Roundup of COVID-19 responses around the Arctic
With the number of COVID-19 cases outside of China increasing rapidly, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global
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Norway
Svalbard: Colder than normal for the first time in 10 years
Not since November 2011 has Svalbard had a monthly average temperature colder than normal. “Average temperature for March was -16,2
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Norwegian Arctic wilderness tourism hit particularly hard by coronavirus
Trine Baddari and her family spent years building the BIRK husky as a successful wilderness brand in the Pasvik valley.
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Arctic oil plans in Norway and Russia disrupted amid COVID-19 crisis
Grand plans for drilling and field development in far northern Norwegian waters are being delayed and postponed. The coronavirus and
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Unusual amounts of snow and ice threaten reindeer in Arctic Norway
“It’s a serious crisis,” says Elisabeth Aspaker, County Governor of Norway’s northernmost region. She calls on everyone not to disturb
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North Pole Barneo camp cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak
With Norway partially shutting down its borders for foreigners, Svalbard airport Longyearbyen can’t be used to shuttle people and supply
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Norway deploys Home Guard soldiers on border with Finland in the Arctic
With the goal of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, Norwegian soldiers are now supporting local police with turning
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Scandinavian airlines cancel thousands of flights and lay off most of their employees
Demand for air travel is essentially non-existent due to the coronavirus outbreak and airlines like SAS, Norwegian and Widerøe have
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Swedish Public Health Agency says border closures ‘won’t work’ against coronavirus spread
Sweden’s chief epidemiologist at the public health agency, and who is leading the work against the corona virus says closing
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Norway cancels NATO Arctic military exercise due to coronavirus outbreak
More than 15,000 soldiers from nine countries will put down their weapons and start preparing to go home from their
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Coronavirus: Russia hints it might close its border with Norway, Finland
Cases of coronavirus have been revealed at our neighbors, governor of the north Russian region explains. “I beg all inhabitants
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16,000 NATO troops kickstart Arctic war game in northern Norway
Northern Norway is battle zone in this year’s major allied Arctic exercise. Temperatures were dropping to below minus 20 degrees
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Norwegian wealth fund’s value in Russian company Gazprom more than doubled in 2019
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund enjoyed a very good year on both the Russian stock and bond markets. The
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First case of coronavirus tested in Arctic Norway
A woman from the north Norwegian town of Tromsø has tested positive for the coronavirus. The woman was tested after
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Russian vessels fired cruise missiles in Norwegian Sea as part of training
Two big naval vessels from the Northern Fleet trained combat against enemy aircrafts off the Norwegian coast. It was the
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