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Modernizing Arctic aviation infrastructure among recommendations at Russian meeting

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 08:26
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Better aviation infrastructure and improvement of the airfield network in Russia’s Arctic and Far East were among the recommendations discussed

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Family in Northern Canadian city says poop fell from sky

Kirsten Fenn, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 15:13
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There’s a superstition that getting pooped on by a bird is good luck. But, what if human waste falls on

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American fighter jets intercept Russian bombers outside Alaska

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 14:53 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 14:57
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The U.S. military says it intercepted two Russian long-range bombers in the air space near Alaska on Friday. The Air

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Federal agency to investigate ‘avoidable’ plane crashes in Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 14:46
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The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a rare investigative hearing in Anchorage on Thursday to learn more about the

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (USA) Politics USA 

F-22s intercept Russian bombers outside Alaska for first time since 2015

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 12:51
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Military officials say they launched fighter jets on Monday afternoon to intercept two Russian long-range bombers flying toward Alaska. “What

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Poor cockpit communication behind fatal plane crash in Arctic Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, December 12, 2016 at 14:41
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A lack of communication between the pilot and co-pilot led to the fatal crash of a mail plane in Sweden’s

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Heather Stewart, with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, shows a sample of Richardson's Pond Weed, during a survey the weeds in Lake Hood Float Plane Base on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The weed is native species often mistaken for the invasive species Elodea that has been found in a small area of Lake Hood. (Bob Hallinen/Alaska Dispatch News)
Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Alaska: Invasive plant found in floatplane lake

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015 at 19:20
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A tenacious, invasive aquatic plant is now growing in what might be the worst place in Alaska – the floatplane

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Bjørn Ballo sits in the cockpit of the downed P-40 plane, a vestige of the Second World War under Jarfjord in Kirkenes. (Jimmy Thomson/Barents Observer)
General Norway Society Society (Norway) Special Features 

History revealed by WW2 wrecks in Norway’s Arctic fjords

James Thomson, Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 14:27 — Last Updated: Friday, November 7, 2014 at 20:53
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In the 70 years since the war, more than a dozen wrecks of planes and ships have been found on

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Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska: Series of missteps led to fatal crash of ACE flight 51

Colleen Mondor, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 17:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 17:44
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The National Transportation Safety Board amassed a file of more than 300 pages of documents while investigating the fatal March

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King Air's medevac planes are not able to land in Trout Lake, Nahanni Butte or Jean Marie River because their runways are not long enough. Instead, they must equip Twin Otter planes for those communities. (King Air / CBC)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s Northwest Territories investigating medevac response time

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 11:08
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The health department in Canada’s Northwest Territories is investigating why it took five hours for a medevac to arrive in

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