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A worker in front of a blast furnace at an iron and steel factory in China. (China Photos/Getty Images)
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China, defence strategy & drilling: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, March 6, 2015 at 21:01 — Last Updated: Monday, March 9, 2015 at 19:55
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

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President Sauli Niinistö speaking on Tuesday at a press conference called to deflect claims of discord over Finnish participation in US-Estonian air force exercises.(Yle)
Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

More info needed on air force exercises says Finland’s president

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 18:31 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 22:44
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The President of Finland said on Tuesday that the government does not have enough information about joint US-Estonian air force

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A polar stereographic view of global shipping activity. Nuuk is the orange dot. (Cryopolitics)
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Blog: Revisualizing the Cryosphere

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 14:41 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Earlier this week, I participated in the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Polar Data Visualization Hackathon in New York City. Remote sensing scientists, glaciologists,

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Reykjavik, Iceland. The Arctic Circle Assembly was held in the city this week. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Blog Canada General Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/07/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, November 7, 2014 at 21:51 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:00
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

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Former Greenlandic Premier Kuupik Kleist introduces the delegation from Japan, and worlds collide.(Mia Bennett)
Blog General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Arctic Circle 2014: Welcome to the new global Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 20:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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The Arctic has been no stranger to foreigners for quite some time. Although Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson opened the

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U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski addresses Arctic Circle 2014 in Reykjavik, Iceland, with a map behind her of two polar opposite cities in the Arctic. (Mia Bennett)
Blog General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) Special Features 

Blog: Arctic Circle – A tale of two Arctics

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2014 at 19:33 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson opened this year’s Arctic Circle conference today by declaring, “If the Global Arctic was not

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Tourists frolic amidst the geothermal steam of the Blue Lagoon. Reykjavik, Iceland. (Mia Bennett)
Blog General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Blog: From Arctic Circle 2013-2014, a big drop in the price of oil

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 19:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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I’ve arrived in Iceland for the Arctic Circle 2014 assembly. I expressed some reservations about the conference program yesterday, but it should still be

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Arctic satellite image of the week | Bárðarbunga: of lava lakes and reservoirs

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 17:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Iceland’s temperamental geography has gone haywire again with Bárðarbunga, the latest volcano to erupt under the Vatnajökull ice cap. It’s

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Blog Business Business (Iceland) Iceland 

Ice-Blog: Eco-group questions Iceland oil

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2014 at 18:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Back in January, China’s state-owned oil company CNOOC obtained an Arctic exploration licence for the remote Dreki area, 125 miles

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Politics Politics (Norway) 

Ice-Blog: Arctic hot topic in icy Tromso

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, January 20, 2014 at 15:31 — Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2018 at 10:01
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It’s standing room only for anyone who came a bit late to the opening of Arctic Frontiers this morning. This

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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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