2 ConocoPhillips trucks tip on winter road in Canada’s North
Two trucks carrying a mix of water, chemicals and sand that was used at ConocoPhillips’ fracking project in Canada’s Northwest
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Finland: Drivers will no longer rule the road in cities of the future
What will the cities of the future look like? Kuopio city planner Leo Kosonen and his Australian colleague Peter Newman
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Winter road restrictions criticized in Canada’s N.W.T.
It’s an annual precaution on the Sahtu winter road, which runs through the heart of Canada’s Northwest Territories. When warmer
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Winter road to open this week in Yukon’s Arctic
The opening of the winter road to Old Crow, in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, is a few days behind schedule
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National transport plan slammed as eco crime in Sweden
The Swedish government plans to invest SEK 522 billion in the national transport system, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Finland’s “frost-time” schedules test patience
Train passengers in Finland can expect longer journey times again as railway VR introduces its spring timetable with lower speed
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Arctic lakes’ ice season shrinking, study finds
The ice season in Arctic lakes is 24 days shorter than 50 years ago and peak ice thickness has thinned
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Siberia’s ice road truckers: ‘A way of life,’ says writer
Siberia’s ice road truckers may not have the same celebrity status as their North American counterparts, but one Russian journalist
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Testing electric buses in Finland’s cold climate
The winter hardiness of electric buses is being tested in Finland’s capital region. A project to improve bus performance in
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Blog: Oil companies real beneficiaries of Canada’s Arctic highway extension
On January 8, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the extension
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Canada’s PM hails start of Arctic highway
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in the Arctic community of Inuvik in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) on Wednesday to
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Ice-road construction reaches new levels in Arctic Alaska
Hundreds of miles of ice and snow roads are built from scratch every winter across the unforgiving Arctic wilderness, a
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Arctic Canadian town hopes radar gun will stop speeding snowmobilers
Kugluktuk, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, is cracking down on speeding snowmobilers after complaints from residents
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Trains cancelled as northern Sweden braces for storm
Many trains heading to Sweden’s North have been cancelled in preparation for yet another winter storm that is expected to
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Cold causes train cancellations in North Sweden
The bitter cold in northern Sweden has meant that local train operators have been forced to cancel several departures between
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