Scientists head to Svalbard to count animals for Walrus from Space project
A group of international scientists is headed to the Norwegian Arctic this week to do the first onsite walrus count
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Walruses attack, sink small navy craft in Arctic Russia
Expedition participants from the Northern Fleet and Russian Geographical Society all managed to get to shore after their landing boat
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Alaskans push for acceptance of walrus ivory, but there’s an elephant in the room
U.S. federal law prohibits sales of African elephant ivory, but six states have now banned the sale of ivory more
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Amid shrinking sea ice, hunters race to adapt in Alaska
With warm temperatures this winter across the state, sea ice is forming exceptionally slowly in the Arctic and Bering Strait
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Ivory bans in contiguous U.S. hit Alaska Native carvers hard
Recent measures to curb elephant poaching in Africa are having unintended consequences in Alaska. This July, the U.S. Fish and
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Grim outlook for Arctic wildlife in oil spill
In the event of a large oil spill in Alaska’s Arctic, officials say they would have limited ability to clean oiled
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Alaska community gets into reindeer meat market
Lifelong Savoonga resident Richmond Toolie couldn’t wait to talk about the reindeer herd he manages. But there was a catch Wednesday:
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Chukchi Sea shoal newly closed to oil leasing is well known as biological hot spot
Hanna Shoal, a region of shallow water in the remote Chukchi Sea that President Barack Obama last week put off limits to
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Climate change adversely affecting Arctic wildlife
There is increasing evidence that climate change, which is warming the polar region, is having a negative affect upon a
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Savoonga, Alaska whales fulfill musical needs
Savoonga, a community on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska harvested two bowhead whales last week, both of them female. While the
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Russia sees Wrangel Island oil and gas potential; Greenpeace eyes an eastern Arctic front
A remote island off northeast Russia has been swept into that nation’s campaign to capitalize on the Arctic’s potential for
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