Issues affecting circumpolar nations
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Despite improved relations between the federal government and Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, northerners still get excluded from political
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Growing concerns over Cook Inlet’s antiquated oil and gas facilities have prompted renewed calls for increased oversight following announcements of multiple leaks this
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Arctic foreign policy, like public policy in general, goes through phases. Our current phase began around 2006 and can
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The discovery of huge and unique fields in the two countries’ border areas is very likely, says Russia’s Minister of
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The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges governments to ensure that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and contributions remain central when ways to
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Canada plans to submit its Arctic continental shelf claim in 2018 and it is expected to include the North Pole,
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Signing the Svalbard treaty gives North Korea the right to conduct economic and scientific activities on the Arctic archipelago. The
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WASHINGTON — Alaska leaders have been making use of a new Washington connection lately: the man in charge of President Barack Obama’s
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Canada announced an Arctic science cooperation agreement with Sweden on Friday with a focus on marine surveying and oceans. The
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Canada announced a new scientific survey on Friday to contribute to the country’s Arctic continental shelf submission. “This scientific survey is
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WASHINGTON — What happens in the Arctic is the Arctic’s business, Rep. Don Young told members of a House subcommittee on
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JUNEAU — After sending salvos at President Barack Obama and federal government bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., top Republicans in the
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The Canadian province of Quebec announced an ambitious plan to develop its northern region on Wednesday, putting the Arctic back in
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The Alaska Senate on Tuesday passed a bill establishing an official state Arctic policy that, in large part, calls for more natural-resource
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A British investment company specialising in corporate restructuring cases has tabled a conditional offer to purchase the beleaguered Talvivaara mining
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