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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Do Arctic villages need oil? Some Alaska tribal leaders say ‘no’

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 14:31
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If oil companies are ever going to return to drill for oil in federal waters of the Arctic, they will

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Blog General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

New Obama plan eyes further Arctic protections

Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 14:37
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration released its proposed five-year offshore drilling plan for federal waters Tuesday, leaning toward allowing three lease

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The fin whale taken in the North Atlantic is butchered. (CBC)
Business Business (Iceland) Iceland 

Endangered whale meat shipped from Iceland via Halifax

The Canadian Press
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2014 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:50
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Environmentalists are pushing for stricter trade laws in Canada involving at-risk species after the recent shipment of fin whale meat

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Bowhead whales seen in the Beaufort Sea. (Laura Morse / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / AP)
Culture USA 

Savoonga, Alaska whales fulfill musical needs

APRN
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2013 at 15:10 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:23
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Savoonga, a community on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska harvested two bowhead whales last week, both of them female. While the

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Bowhead whales seen in the Beaufort Sea. (Laura Morse / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / AP)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Savoonga, Alaska harvests second whale

APRN
Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 15:24 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:23
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Amid an economic disaster and food shortage, Savoonga, a community on Saint Lawrence Island, harvested a 57-foot bowhead whale on

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A whalebone arch sits on the Barrow, Alaska shoreline in 2012. ( Nicole Klauss/ Kodiak Daily Mirror/ AP)
Environment Environment (USA) USA 

Winter? What winter? November downright balmy in Arctic Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 16:32
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The vicious bite of winter has swept across much of Alaska, but Barrow, a community that’s typically one of the

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Eddie Rexford butchering a bowhead whale head on the beach in Kaktovik. September 6, 2012. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Fermented ‘stink whale’ lands in Barrow, Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 19, 2013 at 10:26
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The nation’s northernmost city got a burst of good news Tuesday during a slow season of spring whaling, when a

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