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For one Utqiaġvik family, spring bowhead whaling marks an important milestone

Kavitha George, Alaska Public Media @kavithamgeorge
Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11:24
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For the Aaluk Crew, last Wednesday was cooking day.  The night before, the whaling crew, captained by Bernadette and Quincy

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For Alaska Rep. Josiah Patkotak, whaling ‘rises above all else’

Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, May 22, 2023 at 08:52
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In early May, as tensions at the state capital were beginning to simmer over the budget, Rep. Josiah Patkotak was

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Blog: 2023, yet another “last chance” for the climate?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, December 23, 2022 at 11:24
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Why 2023 will be another key year for the future of our climate. I am looking out onto a sparkling

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Utqiagvik in Arctic Alaska reaches record high 40˚F in December

Kavitha George, Alaska Public Media @kavithamgeorge
Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 12:22
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This time of year Billy Adams would expect to see sea ice lining Utqiagvik’s Chukchi Sea shoreline. But right now,

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Blog: Radar returns to the Arctic, thrusting communities into geopolitical crosshairs

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, December 17, 2021 at 12:30
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From Alaska to the Faroes, radar is making a comeback in the Arctic. The surveillance technology doesn’t just scan distant

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Alaska’s North Slope grapples with soaring COVID-19 infection rate, low vaccinations

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 09:38
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Alaska’s North Slope has seen the highest coronavirus infection rates of any region in the state recently. And while the

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Arctic borough pulls out of deal with bankrupt Alaskan airline, reaffirms right to seize assets in emergency

Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, April 17, 2020 at 15:59
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The North Slope Borough is backing out of a tentative deal to rent RavnAir Group’s Utqiagvik hangar and is reasserting

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Super salty water in northern Alaska helping scientists learn about conditions for life in space

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 10:40
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New Arctic research is offering something different to ponder when stargazing at celestial bodies. It points to a possible connection

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Inuit leaders to advance Indigenous human rights

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, July 20, 2018 at 13:58 — Last Updated: Friday, July 20, 2018 at 14:07
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Inuit delegates from the U.S. state of Alaska, the Russian region of Chukotka, Greenland and Canada concluded Thursday the 13th

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Inuit leaders meeting in Alaska seek greater voice in governance

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 14:40
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As dozens of Inuit leaders from Greenland, Canada, the United States and Russia gather in Northern Alaska this week, they

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Inuit Circumpolar Council – Canada elects new president, vice-president

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, July 16, 2018 at 10:04 — Last Updated: Monday, July 16, 2018 at 10:09
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  Monica Ell-Kanayuk was elected the new president of Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) – Canada at the organization’s annual general

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Blog: Looking back on the year that was in the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 12:59 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 28, 2017 at 13:49
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In Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, the ocean was frozen as far as I could see. It was March, the time of

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Remote Alaska community to receive state money after Arctic mega-storm

Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 15:11
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After a September storm caused severe damage to roads in the far-north community of Utqiagvik, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has

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It’s not just heroin killing Alaskans: Meth deaths here are up four-fold

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 21:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 08:49
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A 17-year-old dead from a meth overdose at a Palmer party. Protesters in Utqiaġvik – formerly Barrow – marching and

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Alaska U.S. senators quiet on colleagues’ critique of President Trump

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 13:34
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Yesterday afternoon, two Republicans rocked the U.S. Senate with harsh criticism of President Trump for what they call flagrant disregard

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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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