Northern Canadian city worried about potential water shortage
Joanasie Akumalik points to the concrete dam that contains Iqaluit’s only water source. Water, he says, used to spill over
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Infrastructure
Ex-Atomflot director to head Russia’s new Northern Sea Route Directorate
Vyacheslav Ruksha, the strongman from Murmansk, gets key position in developing Russia’s Arctic infrastructure. Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear corporation, appoints its
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SpaceX rocket launch will mean faster internet for Canada’s Nunavut
The successful launch of a rocket in Florida on Sunday will mean faster internet service for people in Nunavut (eastern
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U.S. Gov quietly allows land survey in Alaskan wildlife refuge, enviro groups furious
Conservation groups say the Interior Department has gone behind the public’s back and conducted a land survey in the Izembek
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Longread – The quest to turn Norway’s Arctic coast into Northern Europe’s wind power hub
The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held
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Finnish national parks will remain free despite budget woes
Outdoor destinations managed by the state forest agency Metsähallitus will still be free for public use regardless of budget shortfalls,
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Canadian government gives giant boost to Northern highway project
The federal government has announced it is investing $102.5 million in the Northwest Territories’ Mackenzie Valley Highway project, aimed to
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Trump claims Alaska wildlife refuge road ‘almost completed’… but is it?
President Trump on Tuesday asserted the controversial King Cove road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (southwestern Alaska) will be
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Arctic electric rally hits the road towards Northwestern Russia
Electric car enthusiasts from Bergen (southwest Norway), Oslo (southeast Norway), Hammerfest (Arctic Norway), Minsk (Belarus) and St. Petersburg (Western Russia)
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Chinese bank invests in Russia’s Northern Sea Route
Building of Russian Arctic infrastructure is part of a $9.5 billion credit agreement signed with the China Development Bank. On
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Murmansk Governor says lack of infrastructure hampering growth
The Russian Arctic region of Murmansk faces increasing troubles in financing its flagship project, the Murmansk Transport Hub. The Arctic
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Blog – Underwater tunnels revolutionize transport in the Faroe Islands
Fifty-five million years ago, the Northeast Atlantic Ocean opened up between Europe and Greenland, pushing the two landmasses apart. In
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Can railway project in Russian North attract bank investment?
We are definitely interested in the materialization of the Belkomur railway, leader of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) makes clear.
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France’s Total buys stake in major gas project in Russian Arctic
French Oil company Total obtains 10 percent of Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2, the major project in the remote Gydan Peninsula,
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Blog – How Northwestern Inuit led construction of Canada’s highway to Arctic Ocean
Last November, Canada’s first highway to the Arctic Ocean opened. When shovels broke ground on the all-weather road in January
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