More Swedes travel abroad for xmas holidays
Air travel abroad from Swedish airports over the Christmas and New Year holidays have increased by 50 percent over a
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Society
Iceland’s Pirate Party leads polls few days before elections
Like the eruption from Eyjafjallajökull shocked air-traffic across Europe in 2010, Iceland today experiences a political earthquake where the Pirate
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Meet Eliza Reid – Iceland’s Canadian first lady
When on August 1 Iceland swears in its first new president in 20 years, it will also get a Canadian
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U.S. Attorney General announces new focus on Alaska Native issues
The U.S. Department of Justice is rolling out a new focus on Alaska Native issues. In Anchorage last week to discuss
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Canada’s federal budget thin on Arctic substance and vision: expert
When it comes to the Arctic, the federal budget tabled by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March
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Arctic cooperation in the coming year
Despite growing political tensions elsewhere in the world, 2015 was a year of cooperation in the Arctic, say two Canadian
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Sámi spokesperson urges respect for nature
Pekka Aikio, a long-term spokesman for the indigenous Sámi people of Finnish Lapland, implores everyone to respect nature in all
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Finland OKs disposal cave for nuclear waste
The Finnish government has granted Posiva a permit to build a permanent disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel on the
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Alaska’s North Slope fortifies against highway flooding
DEADHORSE — If another extreme spring flooding event strikes the northernmost stretch of the Dalton Highway, Alaska transportation crews will be
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Blog:Put up or shut up with your Arctic Conflict Theory
The Arctic is on the verge of conflict; so the theory goes. Melting ice is uncovering a trove of riches,
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Final round of UN climate talks before Paris
The final round of official pre-Paris climate negotiations take place in Bonn next week with countries, including Sweden, still working
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Sweden to study Russian wolf DNA
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is launching a program to analyse the DNA of wolves in Finland and Russia, in
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What Shell’s decision means for Alaska economy
Views on the impact of a Shell pullout from the already fragile Alaska economy ranged from dire to cautious Monday,
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Why Shell stopped drilling in Arctic Alaska
Royal Dutch Shell will abandon its Arctic oil exploration efforts in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea after spending billions of dollars on
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Arctic Alaska town prepares for Obama visit
KOTZEBUE — You know someone big is coming to your town when people start clearing out the clutter that has long
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