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Blog: Moving North – Arctic Frontiers in a changing world

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 12:59
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Tromso is living up to its image as Norway’s Arctic capital, as I step off the plane into a flurry

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Indigenous Peoples call on Nornickel’s global partners to demand environmental action

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 12:36
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“Nornickel does not invite us to meetings, so now we urge international shareholders and buyers of their metals to take

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Blog – Trudeau’s Yukon plan: funding another road to nowhere

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 14:44
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The past few years have been good for the Canadian road-building industry in the Arctic. In 2011, former Prime Minister

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Indian Agent, the Alaska band reclaiming Indigenous voices

Tamara Ikenberg, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, September 4, 2017 at 08:30
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In the 1800s, the U.S. government hired non-indigenous people known as Indian agents to interact with and work to assimilate

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Man banished from Alaska Indigenous community for bootlegging

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 18:41
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BETHEL — The tribal government in the village of Akiak this month banished the husband of a teacher, accusing him

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The village of Kivalina, Alaska. Will this be on of the stops on President Barack Obama's upcoming Arctic trip? (Northwest Arctic Borough via The Anchorage Daily News/AP)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

U.S. federal scientist says Arctic climate work cost him position

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, July 21, 2017 at 15:04
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A former policy adviser at the Interior Department said the Trump Administration has retaliated against him for warning about the dangers

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Parasite in uncooked walrus meat made ten Alaskans sick, says health protection agency

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 14, 2017 at 15:56
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The first sign came when a teenage girl from Gambell ended up in the hospital last summer. She was having

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Sami group occupies island in northern Finland to protest fishing rules

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 14:51
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Government control over fishing rights in the Tenojoki, or Tana river in Utsjoki has been contested both by the Constitutional

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Blog: In the Arctic Ocean, an Alaska Native corporation seeks to fill void left by Shell

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 19:34
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When Shell aborted its $7 billion Arctic drilling efforts in the Beaufort Sea in September 2015, environmentalists breathed a sigh

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The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic in 2008. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Canadian proposal on heavy fuel oil in Arctic adopted by world maritime body

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, July 7, 2017 at 16:17
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The United Nations’ specialized agency that regulates maritime shipping has adopted a Canadian proposal to begin the process of developing

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Blog: Explosions in the Arctic: mining gravel in Alaska

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 16:16
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On the Fourth of July in the United States of America, fireworks and explosions galore. That means the time is ripe

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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Injustices against Sámi, Kven peoples to be examined by commission in Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 14:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 14:34
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The establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission can start as the majority of the Norwegian Storting decides to examine

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Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) Politics 

Sámi concerned about Arctic railway plans

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 17:54
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Tiina Sanila-Aikio says no Sámi people have been invited to discuss the new Rovaniemi-Kirkenes railway that will run straight through

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Political support for Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 9, 2017 at 13:55
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New light will be shed on repression against Sámi and Kven minorities as the Norwegian Parliament supports the establishment of

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With Trump administration intentions unclear, Alaskans might have to fill the void on Arctic policy

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 15:42 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 15:45
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For the rapidly warming Arctic, where people may be anxious about climate change, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson last week had some soothing words.

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