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The prime minister of Greenland says he will not favour the EU over China or other investors when granting access to highly prized rare earth minerals.Kuupik Kleist said it would not be fair "to protect others' interests more than protecting, for instance, China's".
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The Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson met with Ms. Leona Aglukkaq, Canada's health minister and newly appointed Minister of Arctic Affairs in Iceland yesterday.
Following her visit to Reykjavík, Aglukkaq will travel to the other Nordic states to introduce Canada's Chairmanship Programme for the Arctic Council.
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Two Arctic states might join military forces in the Arctic. Sweden and Finland have held talks about a joint weaponary and it is a central part of Sweden’s vision for Nordic Defence cooperation. Sweden is looking for a joint Nordic policy in foreign affairs, secutiry and defense strategy.
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The whales who were trapped in sea ice in Hudson Bay, Canada, are now free. The ice shifted away and the whales are free and safe after being trapped for two days.In our original story yesterday we reported that the town asked for an icebreaker to assist the whales. There was only asmall patch of open water for the whales to breathe, and the gap was shrinking.
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States for 2012 was climate conditions in Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and Canada have been colder than average this winter.
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Winter tourists spend three times more money than summer tourists, a tour operator in Norway says. The Arctic countries all have active tourism and are constantly marketing winter tourism as an alternative for the summer period.
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The year 2012 was unusually cold in China, which may be a result of the record loss of Arctic sea ice. "Observation and data analysis showed that Arctic sea ice loss may cause cold and snowy winters in parts of Asia," Chen Yu, senior engineer of the National Climate Center in China states.
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The Arctic Science Summit Week will be held in April in Poland. The call for participation and abstract submission is close.
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"Today is the beginning of oil adventures in Iceland" was said on the day the National Energy Authority of Iceland signed the first licenses for exploration and production of hydrocarbons Icelandic waters, more specific in the Dreki Area.
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Russia has decided to host the administration for the Northern Sea Route in its capital, Moscow. The new headquarters will open late January this year.
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An oil rig stranded in severe storms near the island Kodiak in Anchorage, Canada. No oil is leaking from the rig.
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Canada is set to look into a mining project to be funded by China. Four federal ministers will come together to decide how to conduct an environmental review for the Izok Corridor proposal.