EU calls for increased protection for the Arctic, sanctuary around North Pole
The European Union Parliament has passed a resolution which calls for increased protection in the high Arctic from development activities.
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Feature Interview: The need for business cooperation in the Arctic
All over the circumpolar world, business and the prosperity of indigenous communities is taking centre stage. Canada, the current chair
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Feature Interview: What acoustics can tell us about whales in the Arctic
A new study suggests that certain species of sub-Arctic whales are increasingly making their way through the Bering Strait towards
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Greenland meeting to discuss Arctic fishing
International delegations from five Arctic coastal nations are meeting in Greenland this week to discuss Arctic fishing. Huge sections of
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Warming Arctic may be aiding the spread of disease
A Canadian team of scientists have discovered that pathogens have been spreading to new species and killing them, and it
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Russia charges five Greenpeace activists with piracy; more charges expected
Greenpeace said Wednesday that five of its activists who were detained after protesting at a Russian oil platform have
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Russian probe: Greenpeace activists posed ‘real threat’ to Arctic oil platform
Russia’s investigative agency says Greenpeace activists posed a “real threat” to the security of personnel on an offshore drilling platform in the
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Feature Interview: Sweden wraps up Arctic Council chairmanship
When Sweden hands chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Canada, it will cap off what many observers have characterized as
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