Friendly beluga whale with mysterious harness raises alarm in Norway
A friendly beluga whale freed from a mysterious harness by Norwegian fishermen is raising alarm and questions about the potential
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Blog – Kirkenes: The company town that became a Chinatown for five days
The town of Kirkenes, Norway is a little northern melting pot. It sits at the on the country’s Arctic edge,
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Russian navy does submarine hunt training in Norwegian Sea
Russia’s Northern Fleet reports on Sunday that the group of three navy vessels from Severomorsk on the Kola Peninsula successfully
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What a Saami-led project in Arctic Finland can teach us about Indigenous science
A successful Saami-led, salmon rewilding project on the Näätämö river in Arctic Finland illustrates the success of partnership between Indigenous
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Norway’s experience with F-35 fighter jets offers lesson for Canada
As the Canadian government embarks on a much delayed and criticized quest to find a replacement for its ageing fleet
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Nearly 2,000 Canadian troops take part in NATO’s largest exercise since Cold War
Nearly 2,000 Canadian troops have been deployed to Northern Europe as the alliance kicked off Thursday its largest war games
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Climate change is driving micro-algae blooms into High Arctic and may affect food chains, says study
Micro-algae blooms at the base of marine food chains are heading north at a rate of one degree of latitude
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Feature Interview: UK announces new Arctic defence strategy, but who’s the intended audience?
Arctic sub-hunters, more cold weather training, and RAF Typhoons patrolling the Icelandic skies. These were just a few of items
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Russian border guards detain more migrants seeking Arctic route
Pressure on the northern Schengen-border intensifies as several groups of migrants are detained in Russian Arctic borderlands. Two citizens of
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Wildfires ravage Sweden, Norwegian helicopters flown in for backup
Fires continue to rage in forests and fields on Monday, and things have got so bad that rescue services will
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World’s first round-the-Arctic luxury cruise could set sail in 2020
Luxury cruise ship will next summer sail from Nome to Tromsø via the Northern Sea Route and then to Newfoundland
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Norway to build three large Coast Guard ships for Arctic
With a length of 136 meters, the three will be the largest Coast Guard vessels sailing the European Arctic. Norway’s
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Russia’s Novatek turns to Norway to ease Arctic LNG exports
The Russian natural gas company is squeezed over its Yamal LNG exports. The solution could lie in Norwegian Arctic fjords.
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Blog – Smelters, huskies, and fish pies: the Arctic road from Norway to Russia
On a gray June day, a group of thirty-odd Arctic scholars and artists participating in a traveling symposium called the
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NATO launches annual anti-submarine drill off Norwegian coast
While Russia’s largest exercise over the last ten years in the Barents Sea comes to an end, eight NATO nations
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