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An explosion near Tuktoyaktuk releases gravel at the beginning highway construction season in 2014. (CBC)

Construction season ends on Arctic Canadian highway

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 20:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 20:54
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The second highway construction season between the Arctic Canadian communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk has come to a close. In

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, seen near Copper Center on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Assessment board values Alaska pipeline at billions more than oil companies do

Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 13:18
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The State Assessment Review Board says the trans-Alaska pipeline is worth $9.6 billion for property tax purposes, $7 billion more than the

Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)

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Alaska LNG gains milestone with export license

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 19:16 — Last Updated: Monday, June 1, 2015 at 15:46
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The U.S. federal Energy Department announced on Thursday it will license Liquified Natural Gas exports from Nikiski, even to countries

Diving oil prices will have a serious effect on Barents drilling. Gazprom Neft and Eni, the two companies which have production platforms in the area, will inevitably have to record major losses. (iStock)

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U.S. federal official says continued low oil prices could threaten trans-Alaska pipeline

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 13:45 — Last Updated: Monday, June 1, 2015 at 15:46
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The top official at the federal Energy Information Administration on Thursday said he’s concerned about the viability of the trans-Alaska oil

The Dalton Highway was washed out south of Deadhorse on Thursday, May 21, 2015. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)

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Highway repairs underway after floodwaters drop in Arctic Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 17:20 — Last Updated: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 19:18
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Road crews began repairing the flood-battered Dalton Highway on Alaska’s North Slope over the Memorial Day weekend, bringing hope to

Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (centre), Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (left) and Leonid Brezhnev (right) salute the crowd on May 1, 1961 during a gathering on Red Square to celebrate Gagarin's flight aboard Vostok I. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel in space aboard Vostok I and the first to orbit the Earth. For decades, the U.S. and the Soviet Union battled to outdo each other in space. Any echoes in today's Arctic? /AFP/GettyImages)

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Blog: Parallels drawn between space race and Arctic offshore development

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 19:18
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The reaction to the U.S. government’s decision to conditionally allow Shell to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer has

United States Secretary of State John Kerry responds to a question during a news conference at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: Obama defends Arctic drilling weeks after Kerry promotes clean energy at Arctic Council

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 18:09 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 17:45
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At the Arctic Council ministerial in Iqaluit, Canada on April 25, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waxed poetic about

The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic in 2008. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)

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IMO completes Polar Code, regulating Arctic and Antarctic shipping

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 13:41 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 17:45
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Starting in 2017, it will be illegal for shippers to dump oil, oily waste or noxious materials into Arctic or

Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sergei Donskoi listens to proceedings during the opening of the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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No alternative to Arctic oil says Russia environment minister

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2015 at 13:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 20:26
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Low oil prices and sky-high development costs notwithstanding, Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources says works on the Arctic shelf must

The Alaska phase of a major fibre optic project remains on track for completion by the end of next year. (iStock)

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Arctic-spanning fiber-optic project moves ahead in Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 13:36 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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Alaskans are playing a bigger role in an international project that seeks to link Europe and Asia with a fiber-optic cable

Western sanctions have created major problems for Rosneft’s Arctic drilling plans. (Rosneft)

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Rosneft readies more Kara Sea mapping

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 13:07 — Last Updated: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 21:09
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The oil company will this year spend 764 million rubles (€13,2 million) on seismic mapping in the Kara Sea. Hit by

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U.S. agency explains report on Arctic oil spills

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 17:19 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 18:47
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Inside a thick government report on the impact of off-shore oil leasing in the Chukchi Sea is a phrase that grabs the

Alaska's coastal villages want more involvement in shipping decisions that affect waters near their communities. (iStock)

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Cleanup completed on 6 Arctic legacy wells in Alaska

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 20:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 20:00
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Cleanup is done on six legacy wells that are relics of early North Slope oil exploration, the Bureau of Land Management

Dockwise Vanguard arrives in Hammerfest with Goliat FPSO on board on April 17, 2015. (Eni Norge)

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Blog: Goliat arrives in Hammerfest, poised to open new frontier in Arctic offshore oil

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 20:41 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 20:00
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April 17 was a historic day for humanity on the earth’s final and last frontiers. As the International Space Station berthed SpaceX’s Dragon this

Before the long Easter weekend, we take a look back at some of your most read northern stories this week. (iStock)

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Mining, politics and Maine: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 3, 2015 at 08:00
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this