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Subatomic particles could hold the key to navigating Arctic waters

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 16:28 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 17:07
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Could subatomic particles called muons help us navigate through GPS-denied Arctic waters? That’s what a team of researchers believes, and

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Canada Science Science (Canada) 

Earth’s north magnetic pole is heading for Russia at an unprecedented rate, scientists say

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 at 17:14 — Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2019 at 17:16
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The direction indicated by our compasses, the magnetic north pole, is not fixed, unlike the geographic north. In fact, it

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Blog Canada General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) News Politics 

Blog – The Arctic shipping route no one is talking about

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 09:23 — Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2019 at 11:55
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By mid-century – and perhaps by 2035 – a Transpolar Passage will open across the Arctic Ocean via the North

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Details of China’s nuclear-powered icebreaker revealed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:58
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To be powered by two reactors, the vessel will manage to crush ice in the Arctic at a maximum speed

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Inuit make voices heard on Arctic shipping routes

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 13:31
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For the first time, Inuit communities are making recommendations to the Canadian government about how they want ships to move

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Cold winter brings out Finland’s icebreakers ahead of schedule

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 14:35 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 14:41
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Months of bone-chilling temperatures have turned much of the Bay of Bothnia into thick slabs of ice. Finnish icebreaker Sisu

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

Norway irked by Russia’s GPS jamming near Arctic border

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 21, 2019 at 11:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:45
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Military forces on the heavily militarized Kola Peninsula, in northwest Russia, have blinded GPS signals in Norwegian air space five

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GPS jamming jeopardizing public safety in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 10:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 10:24
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Both police and rescue services in Northern Norway are deeply worried as GPS signals are interrupted. Public safety and life

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Roald Amundsen’s Maud back home 100 years after setting sail from Norway

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 12:09
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One hundred years after a wooden ship set sail from Norway with the hopes of reaching the North Pole, the

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Oil spill cleanup ongoing in Sweden after freighter runs aground

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 12:12
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More than a hundred people are now working to clean up an oil spill in the Tjust archipelago, in the

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Which marine mammal is most vulnerable to Arctic vessels?

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 10:39
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As the open-water season becomes longer in the Arctic, little is known about how increasing vessel traffic affects marine mammals,

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

China opens bids for its first nuclear-powered icebreaker

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 10:10 — Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2018 at 12:03
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A powerful nuclear ship could open new waters for China’s Arctic strategy. China National Nuclear Corporation on June 21st said

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Canada ill-prepared for Arctic shipping boom, G7 sustainability summit hears

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 19:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 08:20
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Canada is woefully unprepared for how Arctic shipping will transform the planet, heard the G7 Arctic Sustainability Summit in Montreal

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

Norway blames Russian troops for GPS jamming near border

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, April 27, 2018 at 10:05 — Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2018 at 11:45
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Intensive military training on the Russian side of the border creates increasing communications troubles for nearby Norwegians. The Norwegian Ministry

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Rapid climate change requires stepped up Arctic coast guard co-operation: Canadian expert

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 18:11 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 08:47
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While rapid climate change is opening up growing portions of the Arctic to more ship traffic and economic activity, it’s

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