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A story looking at the complexity of polar bear hair and what that knowledge could contribute to design were among your most read stories this week. (Mathieu Belanger/Reuters)

Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 19:55
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, right, and his wife Laureen talk with Conservative candidate for the Northwest Territories Floyd Roland as they visit the banks of the Hay River in Hay River, Northwest Territories, on Friday, August 14, 2015. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

Canada: Conservatives’ federal election campaign heads North with infrastructure announcement

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 16:48 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 18:53
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Conservative leader Stephen Harper brought his election campaign north on Friday with a promise to finance a $14-million road improvement

Village of Shaktoolik, Alaska, shown in May 28, 2006. Climate change is causing erosion and other environmental challenges for Alaska communities like this one. (/Al Grillo / AP Photo / File)

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USGS releases 5-year Arctic strategy

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Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 19:01 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 18:32
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Better Alaska mapping, more understanding of mineral resources, more study of the effects of thawing permafrost and more help to

Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)

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Better technology stretches Arctic Alaska’s shrinking tundra travel season

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, June 22, 2015 at 17:45 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 15:39
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A decade ago, oil operators on the North Slope found themselves in a climate predicament. The steady warming seen since

The town of Norman Wells in Canada's Northwest Territories. (Eilís Quinn / Eye on the Arctic)

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Feature Interview: Unconventional petroleum resources found in Canada’s Sahtu region…. Now what?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2015 at 19:34 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:51
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Canada’s National Energy Board and the Northwest Territories Geological Survey released a report last month that almost 200

Worker installs solar panels. File photo. (Yle)

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Finland could be carbon neutral by 2050: researchers

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Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 20:06
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Researchers say that in 35 years, Finland could theoretically get all of its energy needs using only renewable energy sources.

An explosion near Tuktoyaktuk releases gravel at the beginning highway construction season in 2014. (CBC)

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Construction season ends on Arctic Canadian highway

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 20:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 20:54
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The second highway construction season between the Arctic Canadian communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk has come to a close. In

The Dalton Highway was washed out south of Deadhorse on Thursday, May 21, 2015. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Highway repairs underway after floodwaters drop in Arctic Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 17:20 — Last Updated: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 19:18
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Road crews began repairing the flood-battered Dalton Highway on Alaska’s North Slope over the Memorial Day weekend, bringing hope to

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‘Epic’ flooding on Alaska Highway hinders Arctic oil operations

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2015 at 13:19 — Last Updated: Monday, May 25, 2015 at 13:28
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DEADHORSE — Unprecedented flooding continues to interfere with daily operations on the North Slope oil patch after surging waters wiped away

A picture taken on April 16, 2015 shows a general view of the port of Sabetta in the Kara Sea shore line on the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic circle, some 2450 km of Moscow. The Yamal LNG (liquefied natural gas) project aiming to extract and liquefy gas from the Yuzhno-Tambeyskoye gas field is scheduled to start production in 2017. Russia's Novatek holds a 60 percent stake in the venture. France's Total and China's CNPC hold 20 percent each. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)

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Norwegian concrete to Yamal gas field

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 18:25 — Last Updated: Friday, May 15, 2015 at 17:32
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Norwegian concrete producer Ølen Betong in Murmansk has to expand production due to huge orders from Yamal LNG. Ølen Betong and

Icebreaker in Russia's Pacific port of Vladivostok, about 6,400 km (4,000 miles) east of Moscow. (AP)

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New icebreakers open way for Russia in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 19:26 — Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 17:52
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Russia is building an armada of new icebreakers which will substantially strengthen its presence in Arctic waters. The higher the ambitions

Fran Ulmer preps an audience for a live-stream viewing of a meeting of the Arcic Council on Friday, april 24, 2015, at UAA. (Erik Hill/ADN)

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Climate change emphasized as US takes chair of Arctic Council

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 19:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 18:47
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Linking climate change with severe flooding in the Alaska village of Galena, Secretary of State laid out an ambitious agenda to address

Construction work on E105 between the old check-point and Borisoglebsk. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Norway delays bridge-building to Russia on road to Crimea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 18:34
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Russia works seven days a week with new highway to the border, but the Norwegian Public Roads Administration today announced

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Politics, policy and polar road construction : Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 10, 2015 at 21:50 — Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 20:20
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On this week’s news roundup, we bring you some of your most-read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week:

A brief stop along the Nordland Railway. (Mia Bennett)

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Blog: A railroad of dreams and nightmares across Arctic Norway

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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After the High North Dialogue wrapped up in Bodø, Norway on March 19, most participants returned home via airplane. Air travel is