Fuel shortage hits small community in Arctic Canada
There was no fuel in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic, for most of this week after the hamlet’s
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Sweden’s cars pollute more than previously thought
Those looking to buy a new car next year can expect it to cost more, because new, more stringent emissions
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Northwestern Canada: How a changing Yukon River is reshaping an age-old ice bridge
The residents of Dawson City, in northwestern Canada, have an intimate relationship with the Yukon River. It’s why settlers first
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Arctic Norway to get advanced EV charging network
17 high-power 150 kW chargers and eight fast chargers will make it possible for practically all kinds of electric cars
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Northern Canada: Rail link downed by Alberta wildfire won’t raise fuel prices in Northwest Territories, minister says
The added expense of trucking fuel north from Edmonton, Alberta for the annual barge resupply won’t be passed along to
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Northern Alberta wildfire cuts rail link between Canada’s Northwest Territories and the South
A key bridge on the railroad used for shipping diesel fuel to the Northwest Territories (Canadian central Arctic) is damaged,
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New Russian icebreaker will boost year-round shipping on Northern Sea Route
With two powerful nuclear reactors, Rosatomflot’s third LK-60Ya icebreaker will help Russia export even more gas to Asia by 2022.
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Sámi youth oppose proposed Arctic rail line in northern Finland
As lawmakers have gathered at Helsinki’s House of the Estates for government formation negotiations over the past several days, demonstrators
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New icebreaking tanker chooses southern route for maiden voyage
The maiden voyage of top ice-class LNG tanker Nikolay Yevgenov goes through the Suez Canal and not the Northern Sea
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Barge season in Canada’s Northwest Territories to get ‘early start’
An official with the Northwest Territories’ Marine Transportation Services (MTS) says they will be getting an “early start” to this
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Authorities in Arctic Finland plan zones for controversial rail line
The Regional Council of Lapland decided on Monday to include a controversial rail line from Rovaniemi to Kirkenes, Norway in
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Russia is building a new Arctic with private investments
A system with major tax breaks is to make private investors place billions in Russia’s new regional infrastructure. “We have
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Longread – Guardian of the road in Northern Canada
Mickey Hempler has kept drivers safe on a remote northern winter road for two decades — but he won’t be
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Electric car sales setting records in Norway
In times of global warming, policy measures with tax exemptions makes Norway the third largest market for electric vehicles in
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Boost in federal infrastructure fund ‘huge’ for Canada’s northern municipalities
Snow has been melting fast in Yukon, northwestern Canada this week, and Tara Wheeler says that can really do a
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