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Experts question timeframes & social consequences of Russia’s warship program

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 13:39 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 15:04
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While the Russian Navy brags about its new class of nuclear-powered destroyers and other sophisticated surface vessels, Norwegian experts believe

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Canadian icebreaker sets sail to shore up elusive North Pole claim

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, July 22, 2016 at 18:12 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 15:03
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A Canadian icebreaker is setting sail Friday to collect scientific information to support Canada’s submission on the extended continental shelf

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Top of the world sees yet another record hot month

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, April 18, 2016 at 21:15 — Last Updated: Monday, April 18, 2016 at 22:02
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Planet Earth, and particularly the Arctic, is heating up for the 11th month in a row with never seen before

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Russian military instructors plan to land on Svalbard

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 18:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 18:04
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Russian airborne forces are preparing exercises close to the North Pole. During the preparations instructors and dog teams plan to

A snowy owl yawning. Conservationists think an abundance of lemmings and rodents are attracting these birds of prey to nesting grounds in western Sweden. (iStock)

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Airlines, owls and the North Pole – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2015 at 19:00 — Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015 at 19:12
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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

Overlapping claims to the North Pole don't mean conflict is inevitable says a Norwegian expert. (iStock)

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Conflict over Arctic shelf “unlikely”: expert

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2015 at 13:30 — Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015 at 19:12
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It all depends on Russia’s and the other Arctic countries’ willingness to follow the recommendations issued by the UN, an expert

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North Pole nuclear cruises season started

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 21:07
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Russia’s largest nuclear powered icebreaker is currently crushing the Arctic sea ice with 117 tourists on board. Powered with two

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Head of Russia’s Arctic Commission says Russia should use Russian equipment in the Arctic

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 12:49 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 21:07
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Russia should immediately start substituting foreign equipment for use in the Arctic with Russian, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin believes.

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Blog: When is it New Year’s at the North Pole?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 07:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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When December 31 draws to a close, people around the world will welcome in a new year. Unlike in the

Icebreaker towing cargo ship through thick ice-field in the European Arctic. What kind of shipping traffic will the North American Arctic experience with the changing climate? (iStock)

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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 12/05/19

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2014 at 19:33 — Last Updated: Monday, December 22, 2014 at 22:10
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

Kiera Kolson, récipiendaire du prix Jonathon Solomon pour l’activisme jeunesse. (CBC.ca)

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Dene woman wins award for preserving Aboriginal culture

CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2014 at 11:28
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Even at 14, Kiera Kolson never shied away from speaking her mind. Being part Gwich’in and Tso’Tine Dene, two First

Ice cover is up 50% from last year, but is still the 6th lowest level on record. (Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic)

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Arctic ice level rebounds from record 2012 low

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, September 23, 2013 at 11:07
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The amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank this summer to the sixth lowest level, but that is much

A team from NASA collects water for research projects from Arctic ice floes. (Kathryn Hansen / NASA photo / Alaska Dispatch)

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Arctic ice melting rapidly, but some ‘signs’ are false alarms

Ben Anderson, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, August 9, 2013 at 11:08
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Recently, a webcam reportedly stationed on a buoy near the North Pole in the high Arctic caught an unusual snapshot

Habitat for Humanity's construction site in North Pole, summer 2012. The geothermal unit slashed utility costs by 50 percent in its new three-bedroom, two-bathroom home. (Courtesy Habitat for Humanity / Alaska Dispatch)

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Habitat for Humanity’s geothermal home is paying off in Alaska

Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 11:40
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Geothermal heat is keeping Habitat for Humanity’s new home in North Pole toasty at half the cost of a regular