Finland storm knocks out mobile networks
This weekend’s power cuts in Finland, caused by heavy wet snow on power lines, have also caused severe disruption to
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Infrastructure
Driving the sea ice, tundra in Arctic Alaska
When the highway ends for Alaska’s ice road truckers, the adventure is just beginning for the hearty souls who haul vehicles and freight across
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Blog: Arctic like ‘discovering a new Africa,’ Iceland
The Arctic Circle Singapore Forum convened last week in the hot and hazy tropical megalopolis. The forum is an offshoot of the
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Environment, NATO & Alaska driving: Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Blog: Travelling to Arctic Russia by train
When most people think of Russian railroads, they think of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The world’s longest railroad extends east and west
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Alaska’s North Slope fortifies against highway flooding
DEADHORSE — If another extreme spring flooding event strikes the northernmost stretch of the Dalton Highway, Alaska transportation crews will be
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New pipeline connects Arctic with Europe
The last pipe has been laid at the 482 km long Polarled Pipeline, the first Norwegian pipeline stretching north of
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Address Arctic on campaign trail says Nunavut
The premier of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is calling on Canada’s political parties to clarify their positions on
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Russia, China cooperate on railroad to Arctic
The Chinese manufacturing company Poly Technologies will take part in construction of a railroad from the White Sea to the
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Iceland president to Alaska lawmakers: Be ‘more vocal and more active’ on Arctic
Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grímsson told Alaska legislators on Tuesday that, “with all due respect to Washington,” they need to be
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Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Canada: Conservatives’ federal election campaign heads North with infrastructure announcement
Conservative leader Stephen Harper brought his election campaign north on Friday with a promise to finance a $14-million road improvement
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USGS releases 5-year Arctic strategy
Better Alaska mapping, more understanding of mineral resources, more study of the effects of thawing permafrost and more help to
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Better technology stretches Arctic Alaska’s shrinking tundra travel season
A decade ago, oil operators on the North Slope found themselves in a climate predicament. The steady warming seen since
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Feature Interview: Unconventional petroleum resources found in Canada’s Sahtu region…. Now what?
Canada’s National Energy Board and the Northwest Territories Geological Survey released a report last month that almost 200
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