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Cross-country ski season begins in Rovaniemi, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 18:46 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 19:26
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As hardly any fresh snow has fallen yet in Finnish Lapland’s capital, snow stored since last winter was used to

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Stories concerning everything from drilling and education, to journalism and the environment, were among your most read stories this week. (iStock)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/17/14

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 17, 2014 at 20:40 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:03
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  On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finland: Time to take out the skis in Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 20:53
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As the weather cools, the first skiing tracks in Lapland are being laid down with artificial snow in Ounasvaara and

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Kim Wells placed 3rd in the 4-Dog Cart race during the Chugiak Dog Mushers Association's 2-mile dryland sled dog races in various classes at Breach Lake Park on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News)
General Society Society (USA) USA 

Alaska dogs get taste of dryland racing

Beth Bragg, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014 at 19:42 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 20:29
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Jenni Van Muijen was a mess from head to toe Sunday. Everything she wore was in need of a washing

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Photo Galleries Society Society (Russia) Special Features 

Creating links across the Arctic – A look back on the Beringia Arctic Games

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 09:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 08:13
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To view photo captions, click on “SL” and then the “info” button in the top right-hand corner The inaugural Beringia

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An image of the Chicago White Sox bench. They were later referred to as the "Black Sox," after a suspected game fixing scandal was confirmed the following year. (Library and Archives Canada)
Canada Culture Culture (Canada) 

Rare World Series footage found in Yukon permafrost

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, May 9, 2014 at 11:11 — Last Updated: Monday, August 25, 2014 at 18:41
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A rare newsreel film has turned up in Canada of one of the most controversial episodes in baseball history. In

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Highmarking can trigger avalanches or rollovers say experts. (iStock)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish snowmobilers take risks to new heights

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 11, 2014 at 09:58
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Snowmobilers in Sweden are getting their kicks by highmarking, a recreational game where riders drive a snowmobile straight up a

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Members of Team Nunavut at the 2014 Arctic Winter Games in Fairbanks, Alaska. The challenge of getting a passport in a timely manner in Nunavut meant some athletes had to give up their spots on the team. (Ross Paterson / CBC.ca)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Passport troubles keep some athletes from Arctic Winter Games in Alaska

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 14:57
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The challenge of getting a passport in a timely manner in Canada’s remote northern communities meant some athletes had to

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13-year-old Ethel Ford of Rankin Inlet, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, races in the individual 7.5 km dog mushing race. She finished just three minutes behind the gold medallist from Alaska. ‘I did alright,’ she told the CBC’s Alyssa Mosher, but Ford says she wishes she’d stopped for people passing her, so they could help pack down the trail and lead her faster to the finish line. (Michel Rheault / CBC.ca)
Blog Canada Society Special Features 

Blog: Where to go for in-depth Arctic Winter Games coverage

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 16:47 — Last Updated: Friday, July 18, 2014 at 17:55
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The Arctic Winter Games (AWG) is currently underway in Fairbanks, Alaska. The event began on March 15 and runs until

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About 2,000 athletes gathered for the opening show. (Jordan Konek/CBC)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Thousands gather for Arctic Winter Games in Alaska

Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, March 17, 2014 at 14:42
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FAIRBANKS — About 2,000 young athletes from around the circumpolar north, along with thousands of supporters and volunteers, kicked off

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Kids from Team Nunavik-Quebec gather at the Meet & Greet event on March 13th. (Kativik Regional Government)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Winter Games a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Inuit kids

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, March 14, 2014 at 17:27
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By Gilda Salomone, Radio Canada International Sixty-four young athletes from Nunavik, Que. are travelling to Fairbanks, Alaska this weekend to

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(Craig Medred)
Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Iditarod will dish out rocks, roots, and fragile ice

Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, February 28, 2014 at 16:03
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ROHN — The angry whining sound you’re likely to hear deep in the Alaska Range early next week will come

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Skiers at the 2012 edition of the Vasaloppet ski marathon. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Cold snap saves Sweden’s Vasaloppet ski race

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 12:30
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It looks like Sweden’s long distance skiing race Vasaloppet will be held this weekend after all. The race has been

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Skiers at the 2012 edition of the Vasaloppet ski marathon. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Warm weather threatens Sweden’s Vasaloppet ski race

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 11:24
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Sweden’s world-famous long-distance skiing race, the Vasaloppet, is at risk from the unseasonally warm winter this year. At a press

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Athletes compete in the snowshoe biathlon in the 2008 Arctic Winter Games. Trials for the sport will be held indoors this weekend, as temperatures drop to -30. (CBC.ca)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

At -30, Arctic Winter Games trials move indoors

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 12:07
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Thirty-five biathlon athletes are arriving in Hay River today to compete at Arctic Winter Games trials, but the athletes won’t

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