Three-year wait for satellite station licences in Arctic Canada could soon be over
Two foreign satellite operators may soon receive an interim licence to operate the receivers they built in Inuvik, Northwest Territories
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Canada: Northerners’ hopes of sponsoring family members dashed
Younes Oudghough says he went on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website an hour before applications opened Monday in
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Move over mushers and planes, drones to deliver emergency supplies in Alaska
A team of unmanned aerial vehicle experts led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks is working on delivering emergency medical
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“The ‘Smart Arctic’ is Indigenous,” Saami leader tells Arctic Frontiers
We Sámi people manage the life cycles of natural resources and produce little or no wastes, that is what I
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Norway irked by Russia’s GPS jamming near Arctic border
Military forces on the heavily militarized Kola Peninsula, in northwest Russia, have blinded GPS signals in Norwegian air space five
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GPS jamming jeopardizing public safety in Arctic Norway
Both police and rescue services in Northern Norway are deeply worried as GPS signals are interrupted. Public safety and life
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For the first time, all communities in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut have cell service
All 25 of Nunavut’s communities have access to cell service for the first time, now that SSi Micro has completed
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Satellite imagery illuminates ice conditions around communities in Canada’s east-Arctic
Inuit in Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven, in the territory of Nunavut, are getting a clearer picture of sea-ice
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Apps help First Nations in northwest Canada preserve and teach their language
Yukon First Nations are turning to technology to help preserve their language. They are creating mobile applications, more commonly known
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Finland summons Russian ambassador over GPS jamming
Russian Ambassador to Helsinki, Pavel Kuznetsov, was set to meet in Finland’s Foreign Ministry on Monday. Norway and Finland have
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Finland to talk with Russia about GPS jamming during NATO exercise
Finland is expected to launch diplomatic talks with Russia over suspected GPS signal-jamming that affected areas in northern Norway and
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Finland: Former PM trusts Norway’s assessment blaming Russia for GPS jamming
Norway’s defence ministry announced on Tuesday evening that it had traced recent GPS jamming in Norwegian and Finnish Lapland to a Russian
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Norwegian defence confirms GPS jamming came from northwest Russia
Civilian passenger planes lost GPS signals on flights over Finnmark, Arctic Norway. “The jamming in the period between October 16th
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Russia suspected of GPS jamming in northern Finland during NATO war games
On Tuesday Finnish air traffic control officials warned civil aviation about large-scale GPS signal disruptions in northern Finland. It was
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Arctic Finnish firm wins US award for road maintenance technology
Technology developed by Roadscanners, a company based in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland that specialises in traffic infrastructure management, was recognised by
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