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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Iceland to restrict heavy fuel oil use in territorial waters
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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As habitats shrink, white-tailed eagles congregate near homes in western Finland
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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Environmental and Indigenous groups call on Canada to commit to dirty fuel ban in the Arctic
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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Live seal cam returns to mesmerise Finnish viewers
If the Twitterverse is to be believed, the sight of a seal lolling on a waterside rock can be quite
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Stockholm pitches Xmas trees in water to help fish
The city of Stockholm is throwing Christmas trees in the sea as part of a pilot project to improve the
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Ice-Blog: Farewell to ‘Last Ice’ victims
Ice Blog readers may remember the story of the two ice researchers and polar explorers who died when they broke
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Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers
This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow
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Ice-blog: Ice paradoxes from pole to pole
Returning after a longish break with little access to news and data, there are several ice and snow stories jumping
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Ice-Blog: Arctic oil – still in the picture
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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Submariners feed polar bears with garbage
These revealing photos, taken at an unknown location in the Arctic, show how crewmembers of a Russian nuclear powered submarine
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Oil – a white elephant?
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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Ice-Blog: Arctic icon in decline
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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Push back on Baltic dumping ban criticized in Sweden
Some countries are pushing back on a ban that would forbid cruise ships from dumping sewage waste in the Baltic
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Ice-Blog: The Arctic on the UN agenda
To those of us who deal with the Arctic on a regular basis, the significance of the melting ice for
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