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Parks Canada recovered more than 350 new artifacts from the Franklin expedition wreck HMS Erebus in 2019

Parks Canada recovered more than 350 new artifacts from the Franklin...

New discoveries from the ill-fated 1845 Sir John A. Franklin expedition add to a growing story about what happened to two vessels. The expedition’s ships, the HMS...
Inside Pyramiden, a Soviet ghost town in Arctic Norway

Inside Pyramiden, a Soviet ghost town in Arctic Norway

This was once upon a time the world's northernmost kindergarten and primary school. Abandoned twenty years ago, Pyramiden coal-mining town on the northern edge...
An ambitious exchange program aims to link students across the 4 Arctic and North Atlantic nations

An ambitious exchange program aims to link students across the 4...

Starting in 2019, four university-preparatory schools in Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland plan begin offering a ‘North Atlantic’ program that will see...
Alaska agency sues Biden administration over delays to Arctic refuge oil development

Alaska agency sues Biden administration over delays to Arctic refuge oil...

The Alaska state agency that bought oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Thursday sued the Biden administration for what it claimed...
Norwegian police loses case against Russian charged with flying drone in Svalbard

Norwegian police loses case against Russian charged with flying drone in...

Andrey Yakunin, a 47-year-old British-Russian citizen who was charged for flying a drone in Svalbard, walked free on Wednesday evening. The multimillionaire is the eldest...
Russian bombers approach Alaska for second day in a row

Russian bombers approach Alaska for second day in a row

Russian bombers flew near Alaska for the second time in two days Tuesday evening, a day after a pair of them were intercepted by Anchorage-based fighter jets. Capt....
Putin orders comprehensive upgrade of military towns on Kola

Putin orders comprehensive upgrade of military towns on Kola

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered speedy improvements to closed military cites on the Kola Peninsula, in the Russian Arctic near the Norwegian border, Setlements...
Solidly southern Scotland seeks northern prosperity

Solidly southern Scotland seeks northern prosperity

Pivoting to the North to develop economic ties with Iceland, the Faroe Islands and other countries of the Arctic will result in a “fairer...
‘Sami Blood’ a pulsating look at ethnic prejudice in Scandinavia

‘Sami Blood’ a pulsating look at ethnic prejudice in Scandinavia

There haven't been many movies that tell the story of the Sami people of Scandinavia, an indigenous race that has been the victim of...
Portugal’s parliament backs NATO membership for Finland and Sweden

Portugal’s parliament backs NATO membership for Finland and Sweden

LISBON — Portugal's parliament ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Friday, bringing the most significant expansion...
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