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Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse Sanchez and Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Matthews, both aviation maintenance technicians, prepare to deploy two of six sensors from an Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane north of Barrow, Alaska. The sensors gather data about the Arctic Ocean as they descend through the water column. They are deployed through a partnership between the U.S. Coast Guard and the University of Washington's Polar Science Center. July 16, 2013 (Sara Mooers / USCG/ Alaska Dispatch)

U.S. Department of Defense releases nation’s Arctic strategy

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2013 at 10:07
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As the Arctic climate continues to change, marine traffic and development grows and threats of man-made or natural disasters loom,

The Fennia icebreaker participated in ice clearing for Shell in the Arctic. (Arctia Shipping / Yle)

Business Finland

Finland’s Arctia: Offshore ops pay better than Baltic icebreaking

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 11:15
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The state-owned ice breaker company Arctia shipping has welcomed a proposal from Transport minister Merja Kyllönen for an external examination

This motorcycle could one day be powered by Canadian oil. New Delhi, India. Sept. 2013. ( Mia Bennett )

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BLOG: Conference in New Delhi analyzes Asia-Arctic linkages

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 10:13
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“It’s so far, but so very near to us now.” This is what Dr. Uttam Kumar Sinha observed during the opening

A ship makes it ways through heavy morning fog towards the Baltic Sea outside the northern Swedish city of Sundsvall on November 3, 2012. A 50 per cent increase in Baltic shipping is expected within the next 30 years. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)

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Ministers agree on environmental goals for the Baltic Sea

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, October 4, 2013 at 09:49
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After several hours of debates in Copenhagen environmental ministers from the Baltic Sea countries agreed that phosphorus and nitrogen pollution

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FEATURE INTERVIEW: Is Barents transport plan a model for the Beaufort region in the North American Arctic?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 27, 2013 at 15:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 10:06
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Transport Ministers from the four Barents countries: Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway,released the Joint Barents Transport Plan this week

A boat off the coast of Tromso, Norway, the location of the Arctic Frontiers conference. (Saul Loeb / AFP)

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Norwegian conference looks at development in Barents Region

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 27, 2013 at 09:51 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:25
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A four-day conference on Arctic ports in wound up on Thursday in Narvik, Norway. The international conference was organized by

Business Russia

Russia to reopen Soviet-era Arctic military base

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 16:28
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Russia is reopening a Soviet-era military base in the Arctic, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, part of a drive to make

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Nunavut, Canada politician questions Franklin search spending

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 14:53
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Rankin Inlet North MLA Tagak Curley says the government of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut shouldn’t be spending money

The Finnish icebreaker Fennica has been used in Arctic seafaring sorties for the Shell oil company. (Arctia Shipping / Yle)

Business Russia

Finland looking to supply icebreakers to Russia

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 11:32
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Negotiations are in the final stages between Finland and Russia to supply icebreakers for Russian waters. An inter- governmental agreement

Le navire Amundsen. (La Presse Canadienne)

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Ice delays supply barge for communities in Canada’s western Arctic

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 10:21
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Ice buildup in the Amundsen Gulf is responsible for barge delays that have many Northern coastal communities in Canada’s western

The Chinese cargo ship Yong Sheng (pictured here in Sri Lanka). ( Sanka Vidanagama / AFP)

Business USA

Yong Sheng: Why Arctic voyage of Chinese cargo ship is business as usual

Ben Anderson, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 15:02
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Much is being made of the voyage of the Yong Sheng, a Chinese cargo ship slowly making its way across

The Rauma shipyard is working on its last order, a naval patrol vessel, due to be completed in September. (Antti Laakso / Yle)

Business Finland

Shipyard workers walk off job in Rauma, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 10:42
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Workers at STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard walked off the job Thursday morning to protest the transfer of a large shipbuilding

The 77-foot vessel ran into trouble after encountering heavy waves and an especially high tide, causing it to crash into floating river ice from Alaska's Seal River. (USCG)

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Alaska ship leaking fuel after hitting iceberg

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 26, 2013 at 10:47
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A tug and barge that went aground Wednesday in the Gulf of Alaska, 60 miles southeast of Cordova, is leaking

Alaska ( John Moore / Getty Images / AFP)

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Alaska and Arctic Shipping: Boon or Boondoggle?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 08:11
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At the July 16-18 Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic held in Washington, D.C., Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski

Business USA

Arctic region’s economic output at $1 trillion and growing

Ben Anderson, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 16:36
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At the beginning of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) conference in Anchorage this week, a group of panelists pointed