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Man in Northern Canada killed protecting his children from polar bear

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 14:05 — Last Updated: Friday, July 6, 2018 at 11:13
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The community of Arviat, Nunavut (Northern Canada), is grieving after a local man was killed by a polar bear Tuesday

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

As sea ice gets scarcer, polar bear attacks on people become more frequent

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 13:41
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As Arctic sea ice has dwindled, polar bear attacks on people have increased — correlated trends that point to distressed conditions

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Environment (USA) General Science USA 

Polar bears’ switch to land foods showing up in lowered mercury levels

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, June 26, 2017 at 09:00
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For polar bears pushed to shore as summer sea ice vanishes, there appears to be a side benefit — mercury levels

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Slowing Arctic warming called the only hope for polar bears in the long term

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, January 9, 2017 at 20:56 — Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2017 at 22:21
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Just days before the inauguration of a new president who has dismissed climate change as a hoax, the Obama administration

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Blog Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Ice-Blog: New report sees Arctic melt on course to tip global climate

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2016 at 14:13 — Last Updated: Monday, November 28, 2016 at 15:19
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Scientists say the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Science Science (Canada) 

Polar bear adaptation to ice loss not really working

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 15:09 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:08
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Polar bears do not seem to be able to find adequate alternative food sources to replenish their diet as they

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Science Science (Canada) 

Polar bears forced to swim long distances as Arctic ice melts

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 20:11 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:25
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Scientists are sounding the alarm over the discovery that many polar bears in the Canadian Arctic are making marathon swims of

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Protecting people and polar bears from each other

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 15:45 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:32
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It is an age old problem but one that has been getting worse with global warming. Polar bears need sea

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Blog Environment General Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Can Paris avert threat to cryosphere?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 19:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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To those of us who work on polar subjects, there is no question about the relevance of the cryosphere to

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The raccoon dog spread to North Sweden from neighbouring Norway. (iStock)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Science, politics and the ‘dreaded’ raccoon dog: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 19:00
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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A story looking at the complexity of polar bear hair and what that knowledge could contribute to design were among your most read stories this week. (Mathieu Belanger/Reuters)
Blog Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Sanctions, Sami and polar bear hair: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 19:55
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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Marc Cornelissen shows climate ambassadors how to drill to measure ice thickness. Alaska, 2008. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)
Blog Canada General Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, May 4, 2015 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 20:39
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This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow

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A polar bear walks plies the line between the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Arctic Ocean along a barrier island on Sept. 10, 2012. (Loren Holmes/ Alaska Dispatch News)
News 

To drill or not to drill? ANWR vs. the Arctic Ocean

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 20:19
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President Barack Obama’s decision to support continued exploration in the often ice-choked U.S. Arctic Ocean, while trying to lock up

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The Tromso debate continues: do we need Arctic oil? (Irene Quaile)
Blog General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Ice-Blog: Obama stops oil in Arctic Wildlife Reserve

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Back in Germany after spending a week and a half on the RV Helmer Hanssen off the coast of Spitsbergen, and

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Tromso: the gateway to the Arctic. (Irene Quaile)
Blog Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers

Irene Quaile
Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 20:47 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the

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