Storm could cost Sweden’s timber industry millions
The effects of Storm Hilde on Sweden’s timber industry were announced Tuesday, with 3.5 million cubic meters of trees downed
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Another storm leaves people without power in Sweden’s North
Another storm has come in over northern Sweden, where several thousand households are without electricity, Swedish Radio News reports. Some
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Black ice slows bus traffic in Sweden’s Far North
Black ice in northern Sweden stopped bus traffic Tuesday afternoon and lead to several motorists sliding off roads. News agency
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Record November snow cover at village in northwest Finland
The 9:00 AM weather measurements released by the Finnish Meteorological Institute showed 80 centimetres of snow cover at Kilpisjärvi, a
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BLOG: Filipino diaspora in the Arctic sends help back home
The Filipino diaspora is one of the most widespread in the world, with members making their homes from Alaska to
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Tens of thousands still without electricity in Finland
Repair work on the damage wrought by autumn storm Eino on Sunday will go on at least until Tuesday. Central
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11,000 customers without power in Sweden’s North
Thousands in northern Sweden remained without electricity Monday morning after high winds blew over trees and torn down power lines
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As temperatures plunge, thousands still without power in rural Fairbanks, Alaska
FAIRBANKS — With temperatures expected to drop near zero Friday night, thousands of residents in outlying areas without power will
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Ice-Blog: Philippines, Warsaw, Arctic – join the dots
I have very mixed feelings as the UN climate conference gets underway in Warsaw just as the Philippines are devastated
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Tipping point for polar ice cap may have come in 2012
This year may have granted a slight reprieve for vanishing Arctic sea ice, but evidence gathered to date shows
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Aurora borealis set autumn skies ablaze in Finland
In previous nights the northern lights have lit up skies across Finland, even down south. According to Finnish Meteorological
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Northern Sweden hit by flooding
Police in Västernorrland County in the North of Sweden have called in reinforcements for some areas to help combat the
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Shrinking Arctic ice forces walruses ashore in Alaska
Shrinking summer sea ice has forced thousands of walruses onto land near the village of Point Lay, Alaska — on
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Alaska school a beacon of hope after flood waters recede
GALENA — Seventeen-year-old Anthony Solomon was not afraid in May as he watched the Yukon River crest its banks and
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Finland’s berry pickers face negative attitudes, middling crop
Thousands of foreign berry pickers are descending on Finland for the annual harvest ritual. In some cases the workers have
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