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Toronto Arctic360 conference tackles business development, international cooperation 

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 17:48
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TORONTO —  Arctic360, the Canadian northern affairs conference, kicked off Tuesday with this year’s event focused on both business and

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Greenland seeks to boost profile in China with new Beijing office

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 11:31
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Greenland opened a new office in Beijing last week with a view to boosting its profile in China.  “For the

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Blog: The Arctic Circle’s comeback

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 09:05
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Following a hiatus last year due to the global pandemic, and instead shifting to virtual presentations for much of 2020 and after,

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Blog – The Arctic shipping route no one is talking about

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 09:23 — Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2019 at 11:55
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By mid-century – and perhaps by 2035 – a Transpolar Passage will open across the Arctic Ocean via the North

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New icebreaking tankers sailing through Russia’s thick Arctic ice

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 11:21 — Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2019 at 12:13
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Two ships are on their way from China and South Korea and will have to break through up to 2

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U.S. VP Mike Pence to visit Alaska, intercontinental ballistic missile facilities before Olympics

Emily Russell, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 09:28
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On his way to attend the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea in February, Vice President Mike Pence

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South Korean company plans shipping through Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 18:14
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Trial runs might start in 2020, the biggest South Korean shipping company says. As Arctic ice reaches historical lows, Asian

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Dockwise Vanguard arrives in Hammerfest with Goliat FPSO on board on April 17, 2015. (Eni Norge)
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Blog: Goliat arrives in Hammerfest, poised to open new frontier in Arctic offshore oil

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 20:41 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 20:00
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April 17  was a historic day for humanity on the earth’s final and last frontiers. As the International Space Station berthed SpaceX’s Dragon this

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Russia requiring detailed travel itineraries from visitors

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 15:15 — Last Updated: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 15:24
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Foreigners traveling to Russia must from today provide a specified pre-fixed route of places to visit. “This isn’t great for the

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Kashgar, China – the former and future gateway to the Silk Road. The desert city is a far cry from Murmansk. (iStock)
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Blog: China’s silk road plans could challenge Northern Sea Route

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 16:45 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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For several years now, the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the shipping lane hugging the north coast of Russia, has been touted

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Presumed Route of Polar Discovery tanker carrying oil from Alaska to South Korea. The brown line denotes the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, while lines in the sea denote commercial shipping. Data from the European Commission. (Cryopolitics)
Blog Business Business (USA) General Special Features USA 

Blog: Alaska ships its first oil to Asia in a decade

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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On September 26, ConocoPhillips‘ Polar Discovery departed the Valdez Marine Terminal in Alaska for Yeosu, South Korea. Valdez is where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline,

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Blog: Asia and the Arctic in Eurasian Geography and Economics

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2014 at 09:22 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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For interested readers, the peer-reviewed journal Eurasian Geography and Economics has just published my article, “North by Northeast: Toward an

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Blog: Mapping and distorting the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 14:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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I’m here at the University of Minnesota’s Polar Boot Camp, which is run by the on-campus Polar Geospatial Center (PGC).

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Map 1: The voyage taken by HHL Hong Kong from Ust-Luga, Russia to Rajin, North Korea in 2013. (Cryopolitics)
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Blog: North Korea and the Northern Sea Route

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 at 09:11 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Last year, a total of three ships sailed from the Port of Ust-Luga, Russia along the Northern Sea Route (NSR).

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Cross-polar flights vis-à-vis locations in the Arctic and sub-Arctic (broadly construed; note the southern distance of the locations in Canada) with capabilities to assist in Arctic SAR operations. (Cryopolitics)
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Blog: The tyranny of time and distance in Arctic SAR

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, April 4, 2014 at 17:17
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In a recent post, I discussed cross-polar flights and the international framework that exists for search and rescue (SAR) coordination

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