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Russia choose Northern Sea Route for cargo to Bangladesh, although Suez would be much shorter

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 5, 2021 at 14:59
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The route from St. Petersburg to Bangladesh via Murmansk and Vladivostok is about 3,200 nautical miles longer than sailing the

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RCI Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Canadian-style reconciliation commissions draw mixed reaction across Scandinavia

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2020 at 14:02
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It began with a funding announcement — and a modest one at that. Last week, the Swedish government announced $175,000

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Northern Scandinavia to pioneer commercial flights with electric planes

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 12:18 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2020 at 10:26
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Northern Scandinavia could be one of the first regions in the world with flights operated by commercial airliners with zero-emission

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Finland has Nordics’ oldest first-time mothers

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 11:51
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The average age of women giving birth is higher in Finland than any of the other Nordic countries, statistics from

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

How different is Sweden’s coronavirus strategy to its Scandinavian neighbours?

Lee Roden, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 16:05 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 16:15
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With its refusal to resort to strict lockdowns, Sweden is seen an outlier among the Scandinavian countries for its softer coronavirus strategy.

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Winter Games ‘in good shape’ with COVID-19 precautions

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 10:56
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Officials with the Arctic Winter Games (AWG) say the risk is low, but they’re taking all necessary precautions to avoid

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Russian nuclear-powered cargo ship en route around Scandinavia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 10:26
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The world’s only nuclear-powered merchant ship left St. Petersburg on Tuesday and is now underway to Arkhangelsk where it will

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Canada Science Science (Canada) 

What are the northern lights?

Katherine Barton, CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 9, 2019 at 14:07
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Across the North, vibrant aurora borealis dance and ripple across the sky practically every night in the winter. Most people

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General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Sami National Day celebrates 100 year anniversary

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, February 6, 2017 at 16:24 — Last Updated: Monday, February 6, 2017 at 16:51
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The indigenous Sami are celebrating their National Day, Monday, beginning a week of events to mark the 100th anniversary of

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General 

Fewer Arctic foxes born in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 14:38
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A cyclical decline in the population of small rodents in the Swedish mountains has hurt the numbers of one of Sweden’s most

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Reindeer hot dogs for sale at Kauppatori. (Mia Bennett)
Blog Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Blog: Finland – An eastern Arctic nation

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 18:11
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Finland is the quiet player in Arctic affairs. It lacks the long Arctic coastlines of Russia, Canada, the United States,

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Culture Culture (Denmark/Greenland) Denmark/Greenland General Special Features 

Feature Interview: Canadian artist explores Greenland’s past

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, July 27, 2015 at 12:40 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 14:13
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Jessica Auer, a Canadian visual artist based in Montreal, Quebec, still remembers the first time she visited L’Anse aux Meadows

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A brief stop along the Nordland Railway. (Mia Bennett)
Blog General Norway Society Society (Norway) Special Features 

Blog: A railroad of dreams and nightmares across Arctic Norway

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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After the High North Dialogue wrapped up in Bodø, Norway on March 19, most participants returned home via airplane. Air travel is

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How is light effecting what tree rings tell us about changing Arctic temperatures? (Courtesy Zan Stine)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) Special Features 

Feature Interview: What tree rings tell us about climate in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 23, 2014 at 16:22 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:10
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Tree rings in the Arctic hold important information about the northern environment. But the so called ‘divergence problem,’ that is

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