Giant Yukon moose confirmed as world record
The rack on the moose shot by a hunter in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory last fall has now been verified
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Polar bears increasingly coming ashore in Arctic Alaska
By Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch Piles of bowhead whale bones and blubber left on an Arctic beach by North Slope
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Canadian narwhal tusk smuggler faces extradition hearing
A man from New Brunswick in Atlantic Canada, who was convicted of smuggling narwhal tusks into the United States, is
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Sweden: Court calls off wolf hunt
The licensed wolf hunt planned for February this year will not take place, after a decision in an administrative court
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Alaska aims to reduce road kills with annual moose hunt
In an effort to keep drivers safe, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is once again opening a targeted
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Mysterious drop in Nunavut, Canada seal harvest
The number of sealskins harvested in Nunavut has fallen by more than half since the European Union banned seal products
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Savoonga, Alaska whales fulfill musical needs
Savoonga, a community on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska harvested two bowhead whales last week, both of them female. While the
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Savoonga, Alaska harvests second whale
Amid an economic disaster and food shortage, Savoonga, a community on Saint Lawrence Island, harvested a 57-foot bowhead whale on
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Winter? What winter? November downright balmy in Arctic Alaska
The vicious bite of winter has swept across much of Alaska, but Barrow, a community that’s typically one of the
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FEATURE INTERVIEW: Canadian Inuit leader denounces WTO ruling on EU seal ban
On Monday, the World Trade Organization upheld the European Union ban on seal products, a law that Canadian Inuit have
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Nature excursions offered to young Swedes from immigrant backgrounds
Young immigrants are getting the taste of Swedish nature and wildlife, as part of an initiative by the Swedish Hunters
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COMMENTARY – Fuzzy math of Alaska subsistence: Too many people, not enough fish, game
Alaska’s long, difficult, subsistence struggle was back before the Alaska Boards of Fish and Game last week with the many
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‘Moose die-off’ not seen in Canada’s Yukon
Scientists across North America are warning of a moose decline or even a “die off.” But, in Canada’s northwestern Yukon
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Shell’s spill-response training in remote Alaska villages first step for new company
An impoverished group of Northwest Alaska villages whose residents hunt walrus and seals to survive have banded together to form
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Southeast Alaska school district shifts to 4-day school week
Ask most Alaska or Outside grade-school students if they would choose modestly longer school days in exchange for perpetual three-day
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