Surfing in the Arctic
Surfing is surprisingly hot in the Lofoten Islands, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. “It’s all happening in the Arctic!”
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oceans
Finland: Seals gobble half a million fish – commercial fisheries report almost 500K in losses
Professional fishermen in Finland are up in arms about damages to their catch and equipment from grey seals. Recent figures
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Serious damage to drilling rig in Arctic Russia
The Gazprom Neft operated “Saturn” drilling rig lost one of its lifeboats and had its helipad destroyed by an
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Record month for Norwegian seafood in spite of Russian sanctions
October was a record month for export of Norwegian seafood, in spite of the Russian ban on import. Export values
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Expert predicts ice-free Arctic by 2020 as UN releases climate report
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Get ready to order those beach umbrellas in Barrow. One of the leading authorities on the physics of
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Russia: Submarine «Vladimir Monomakh» finishes trials
Russia’s newest strategic nuclear-powered submarine «Vladimir Monomakh» has passed all state tests and will soon be ready to be handed
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Norway: Rapid growth in Svalbard walrus population
Hunted for nearly 350 years, walruses in the Norwegian Arctic were on the brink of extinction. Then came the neighbours
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Norway-Russia fishery expedition finds abundance of cod, decline in other species
KIRKENES. This year’s latest joint Norwegian-Russian fishery expedition shows cod in abundance, but a major decline in herring, haddock and
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Unusual species in Alaska waters indicate parts of Pacific warming dramatically
A giant hotspot in the North Pacific Ocean may help explain why a massive ocean sunfish was spotted in Prince
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Thinner Arctic ice enabling new phytoplankton blooms
Reduced ice cover is stimulating a new phenomenon in the Arctic — extra blooms of phytoplankton occurring in the fall,
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Sweden announces payout to save Coast Guard
The government announced plans to earmark SEK 143 million for the Swedish Coast Guard which had given notice of major
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Finland’s sea eagles now nesting far inland – even Karelia and Lapland
Finland’s white-tailed eagle population is staging a strong recovery after nearly disappearing four decades ago. The majestic raptors, which can
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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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Gold-dredging boats in Nome, Alaska get Coast Guard inspections
With another busy gold-dredging season underway in Nome, the U.S. Coast Guard just wound up an enforcement campaign to check
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Rare dolphin spotted on Sweden’s west coast
A group of wild dolphins were suddenly and unexpectedly spotted by vacationers off Sweden’s west coast. Torbjörn Sandin, on boating
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