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Nearly all of Finland sees freezing temperatures, -6.5C degrees in Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 09:37
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Almost all of Finland experienced subzero conditions on Wednesday night, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The mercury crept

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News RCI Russia Society Society (Russia) 

New “Arctic bus” to be tested in Russia’s Far North

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 17:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 17:51
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A new type of bus specially designed to navigate the Russian Arctic in extreme conditions will soon be tested in

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General News Sweden 

Snow can help lift people’s moods says researcher at Stockholm University

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:38
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Winters with snow may cut down on some depressive symptoms. Being outside in the snow almost doubles our exposure to

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News RCI 

Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit sets record high temperature for Jan. 19, reaching 0.5 C

CBC News
Posted: Friday, January 22, 2021 at 15:47
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If Iqalummiut feel like winter has been especially mild this year, they’re not wrong. Temperatures have been unseasonably balmy by Iqaluit standards

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General News Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

More snow set to blanket northern Sweden Thursday as storm sweeps through

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 15:29
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Northern Sweden, already saddled with snow, is in for more wintry weather on Thursday as a storm passes through. The

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• photo albums • Environment (Finland) Finland 

Lapland temperature of -39 C marks year’s coldest day so far in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 10:17
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A warning of dangerously cold temperatures is in effect for nearly the whole of the country. The lowest temperature readings

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway RCI 

Unusual amounts of snow and ice threaten reindeer in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 23, 2020 at 12:55
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“It’s a serious crisis,” says Elisabeth Aspaker, County Governor of Norway’s northernmost region. She calls on everyone not to disturb

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Finnish Lapland sees tourism boom in January

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 14:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:21
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The number of tourists visiting Finnish Lapland grew by 12.5 percent in January compared to the same period last year,

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

January temperatures about 10°C above normal in parts of northern Sweden, says weather service

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, February 3, 2020 at 17:55
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January was warm one for Sweden, which saw average temperatures for the winter month several degrees above normal. Measurements from

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Lack of snow due to warmer temperatures puts a damper on Finnish winter hobbies

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 16:43
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This winter in southern and western parts of Finland has been dark, wet and unusually warm — what many Finns

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

40 C temperature gap between northern and southern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2020 at 10:31
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Winter temperatures reached their lowest level this winter when the mercury dropped to 37.7 degrees below freezing in Kevojärvi in

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s new Arctic patrol ships could be tasked with hurricane relief

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 at 11:10
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The Canadian navy will take possession of two Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships in the new year — and it looks like

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Major Canadian northern highway project proving difficult to realize

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 10:18 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:07
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The Northwest Territories government says it is moving ahead with the Mackenzie Valley Highway project, but so far it’s a

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Snowfall in central, eastern Finland makes roads slippery

Yle News
Posted: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 13:39
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Winter arrived in eastern Finland on Friday morning, with 4-5cm of snow falling in the morning and more on the

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Bizarre winter weather in South caused by changes in atmosphere, not sea-ice loss: study

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:59
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There’s a link between sea-ice loss in the Arctic and frigid winter weather much further south — but it’s not

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