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Deep-water port in Arctic Alaska on hold

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 13:14 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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Proposed Arctic development off the coast of Alaska just suffered another hit. The Army Corps of Engineers said Monday it will put

A judge has ordered Alaska officials to provide more outreach and resources to Yup’ik- and Gwich’in-speaking villagers in the upcoming November election. (iStock)

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Trudeau, shipping & Arctic conflict: Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, October 26, 2015 at 13:17 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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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

Radar stations are under construction in the Russian district of Vorkuta and in the Arctic Murmansk region. (iStock)

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NSR – Russia to focus on domestic projects

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Posted: Monday, October 19, 2015 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 19:02
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REYKJAVIK: Transit cargo between Europe and Asia is plummeting, but cargo to and from Russian ports along the Northern Sea

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Germany, Iceland cooperate on new transpolar port

Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 19, 2015 at 13:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 19:02
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The German company Bremenports has concluded an agreement with Icelandic authorities and the Icelandic engineering company Elfa on a

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Politics, plastics and whaling: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 at 19:51 — Last Updated: Monday, October 19, 2015 at 13:47
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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

The nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) at the North Pole in 2013. Here, it brought the Olympic Flame to the North Pole for the first time during the torch relay for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. (Sergei Dolya/AP)

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Blog: Arctic cruise industry expands

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 18:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 18:10
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In August, just as the short polar cruising season was winding down to a close, I sat down in a canteen at Moscow

The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic in 2008. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)

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Ice, shipping and the Northwest Passage

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2015 at 13:17 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 15:40
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New findings from on-site research have found that ice in the Northwest passage can still be too thick and ice

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Arctic no shipping rival to Suez: expert

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 13:47 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 15:40
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As the ice retreats, Arctic shipping is expected to increase. But if your idea of “Arctic shipping” is cargo carriers

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Blog: Singapore and the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 20:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 15:40
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In Singapore, they say, there are two seasons: summer outdoors and winter indoors. On a hot and dangerously hazynight last

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Blog: Chinese naval ships near Aleutians

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 20:35 — Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 15:38
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A few days ago, the U.S. Navy reported that it had detected five Chinese naval ships near the Aleutian Islands.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in Alaska in 2008. (AP)

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U.S. icebreaker reaches North Pole

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 15:17 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 17:30
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At 7:47 a.m. Saturday, after 28 days at sea, a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker reached the North Pole, making it the

The Fennica off the Finnish coast near Pori. (Markku Sandell / Yle)

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Finland wants in on US icebreaker investment

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:17 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:19
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The head of Finnish state-owned company Arctia Shipping points out that operating icebreakers is a more lucrative business than building

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Russia’s nuclear battle cruiser enters dry-dock

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:36
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The Russian navy’s “Pyotr Veliky” needs extensive modernization, according to Moscow-based expert. The huge battle cruiser enters the largest dry-dock

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Iceland, Obama, and indigenous rights: Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 13:37 — Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 13:43
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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

Guo Chuan intends to set records on the Northern Sea Route. (Atle Staalesen/Barents Observer)

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Chinese sailor to take on Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2015 at 13:17 — Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 20:06
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Chinese sailor Guo Chuan intends to make it from Murmansk to the Bering Strait in 14 days without engine power