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The nuclear powered icebreaker "Sovyetsky Soyuz" operates along the ice-covered waters of the Northern Sea Route. The vessel will probably be ready for service in 2016, according to Atomflot. (Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver)
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Rosatomflot prolongs North Pole cruises

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 15:17 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 20:06
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Rosatomflot, owner of Russia’s fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, has decided to continue bringing tourists to the North Pole as repairs

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Blog: Hearing on U.S. Policy in the Arctic – ‘Let Russia do it for us…’?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 16:53
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There was so much going on at the Inuit Circumpolar Conference last week, I almost missed  THIS VIDEO  from the

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Business Finland 

Finland: Saimaa Canal reopens

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 7, 2014 at 15:06
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As a sure sign of spring, icebreakers are breaking up the ice on the  Saimaa Canal this weekend to open

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Heidi Hautala. (Yle)
Finland Politics 

Former Finnish minister cleared over Arctia-Greenpeace row

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at 12:18
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The former minister for state ownership steering, Heidi Hautala, has received a clean bill of health from the Chancellor of

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Rescue helicopter from the Chinese ship Xue Long in Antarctica. The helicopter ferried the scientists, tourists and journalists in groups of 12 to an Australian government supply ship, the Aurora Australis. (Jessica Fitzpatrick / Australian Antarctic Division / AFP)
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Blog: China at the Poles

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, January 6, 2014 at 16:07
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Global media interpretations of China’s rescue of stranded passengers off Antarctica vary The Chinese icebreaker Xue Long‘s rescue of the

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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