Swedish tourist industry worries about cuts to trail maintenance
After scheduled repairs were shelved due to budget cuts, the Swedish Tourist Association is calling on the government to restore
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Elk hunting season increasingly bringing hunters and joggers in same areas in Finland
Elk hunting season in Finland began on Saturday, 13 October and runs through 31 December, with 54,653 hunting permits issued
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Finland says those over 65-years-old can fish for free
The government has agreed on contentious fishing law details concerning elderly fishers. From next year onwards, over-65-year-olds will not have
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Alaska biologist ‘lucked out’ that Shuyak Island grizzly mauling wasn’t worse
If he’d been on either of the big islands of the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska fisheries biologist James Jackson would have
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Arctic parks among most visited in Finland
Nuuksio, Pallas-Yllästunturi and Urho Kekkonen National Parks top the list of parks attracting growing numbers of visitors in Finland, says
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Competitor dies in grueling Alaska backcountry race
The inevitable has happened in the 32-year-old Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic, and 44-year-old Rob Kehrer is dead. A 10-year veteran
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Missing in Alaska without a trace
The Nabesna Ranger District of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is an easy place to get lost. Sprawling east
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Quaint Alaska town of Hope ‘exploding’ with outsiders, locals say
Renna Martin describes a typical weekend night during the summer at her beloved Seaview Inn in the community of Hope
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Opinion: Canister of bear spray is best bet for Alaska backcountry runners
Two women badly mauled by grizzly bears in the Anchorage area in less than two months, with at least one
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In Alaska bear encounters, could old advice be completely wrong?
Sometimes you have to wonder if the efforts that go into trying to teach people how to handle bear encounters
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Yukon, Canada program incorporates trapping, aboriginal culture into curriculum
Trapping, hiking and cooking over a fire. These aren’t the kinds of activities most Canadian students encounter as part of
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Nature excursions offered to young Swedes from immigrant backgrounds
Young immigrants are getting the taste of Swedish nature and wildlife, as part of an initiative by the Swedish Hunters
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Yukon man who saved cyclists from bear called a hero
A man in Whitehorse, the capital city of Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, who saved two young girls from a black
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Alaska’s Flattop Mountain: Popular, treacherous, or both?
Three hikers have been rescued in as many weeks from the trail up Anchorage, Alaska’s popular Flattop Mountain, which over
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Climbers rescued off Yukon,Canada mountain after 5 days
Two climbers were rescued off Mount Eaton this weekend in Kluane National Park in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory. The climbers
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