brought back the remains of more than 100 fallen soldiers from Russian territory to be laid
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What environmentalists won by losing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline battle
In the late 1960s, the oil companies knew they needed a pipeline to get Prudhoe Bay oil to market, and they
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Russia’s foreign minister visits Lend-Lease Monument in Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS — Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, visited a monument to cooperation between the United States and the former Soviet Union
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Gov. Walker signs bill recognizing the black soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway
Yesterday, Governor Walker signed Senate Bill 46 into law, establishing October 25 as “African American Soldiers’ Contribution to Building the
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Book on Canada’s pursuit of Arctic sovereignty wins prize
Historian Adam Lajeunesse has won a $10,000 prize for his book about Canada’s claims to sovereignty in the Arctic. “Lock,
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Inuit art featured on new Canadian banknote
The Bank of Canada has released a new $10 bill featuring the work of one of Canada’s most renowned artists,
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Finnish National Museum returns thousands of artefacts to indigenous Sámi people
A collection of about 2,600 items will be transferred from the National Museum in Helsinki to the Siida Museum in
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A new digital atlas documents thousands of Yup’ik places in Alaska
BETHEL – A project to preserve Yup’ik language and culture already has put more than 4,000 Southwest Alaska place names
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Finnish president meets with Swedish PM, royals amid Winter War commemorations
President Sauli Niinistö is in Stockholm on Monday, meeting with Sweden’s top political leadership on the sidelines of events honouring
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Finnish government buys naturally diverse historical island from forestry giant
Forestry company UPM has sold the island of Ärjänsaari in Kainuu to the Finnish government. The island has abundant nature
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Sami Blood: A coming-of-age tale set in Sweden’s dark past
After receiving accolades at major festivals around the world, Sami Blood has its Nordic premiere at the Gothenburg Film Festival
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Local corporation sues Arctic Alaskan city to stop reversion to Inupiaq name
A local native corporation is suing the city formerly known as Barrow, demanding it halt the official name-change to Utqiagvik.
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Cretaceous-era prints in Alaska park suggest newborn hadrosaurs walked on all fours
Did baby duck-billed dinosaurs walk on two limbs or four? Paleontologists have long wondered. Now information gleaned from tracks found
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High peak in low season, Iceland’s mass-tourism boiling over
1,8 million visitors may not be all good news for the tiny populated island with fragile nature and underdeveloped infrastructure.
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Alaska: Barrow’s record-warm October continues pattern associated with low sea ice
The nation’s northernmost community just closed out its warmest October on record, and other far-north parts of Alaska also posted
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