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On ‘Island’ in Russian #ARCTIC, Arrival of Fast Internet Shakes Political Calm

October 21, 2019: Residents of Norilsk long felt isolated from their country’s turbulence. Then a mining company strung a fiber-optic cable across 600 miles of tundra.

Russia Sends 12,000 Troops to #ARCTIC as Part of Nuclear War Games

October 16, 2019: Only days earlier, President Vladimir Putin has announced Russia would develop short and intermediate-range missiles.

Rosneft’s #ARCTIC Projects In Trouble Unless They Can Secure 0 Billion In Tax Subsidies From Kremlin

October 16, 2019: Russia's Rosneft is looking to sell a 40% stake in one of its most ambitious Arctic endeavors: Project Vostok Oil. But it needs the Kremlin's help.

Who Owns the #ARCTIC?

October 13, 2019: Several countries are launching claims to vast swathes of the Arctic seabed. But what does that mean for political and environmental stability in the region?

Canadas #ARCTIC birds could be squeezed out of existence by #CLIMATE change

October 10, 2019: Two-thirds of North America's birds or hundreds of species — including almost all of Canada's Arctic and boreal birds — will be squeezed by shrinking habitats, putting some at risk of extinction, if climate change continues at its current pace, a new report predicts.

How the woolly mammoth extinction took place on remote #ARCTIC island

October 7, 2019: Scientists are unraveling the mystery of how the last mammoths died on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean just 4,000 years ago.

Scientists on #ARCTIC Expedition Choose Ice Floe That’ll Be Home for a Year

October 5, 2019: The Mosaic mission has picked the ice floe it will be frozen into for the next year, to learn more about global warming's effects on the Arctic. 

#CLIMATE change: Polarstern icebreaker begins year-long #ARCTIC drift

October 4, 2019: The research vessel is spearheading the biggest ever scientific expedition at the North Pole.

#ARCTIC expeditions and midnight sun: 11 things you (probably) don’t know about in Canadas north

October 1, 2019: Come experience Canada’s lesser-known, often overlooked north, where you can choose your own epic adventurePicture Canada and you’ll envisage all the natural beauty of its wild parks, deep forests, glacial lakes and vibrant, multicultural cities. From coast to coast, the world’s second-largest country is a pla...

Trump administration pushes for #ARCTIC drilling by arguing 'there is not a #CLIMATE crisis'

September 30, 2019: The Trump administration's analysis of the environmental impact of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) argues the project should go forward because, in part, there

Overnight Energy: Trump administration pushes for #ARCTIC drilling by arguing 'there is not a #CLIMATE crisis'| Berha

September 30, 2019: THIS IS NOT THE CLIMATE CRISIS YOU’RE LOOKING FOR: The Trump administration, in its push for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, is arguing the project should go forward because there

We know they arent feeding: fears for polar bears over shrinking #ARCTIC ice

September 29, 2019: Expert Steven Amstrup says ‘the longer the sea ice is gone from the productive zone the tougher it is on the bears’The loss of Arctic ice from glaciers, polar land and sea is declining faster than many scientists expected, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) report on oceans and the cryos...

From The #ARCTIC To The Gulf: The 6 Best Airline Stopover Programs

September 27, 2019: How about adding a free flight to Reykjavik to your vacation? Or maybe a cosmopolitan retreat in Istanbul, or a few days in Helsinki? These airline stopover programs can make your jet-setting dreams a reality. After all, there's nothing better than two passport stamps for the price of one.

What an ice-free #ARCTIC really means, and why it matters so much

September 25, 2019: At Earth's poles, ice and snow is disappearing — and it's transforming our planet. 

Russian navy boat sinks in #ARCTIC Sea after walrus attack: reports

September 24, 2019: A Russian navy boat embarked on a research expedition in the Artic Sea sunk Monday after being attacked by a female walrus who was defending her young, according to reports.

#ARCTIC sea ice minimum tied for second-lowest on record

September 24, 2019: The amount of Arctic sea ice has reached its annual minimum -- a mere 1.6 million square miles.

#ARCTIC sea ice plunges to dismal levels

September 23, 2019: After a year of extreme melt, Arctic sea ice ended up dropping to its second-lowest level on record — a mark only surpassed by melting in 2012. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced Monday that the Arctic's minimum sea ice extent for 2019 — meaning the lowest area of Arctic ocean covere...

#CLIMATE change: #ARCTIC expedition to drift in sea-ice for a year

September 20, 2019: Germany will embed its Polarstern research ship in sea-ice for a year-long study of the climate.

To Better Understand The #ARCTIC, This Ship Will Spend A Year Frozen Into The Ice

September 20, 2019: A group of scientists is embarking on a bold plan to better understand an extremely understudied part of the rapidly warming Arctic — the central Arctic Ocean.

#CLIMATE scientists prepare for largest ever #ARCTIC expedition

September 20, 2019: Hundreds of researchers will spend year on ship improving understanding of sea iceResearchers from more than a dozen nations are preparing to launch the biggest and most complex expedition ever attempted in the central Arctic – a year-long journey through the ice they hope will improve the scientific models that u...

Scientists prepare for 58 million expedition to #ARCTIC center

September 20, 2019: Researchers from 19 countries will go on the most complex mission ever attempted in the central Arctic to get an up-close look at climate change.

Scientists Set Out to Drift With #ARCTIC Ice for a Year to Study #CLIMATE Change

September 20, 2019: The Mosaic expedition, a 55 million undertaking five years in the making, aims for a better understanding of how global warming will affect the Arctic. 

Escaped #ARCTIC wolf spotted two months later in North Carolina

September 16, 2019: An arctic wolf that escaped from a North Carolina conservation charity has resurfaced after two months without any sightings.

Scientists brave the #ARCTIC to study #CLIMATE change

September 16, 2019: The scientists are hoping the expedition will raise our understanding of climate change to a new level

Trump opens protected Alaskan #ARCTIC refuge to oil drillers

September 13, 2019: The Bureau of Land Management will offer leases to the 1.6m-acre coastal plain which is home to threatened polar bearsThe Trump administration is finalizing plans to allow oil and gas drilling in a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that has been protected for decades.The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ...
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