4 Point Hope residents charged in Alaska walrus kills
Four Point Hope residents are facing federal charges alleging they shot and killed at least six walruses for their ivory tusks
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Finnmark introduces strict regulations on grouse hunting
Grouse population in Finnmark is estimated to be only one-third of last year’s. Finnmarkseiendommen, the landowner that administrates 95 percent
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Finland’s autumn cull nets 40 bears in opening weekend
Hunters in northern Karelia, eastern Finland bagged a total 41 bears during the weekend as part of this year’s autumn
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Anthrax outbreak in Arctic Russia could be just the beginning: scientist
Anthrax is one of many infectious disease agents preserved in the record melting permafrost. Burial sites across Siberia with infected
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Why water safety programs aren’t working in the Arctic
Across the country, Canadians are saying good-bye to winter and looking ahead to warm-weather activities including boating and swimming. It’s
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U.S. Army Corps reviews of North Slope oil project
A federal agency is launching an environmental review of plans by the Spanish oil company Repsol to develop what may be one
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Algae-related toxins found in Arctic sea mammals
Toxins produced by harmful algal blooms are showing up in Alaska marine mammals as far north as the Arctic
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Indigenous rights under fire says Finnish Saami leader
Sámi National Day is celebrated on Saturday; in an atmosphere of what some would say is waning respect for Europe’s
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Sami win case for rights to hunt, fish in Sweden
The Gällivare District Court has awarded the Girjas Sami association in Norrbotten County the right to control hunting and fishing permits on
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First wolf killed in Sweden’s controversial hunt
Midday Saturday saw the first shooting of a wolf in Sweden’s controversial hunt. The county authorities in Dalarna in central Sweden
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Dueling court rulings on Sweden’s wolf hunts
Wolf hunts remain a contentious issue in Sweden and now there is a battle in the courts about whether hunting permits for the
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Food insecurity in Alaska
In the far north, where wild fish, game and plants are dietary staples and where store-bought foods are sometimes prohibitively expensive,
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COP21: View from Canada’s Northwest Territories
On the occasion of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the Arctic has
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COP21: View from Yukon, Canada
In the run up to the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the
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Female whalers break ‘ice ceiling’ in Arctic Alaska
For thousands of years, when Inupiat whaling crews hunted bowhead whales, the harpooners were traditionally men — until this generation, which has
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