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Finland leaves Ottawa mine ban treaty, citing geopolitical security concerns
Finland has announced it will withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, an international treaty banning anti-personnel mines, ...
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Polar bears on Svalbard tend to leave dens earlier
Pregnant polar bear females usually enter the den in late autumn and remain there throughout the winter. They don't eat ...
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EU’s raw materials plan an attack on Indigenous land and culture, says Saami Council
The European Commission’s recent approval of 47 strategic projects aimed at mining and processing raw minerals, has been ...
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Russia's first icebreaking patrol vessel for the Arctic arrives north
Built at the Admirality shipyard in St. Petersburg, the icebreaking patrol vessel sailed around the Baltics and Scandinavia ...
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Equinor starts pumping oil from world's northernmost offshore field
The first oil came on stream at the Johan Castberg field before noon on March 31, marking a new northern milestone in ...
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Icebreaker operator: "We are seeing a more complicated situation with sea ice"
According to Russia's Northern Sea Route Administration, sailing thought icy Arctic waters will not become any easier over ...
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Outside of my own ecosystem!
Once upon a time, scientists had a broad, holistic approach to research. They might explore everything from animals and ...
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Belligerent Putin raises his bets in the Arctic
Emboldened by Donald Trump's aggressive stance on Greenland and his friendly approach towards the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin ...
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Helicopters flew 1,000 km to North Pole station in unique crew change operation
The MI-8 MTB helicopters in late March flew from the Cape Baranov Ice Base in Severnaya Zemlya to the Severny Polyus (North Pole) research vessel in what is described as a historical logistical ...