Ships, spys and international ‘uncooperation’ – 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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Canada to collect more data for continental shelf claim
Canada announced a new scientific survey on Friday to contribute to the country’s Arctic continental shelf submission. “This scientific survey is
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Arctic foxes making a comeback in Sweden
More than a decade ago, the fjällräven, or arctic fox, in Scandinavia was on the brink of extinction. But things
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Arctic countries ban fishing around North Pole
Decades ago, fishermen, fishery managers and environmentalists from Alaska and the Soviet Union put aside their nations’ differences to try
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Rosneft completes historical Arctic expedition
For ten weeks the nuclear powered icebreaker “Yamal” brought a major team of researchers practically all along Russia’s Arctic coast.
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Blog: Telehealth in the Arctic – Unfulfilled potential
Telehealth is going mainstream. That was the message from a pair of recent stories in Wired magazine, an InTouch Health
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Russia responds to Arctic NATO drill
The country’s Arctic Brigade is mobilized as NATO countries together with Sweden and Finland start the Arctic Challenge rehearsal. Russian Minister
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Putin signs law against “undesirable” NGOs
Persons working inside Russia for foreign organizations or firms listed as “undesirable” can get hefty fines or get sentences of up
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Arctic Challenge Exercise begins over North Sweden
The Arctic Challenge Exercise, one of the biggest military plane exercises of the year, began Monday in the north of
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Gazprom, Lukoil in Arctic alliance
The two companies will support each other in bids for offshore projects and together counter the power of Rosneft. A
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Study finds lower cancer rates among indigenous Sámi
According to a doctoral dissertation to be published by the University of Helsinki, the indigenous Sámi people of Northern Finland
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Norwegian concrete to Yamal gas field
Norwegian concrete producer Ølen Betong in Murmansk has to expand production due to huge orders from Yamal LNG. Ølen Betong and
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Swedes pay more than neighbors for mobile broadband
Surfing on a cellphone costs Swedes more than users in neighboring Nordic lands, according to a price review. Swedish Television
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Most luxury cruise liners still dumping sewage in Baltic Sea
The international cruise season in the Baltic has just begun, and several hundreds of thousands of cruise tourists are expected
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Was new Russian battle tank made for Arctic?
Russia’s new battle tank is designed for operations in extremely low temperatures. It could be based in the Kola Peninsula,
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