Nobel Peace Prize winners call for halt to Arctic drilling
Several Nobel Laureates point a warning finger against Norway; oil exploration in the Arctic must stop. In a letter, the Nobel
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Saami, the seabed & seismic testing: 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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Northernmost oil platform now pumping after years of delay
Norway’s Minister of Oil and Energy, Tord Lien, can smile as the world’s northernmost oil platform now pump oil after
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Cause of cargo plane crash still unclear
Swedish accident investigators are still searching for answers as to why a cargo plane carrying mail crashed in a remote area of
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Eagle attacks military drone
Military personnel were filming the Cold Response exercise, multinational war games in central Norway, when their drone suddenly was attacked
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Levels of methane increasing rapidly in the Arctic
The levels of the greenhouse gas methane are increasing more than expected at measuring stations both on Svalbard and in Southern
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A more assertive and unpredictable Russia: Norwegian foreign affairs minister
Norway needs a good neighbourly relationship with Russia, but stability in the North can no longer be taken for granted,
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Lessons from Norway’s Russia assessment
An annual intelligence assessment, which in large part focuses on Russia’s actions in the Arctic, released by Norway’s foreign intelligence
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Russia is more confident and unpredictable: Norwegian Intelligence Service
Russia is not an immediate military threat to Norway, but there is considerable uncertainty connected to the country’s long-term development,
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U.S. Marines jump into freezing Finnmark water
Some 200 Marines from the U.S. Marine Corps lined up on the ice waiting for their coldest experience ever; jumping
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Arctic Profile : Doing business in Finnish Lapland
Arctic Profiles is an occasional Eye on the Arctic series where we check in with different Arctic regions to
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O Canada! … A Norwegian writer takes on our country’s features & foibles
Norwegian writer and retired literature professor Gerd Bjørhovde has always had a thing for Canada. And there is only one person
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Arctic Frontiers: Our 2016 coverage
Arctic Frontiers is among the world’s most closely watched conferences on northern issues. Each year, politicians, business leaders and scientists descend
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Russian submarine activity equals Cold War levels
Commander says “a lot of what the Russians are doing at the moment we don’t understand, and is obscure.” Vice-Admiral
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Stop romanticizing Arctic development say indigenous leaders
TROMSO, Norway – Indigenous communities around the North are struggling economically and want development more than ever, as long as it’s done
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