Is hunting with drones ethical? Canada’s Yukon territory says ‘no’
The issue of drones and hunting has become an increasingly hot-button issue in many areas of rural Canada, but at
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Finland’s foreign policy includes adorable Arctic emojis
FAIRBANKS — Searching for a cute, wry or funny way to text about the Arctic? The Finnish government is on
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Arctic Council ministerial – View from Finland
The United States hands the Arctic Council’s two-year rotating chairmanship to Finland on May 11th in Fairbanks, Alaska. Foreign ministers
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Kotzebue brothers make first app for all 20 Alaska Native languages
When Barrow officially changes its name back to Utqiaġvik on December 1st, people all over are going to encounter the
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Alaska: Mushers frustrated over cell phones on Iditarod trail
Mushers are expressing frustration over controversial rule changes the Iditarod made during a board meeting Friday. The race’s Trail Committee is
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Arctic shipwreck confirmed as Franklin expedition’s missing HMS Terror
Canadian officials have confirmed that a shipwreck found in uncharted waters of a remote Arctic bay earlier this month is
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Metsä Fibre plant to meet new demand, make electricity in Finland
In an increasingly paper-free world some may have thought that the Finnish paper products industry’s days were numbered. But the
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Monitoring shows birds flying farther and faster than previously throught
Birds are migrating further and faster than previously thought, something that will require a rethink when it comes to habitat
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From women’s leadership to children’s literature, website spotlights Labrador Inuit
It’s rare you can learn about everything from Labrador’s Inuit women leaders, to children’s Inuktitut literature, in just one place.
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Arctic shipping: The myths, the realities & the challenges ahead
TROMSO, Norway – Climate change and the effect of global warming on the North had many predicting a shipping bonanza
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How satellites are changing what we know, and can do, in the Arctic
TROMSO, Norway – Ask the average person what they might see in the Arctic from space and the answer would
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Whaling ship wreckage found off Arctic Alaska
When pack ice shifted to trap 33 commercial whaling ships off Alaska’s Arctic coast in the fall of 1871, more than
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New Arctic R&D center in Alaska
The Department of Homeland Security has launched a new research and development center in Alaska, looking to a future in which sophisticated algorithms
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Norway app helps reaction to oil spills
How large the impact from an oil spill occurrence is, depends on how quickly the clean-up begins. While operational crews
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Ice, shipping and the Northwest Passage
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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