Oil prices dive, Arctic projects could be at risk
North Sea crude trading prices are now the lowest since June 2012. On Monday morning the price had reached USD
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/03/14
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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Sport cooperation continues in Barents Region
Sport plays and will continue to play an important role in the people-to-people cooperation in the Barents Region, top sports
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Researchers team up for increased Arctic cooperation
Salve Dahle with Akvaplan-Niva in Norway hopes the verbal conflict and boycott in trade between east and west will have
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Alarming situation for indigenous peoples in Russia
President of the Norwegian Sàmi Parliament, Aili Keskitalo, presses the alarm bell to world leaders meeting in New York about
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Blog: Welcoming Barents Observer to Eye on the Arctic!
Today, we are pleased to introduce a new media partner to the Eye on the Arctic project! BarentsObserver.com is a
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Cultural ties may help prevent suicide in Arctic indigenous peoples, experts say
Amid the grim statistics about suicide in the far north there are some bright spots — and potential lessons for
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Asia at the Poles – Spotlight: India
This story is part of an occasional Eye on the Arctic series looking at Arctic science and business from the
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Charges after Norwegian plane threat
A man has been charged with sabotage, for a bomb threat that forced a plane to land at Sweden’s Gothenburg
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Nordea: Finland risks ‘protracted recession’
The banking concern Nordea’s latest economic outlook paints a bleak picture of Finland’s prospects. While the other Nordic countries are
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Risk of flooding in Värmland, Sweden
The water level of the Trysilelva river in the central province of Värmland, near the Norwegian border, has risen 25
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Video: Watch 3,000 reindeer cross frozen river in Arctic Canada
A videographer in the Arctic town of Inuvik in Canada’s Northwest Territories captured the annual reindeer crossing at Swimming Point
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Blog: The tyranny of time and distance in Arctic SAR
In a recent post, I discussed cross-polar flights and the international framework that exists for search and rescue (SAR) coordination
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Blog – MH370: What if it were to happen in the Arctic?
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared while flying between the Asian capitals of Kuala Lumpur and Beijing. Based on analysis
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Blog: Russia puts countries on edge in the Arctic
The Arctic has been one of the bright spots in cooperation between Russia and the West for several years now
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