Outfitter from Canada’s east-Arctic gets boost after winning Indigenous tourism award
Three years after getting started, an outfitting company in Arctic Bay, Nunavut, in Canada’s east-Arctic, has won a national tourism
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Future of Air North’s direct flight from Northern Canada to Ottawa up in the air
People in Yellowknife are anxious about the future of Air North’s direct flight to Ottawa, a route many laud as
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Illegal tour operators in Canada’s Northwest Territories under control, says tourism minister
The minister responsible for tourism in Canada’s Northwest Territories says the government is doing more to combat illegal tour operators,
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Turkish Airlines to carry tourists to Finnish Lapland through new Istanbul hub
Flights are scheduled from Istanbul three times a week starting next winter season. Istanbul’s new giant airport opened this week
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Blog – After Arctic Circle conference unfolds in Iceland, American tourists and soldiers head north
Two weeks ago, Arctic Circle, the region’s largest annual gathering, took place for the fifth year in a row in Iceland’s
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Finland to upgrade Arctic border-crossing point to welcome more traffic from northern Russia
More than €11 million will be invested in brand new infrastructure facilities at the northernmost checkpoint between the countries. The
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Could drones help prevent polar bear attacks on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard?
A polar bear shot dead after it attacked a crew member from a cruise ship on Svalbard this summer now
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Norwegian cruise company phases out single-use plastics from its Svalbard establishments
Additional to its cruise ships, Hurtigruten’s ban will be imposed on all land-based operations, like hotels, restaurants and other establishments
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Photo report – Pyramiden, a Soviet ghost town in Arctic Norway
This was once home to the world’s northernmost kindergarten and primary school. Abandoned twenty years ago, Pyramiden, a coal-mining town
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Chinese tourists replacing Japanese visitors in Finnish Lapland
However, at the same time – and for the past decade – the number of Chinese tourists visiting Finland’s Arctic
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Blog – When the ice melts, what will happen to Arctic tourism?
Glimmering aurora have returned to light up northern night skies, meaning that summer is drawing to a close. With these
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Saami Council says planned Arctic railway threatens reindeer herders
A railway will affect the income and existence of the reindeer herding communities in the entire area from Rovaniemi in
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Finland’s national parks popular despite poor maintenance
Finnish national parks are in high demand, but about a third of their paths are in moderate or serious disrepair,
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Longread – Svalbard town phasing out coal to become gateway for Russia’s Arctic tourism
For visitors, the Russian town on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago combines the contrasts of pristine Arctic beauty and Soviet style industry.
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Canada’s transportation safety board to investigate passenger ship grounding in Arctic
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has sent a team of investigators to the Arctic to investigate last week’s
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