Rorshok Arctic Update

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  • ARCTIC: New Source of Greenhouse Gases & more – 7th Jan 2025

    Canada’s Trudeau stepping down, Biden to protect Alaskan waters, Greenland looking for independence, Russia’s potential border expansion across the Arctic, the US building an icebreaker, and much more! 

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    East Gakkel Ridge at 85°E: https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=377020  

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    11 min
  • ARCTIC: Christmas Day Sabotage & more – 31st Dec 2024

    A new icebreaker launched, Iceland's "airport in a box," orcas invading northern waters, a fox cub boom in Norway, Denmark boosting its defense spending in Greenland, and much more!

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    Polar Preet - Breaking Boundaries: https://polarpreet.com/ 

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    14 min
  • ARCTIC: Mining Investments & more – 24th Dec 2024

    New sanctions on Russia, Trump's renewed interest in buying Greenland, Arctic mining investments, Iceland's new all-female government, Finland’s new boosted military defense budget, and more!

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    Most coastal Arctic infrastructure faces instability by 2100:

    https://phys.org/news/2024-12-coastal-arctic-infrastructure-instability.html  

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    13 min
  • ARCTIC: The Arctic Report Card & more – 17th Dec 2024

    Record-breaking bird deaths in Alaska, Russia’s maritime activity, a new high for cargo shipping, Greenland's new passports, Norway's costly gamble to attract people to the north, and much more!

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    Arctic Report Card - Update for 2024: https://arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/report-card-2024/  

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    12 min
  • ARCTIC: Ice-free Summer & more – 10th Dec 2024

    A bleak future for the Arctic Ocean, Russia's cleanup of radioactive waste, funding for salmon recovery in Alaska, Canada's new Arctic vision, the resumption of whaling in Iceland, and much more, coming right up!

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    Kiruna, Lapland: https://kirunalapland.se/en/ 

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    11 min
  • ARCTIC: US Coast Guard’s Vessels & more – 3rd Dec 2024

    UK sanctions on Russian oil, Finland selling land to Google, a snowless winter in Lapland, the suspension of deep-sea mining in Norway, Iceland's election, and much more!

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    How Norway Aims to Make it Right Again: https://www.nrk.no/sapmi/slik-skal-samer_-kvener-og-skogfinner-forsones-etter-fornorskinga-1.17124437 

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    12 min
  • ARCTIC: Alaska’s Republican win & more – 26th Nov 2024

    Russia's Arctic expansion plans, a volcanic eruption in Iceland, Yukon's fight against the British crown, child poverty in Canada, Norway's record navy investment, and much more!

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    Arctic Military Activity Tracker: https://arcticmilitarytracker.csis.org/ 

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    9 min
  • ARCTIC: Apology to Indigenous Communities & more – 19th Nov 2024

    Norway's apology to Indigenous communities, a bird flu outbreak, Finland's environmental failings, Indigenous funding from Canada and the US, Russia's scrapping of nuclear protections, and much more! 

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    Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA Announce Plans to Support Seven Multi-Year Projects to Advance Climate Resilience in Remote Alaskan Communities: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/media-release/biden-harris-administration-noaa-announce-plans-support-seven-multi-year-projects - 

    Join the Competition to Shape the Arctic Encyclopedia: https://arcticeconomiccouncil.com/news/join-the-competition-to-shape-the-arctic-encyclopedia/ - 

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    10 min
  • ARCTIC: US Elections’ Impact & more – 12th Nov 2024

    Russia’s new icebreaker launch, the trees' limited effect on Arctic climate, Iceland’s growing drug problem, an upheaval in Greenland’s tourism industry, Inuit art worldwide, and much more, coming right up!

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    From Nunavut to the world: https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/from-nunavut-to-france-and-korea-where-inuit-art-is-travelling-around-the-world 

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    10 min
  • ARCTIC: Canada’s Missile Defense Funding & more – 5th Nov 2024

    Declining European cod quotas, Norway's cuts to Arctic culture funding, a population boost for rare Finnish seals, a US Navy apology to an Alaskan tribe, pollution in the Arctic Ocean, and much more!

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    Saimaa Ringed Seal, a Persistent Finn: https://www.nationalparks.fi/saimaa-ringed-seal 

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    9 min

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