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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Port of Helsinki entices int’l cruises not to dump wastewater

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 12:55
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Late summer is high season for international cruise ships in Helsinki’s ports, and 12 world-class passenger ships are expected to

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Russian environmentalists want park status for Arctic island

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 15:09
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Environmentalists want the remote Arctic island to become national park. «We have reached a principal agreement about the establishment of

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Alaska communities prepare for Northwest Passage cruise ship

Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, June 13, 2016 at 13:37 — Last Updated: Monday, June 13, 2016 at 13:45
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This summer, an extravagant cruise ship voyage will make history, and it’s starting in Alaska. A luxury vessel, the $350

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Business Business (Iceland) General Iceland Society Society (Iceland) 

10% of Iceland’s workforce employed in tourism

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 15:21 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 15:22
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Tourism to Iceland has skyrocketed during the last years, and is now a major source of employment in the country.

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Helsinki Airport “best in northern Europe”

Yle News
Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 at 13:33
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Finland’s Helsinki Airport is northern Europe’s best airport of 2016, according to a survey of 13 million international travellers. The

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Blog General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Arctic Profile: Running Tromso – the successes and the challenges

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 26, 2016 at 19:22 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:32
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Arctic Profiles is an occasional Eye on the Arctic series where we check in with different Arctic regions to take

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Meet President Obama’s point man for Alaska

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, February 1, 2016 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 21:28
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WASHINGTON — Alaska leaders have been making use of a new Washington connection lately: the man in charge of President Barack Obama’s

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Blog General Russia Society Society (Russia) Special Features 

Blog: Travelling to Arctic Russia by train

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 16:41 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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When most people think of Russian railroads, they think of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The world’s longest railroad extends east and west

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

The new Barents priorities

Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 at 15:22 — Last Updated: Monday, October 19, 2015 at 13:47
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Regional identity is on the priority list of the new Russian Barents Council chairmanship along with cross-border transportation, climate, culture

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The nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) at the North Pole in 2013. Here, it brought the Olympic Flame to the North Pole for the first time during the torch relay for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. (Sergei Dolya/AP)
Blog Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Blog: Arctic cruise industry expands

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 18:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 18:10
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In August, just as the short polar cruising season was winding down to a close, I sat down in a canteen at Moscow

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Business Business (USA) General Special Features USA 

Arctic no shipping rival to Suez: expert

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 13:47 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 15:40
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As the ice retreats, Arctic shipping is expected to increase. But if your idea of “Arctic shipping” is cargo carriers

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Glass igloos at the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort in Finland. (Courtesy Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Ralph Lauren collection shot in Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 17:51 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:36
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High-end fashion company Ralph Lauren’s 2015 autumn collection feature was shot at an Arctic resort in Finnish Lapland, featuring reindeer

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The village of Barentsburg, Norway. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Russia to open research center on Svalbard

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 14:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:36
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The center will be conducting meteorological research, Minister of Natural Resources Sergey Donskoy says. “The finances for a scientific center

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Flying time from Helsinki to Longyearbyen will be some three hours. ( Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Finnair opens route to Norwegian Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 18:38 — Last Updated: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 20:29
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Will be the first airline to offer scheduled international flights to Longyearbyen in the Norwegian Arctic. Finnair’s direct route from

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The nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) at the North Pole in 2013. Here, it brought the Olympic Flame to the North Pole for the first time during the torch relay for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. (Sergei Dolya/AP)
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Special Features 

Russia’s 100th time to the North Pole

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 13:32 — Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015 at 21:14
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The nuclear-powered icebreaker “50 Years of Victory” recently completed Russia’s 100th visit to the North Pole with a surface vessel.

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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