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How a new Inuit-run non-profit could help foster sustainable development of the Northwest Passage

How a new Inuit-run non-profit could help foster sustainable development of...

There are problems on the horizon for the Canadian Arctic and, to be more specific, the Northwest Passage. This fabled, once unpassable, waterway between...
US to create new Arctic ambassador position

US to create new Arctic ambassador position

The Biden administration on Friday announced plans to appoint an ambassador-at-large for the Arctic region. The ambassador will work with Arctic and non-Arctic nations and...
Senators say Canada must do more, spend more in the Arctic

Senators say Canada must do more, spend more in the Arctic

Saying the Canadian Arctic suffers from a long history of neglect and disregard, the Special Senate Committee on the Arctic, in a report issued...
How do you say ‘narcissistic’ in Inuktut? Nunavut’s government and Microsoft want to know

How do you say ‘narcissistic’ in Inuktut? Nunavut’s government and Microsoft...

After an estimated eight million words in Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun were translated in the last fiscal year alone, Microsoft and the Government of Nunavut...
Analysis: Fears mount for the Arctic as cooperation with Russia stalls

Analysis: Fears mount for the Arctic as cooperation with Russia stalls

By Humeyra Pamuk, Gloria Dickie and Gwladys Fouche WASHINGTON/LONDON/OSLO (Reuters) - For nearly three decades, the Arctic Council has been a successful example of post-Cold...
Blinken to visit Luleå amid Arctic fighter jet exercise

Blinken to visit Luleå amid Arctic fighter jet exercise

While Sweden is waiting on the doorsteps to NATO, the US Secretary of State sends a strong signal of support as he starts his...
As rural Alaska reports its first COVID-19 case, concerns over summer fisheries rise

As rural Alaska reports its first COVID-19 case, concerns over summer...

The coronavirus pandemic has reached rural western Alaska, and as the illness spreads, worries are increasing about the crowds of summer fishery workers expected...
What Canada’s proposed new gun legislation could mean for Inuit

What Canada’s proposed new gun legislation could mean for Inuit

Nunavummiut will have a chance in the new year to tell a committee of Canada's Parliament about the potential impacts of the federal Liberal...
How blending Inuit knowledge and western science has helped improve polar bear health

How blending Inuit knowledge and western science has helped improve polar...

Nanuk, the Inuktitut word for polar bear, is an iconic animal, capturing public imaginations and starring in international marketing campaigns. As nanuk has increasingly...
China, Japan and South Korea hold their own Arctic dialogue

China, Japan and South Korea hold their own Arctic dialogue

A little over four years ago, as several Asian countries were vying for observer status in the Arctic Council, there was some concern over...
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