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A huge project in Norway enters its final year in January. The NORKLIMA project, the Research Council of Norway's 10-year Large-scale programme on Climate Change and its Impacts in Norway, is entering its final stages.
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An oil rig sank yesterday in the Sea of Okhotsk, where 14 people lost their lives. Many are still missing, but 67 were on the rig.
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A Russian fishing boat is trapped in heavy sea ice near Antarctica, and its crew has moved to lifeboats. The ship is in danger of cracking and sinking, so the crew evacuated the ship. It has reported a hole in its hull beneath the water line.
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Russia's revised submission for its claim of the Arctic shelf borders is almost complete. Russia was rejected earlier this year after submitting a claim for expanding its shelf borders to the UN commission, because of a lack of information.
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Around 100 Beluga whales are trapped in sea ice in the Bering Sea. They await rescue or face death.
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Russian scientists are baffled after finding plumes of methane in the Arctic Ocean. The scale and volume of the methane were a huge surprise to the researchers.
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Doctoral and post-doctoral researcher anywhere in the world (under 35 years old) are invited to propose research project to the InBev-Baillet Latour Fund, which will we granting 150.000 Euros to the projects.
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As reported here on Arctic Portal today is 100 years since Roald Amundsen step foot on the South Pole, the first person to do so.
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Today marks the 100 year anniversary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen being the first person to reach the South Pole. Celebrations in Antarctica will last over a month.
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Canada has announced it will withdraw from the Kyoto protocol. Peter Kent, minister of the environment, confirmed this last night.
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Pictures of a polar bear dragging its own cub after killing it have shaken many. The telling pictures by nature photographer Jenny Ross were published yesterday.
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"Today, we saved tomorrow," the chair of the UN Climate talks in South Africa stated, after lengthy negotiations led to a new climate agreement.