Reinstilling pride in the Inuit seal hunt
This month, Inuit launched a new offensive in their battle against the EU seal ban. The 2009 EU law bans the
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Eroding Arctic coastline reveals human bones
As Arctic Ocean waves from summer and fall storms eat away at Barrow’s bluffs, they take land from the living — and
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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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Nunavut allows limited caribou harvest after Baffin Island moratorium
Caribou are an important food source for Inuit on Baffin Island in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. But declining
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Nunavut gets EU exemption for seal products
Hunters in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut will now be able to sell their seal products in Europe after
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Iceland blasts Arctic Five for exclusion from fishing agreement
Iceland says the recent Arctic fishing moratorium, signed by the five Arctic coastal states without Iceland’s participation, is ‘unacceptable’ and
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Politics, pot & polar ice – 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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Study from Arctic Canada finds cannabis users less obese, less at risk for diabetes
Forget the Funyuns and drop the Doritos. New research out of Arctic Canada suggests that marijuana users, for some yet-to-be-understood
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Citizenship, Shell and polar education: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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Blog: Northern Canada doesn’t have a university … Does it need one?
Much ado has been made by the fact that northern Canada – specifically the territories – does not have a
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Arctic mural underway in Toronto, Canada
A giant wall mural by Arctic artists finally got underway in Canada’s largest city of Toronto on Thursday. Artists Patrick
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Nunavut Canada community revives eiderdown business
A small Inuit community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is reviving its eiderdown business, something it hopes provides
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Energy challenges in Canada’s North
From poor infrastructure to reliance on diesel, Canada’s northern territories face energy challenges unique in the country, says a report
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New national park planned in Canada’s High Arctic
A new national park in Canada’s High Arctic became one step closer to being set up after a bill was
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Blog: Telehealth in the Arctic – Unfulfilled potential
Telehealth is going mainstream. That was the message from a pair of recent stories in Wired magazine, an InTouch Health
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