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Scientists head to Svalbard to count animals for Walrus from Space project

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 16:03 — Last Updated: Friday, July 15, 2022 at 08:08
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A group of international scientists is headed to the Norwegian Arctic this week to do the first onsite walrus count

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Environment Environment (Iceland) General Iceland 

Iceland to restrict heavy fuel oil use in territorial waters

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 14:22 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 15:29
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Iceland’s Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources will restrict heavy fuel oil use in the country’s territorial and internal waters

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

As habitats shrink, white-tailed eagles congregate near homes in western Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 25, 2019 at 11:01
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White-tailed eagles are gathering near residential areas in groups of 10-15 individuals in the region of Vaasa in western Finland,

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Environmental and Indigenous groups call on Canada to commit to dirty fuel ban in the Arctic

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 12:46 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 13:49
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As the world’s maritime body gathers this week in London, a coalition of environmental and Indigenous groups is calling on

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Scientists estimated that around 700 seals were hit by bird flu, but they now believe as many as 3,000 animals could have been killed by the bug. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Live seal cam returns to mesmerise Finnish viewers

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 15:58
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If the Twitterverse is to be believed, the sight of a seal lolling on a waterside rock can be quite

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What's the power potential in Sweden's Christmas trees? (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Stockholm pitches Xmas trees in water to help fish

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 19:27 — Last Updated: Friday, January 15, 2016 at 20:35
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The city of Stockholm is throwing Christmas trees in the sea as part of a pilot project to improve the

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Blog Canada Environment General Society Society (Canada) 

Ice-Blog: Farewell to ‘Last Ice’ victims

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, November 6, 2015 at 16:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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Ice Blog readers may remember the story of the two ice researchers and polar explorers who died when they broke

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Marc Cornelissen shows climate ambassadors how to drill to measure ice thickness. Alaska, 2008. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)
Blog Canada General Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, May 4, 2015 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 20:39
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This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow

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Dwindling sea ice… (Irene Quaile)
Blog Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Ice-blog: Ice paradoxes from pole to pole

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 19:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:30
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Returning after a longish break with little access to news and data, there are several ice and snow stories jumping

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The tugs Aiviq and Nanuq tow the mobile drilling unit Kulluk 80 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska on Dec. 29, 2012. (Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis / United States Coast Guard / AP)
Blog Business Business (USA) General Special Features USA 

Ice-Blog: Arctic oil – still in the picture

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, February 2, 2015 at 19:21 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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Was it too good to be true? The euphoria over the US administration’s moves to protect the Arctic National Wildlife

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This bag with plastic waste and food garbage from the submarine is not the polar bear’s traditional dinner. (Location Unkown/ Provided by Blogger51 courtesy of Barents Observer)
Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia Special Features 

Submariners feed polar bears with garbage

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 07:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 20:38
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These revealing photos, taken at an unknown location in the Arctic, show how crewmembers of a Russian nuclear powered submarine

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Tromso, the home of Arctic Frontiers. (Irene Quaile)
Blog Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Ice-Blog: Arctic Oil – a white elephant?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 16:36 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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The conference: Arctic Frontiers has attracted a record number of participants this year and huge media interest. For the first time in

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Melting… (I.Quaile)
Blog Environment General 

Ice-Blog: Arctic icon in decline

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, November 24, 2014 at 19:27 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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As I plan my coverage of this year’s annual UN climate conference, this time in Peru, a news item from WWF pops

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Some Baltic ports say they are unable to accommodate the large amounts of sewage cruise ships must unload. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Push back on Baltic dumping ban criticized in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 18:27 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 16:47
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Some countries are pushing back on a ban that would forbid cruise ships from dumping sewage waste in the Baltic

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US icon sinking in melting ice? The photo was taken in the Arctic Ocean northwest of Svalbard the 7th of September 2014. (Christian Auslund / Greenpeace)
Blog Environment Environment (USA) Special Features USA 

Ice-Blog: The Arctic on the UN agenda

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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To those of us who deal with the Arctic on a regular basis, the significance of the melting ice for

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