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| Dec.23 |
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Arctic heatwave could break records Map of North Pole Arctic Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees higher than average this Christmas Eve, in what scientists say is a record-breaking heatwave | |
| Sep.12 |
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Russia's Norilsk Nickel admits 'red river' responsibility The world's biggest nickel producer has admitted a spillage at one of its plants was responsible for a river in the Russian Arctic turning b...
| Feb.28 |
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Russian mine accident leaves 36 dead A total of 36 people, including five rescue workers, are presumed dead following an explosion at a coal mine in northern Russia, officials s...
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| Dec.19 |
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Avalanche kills man in Norway's Svalbard archipelago An avalanche has hit the main settlement on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, killing one person and injuring nine others
| Jul.28 |
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Russian helicopter pilot rescued from Arctic ice Canada: Sergey Ananov, 49, spent more than 30 hours on an ice floe after ditching his small helicopter into frigid Arctic waters
| Jul.16 |
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Polar bears fail to adapt to lack of food in warmer Arctic Polar bears are unable to adapt their behaviour to cope with the food losses associated with warmer summers in the Arctic
| Apr.7 |
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Russian nuclear submarine fire 'put out' in Arctic dock Map of Severodvinsk Russia A fire that broke out on a Russian nuclear submarine Orel at an Arctic naval shipyard has been put out, Russian media report
| Mar.19 |
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Arctic sea ice hits record low Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has fallen to the lowest recorded level for the winter season, according to US scientists
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Polar bear attacks tourist in Svalbard Norway: A polar bear attacked a man camping in Norway's Arctic Svalbard region Thursday, authorities said, injuring his face and arm
| Feb.11 |
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Crews try to rescue fishing boat stuck in Antarctic ice Crews from the U.S. and New Zealand are trying to rescue a damaged Antarctic Chieftain with 27 people aboard that is stuck in ice near Antar...
| Jan.24 |
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Avalanche kills 1 man in Norway's remote Arctic archipelago The body was found 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) south of the archipelago's main town, Longyearbyen
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| Sep.11 |
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Arctic winter ice volume 'hits new low'
| Jul.24 |
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Arctic methane 'economic time bomb'
| Jun.25 |
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Tourists await rescue on Canadian Arctic ice floe. Canada
| May.23 |
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Russia to evacuate Arctic station over melting ice
| May.6 |
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Mercury link to Arctic fox decline
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Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly'
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| Sep.7 |
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Arctic melting at 'amazing' speed
| Aug.27 |
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Arctic sea ice reaches record low
| Aug.21 |
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Arctic ice set to hit record low
| Jul.24 |
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Satellites reveal sudden ice melt
| Jul.18 |
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Massive ice island breaks off glacier
| May.20 |
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Arctic melt releasing ancient gas
| Feb.6 |
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Shrinking polar ice may be to blame for freeze Europe's deadly cold snap may have a lot to do with shrinking amounts of ice in the Arctic, a recent study suggests
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| Dec.29 |
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Nuclear submarine in dock fire Map of Murmansk Russia Russia: A fire has broken out during repairs to a Russian nuclear submarine at a dock near the northern port of Murmansk | |
| Oct.2 |
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Arctic ozone loss at record level
| Aug.5 |
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Polar bear kills 1 Briton, injures 4 Map of Svalbard Norway Norway: A 17-year-old British boy is dead and four others are severely injured after a bear attacked their tents as they took part in a school trip | |
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| Sep.3 |
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1990s temps warmest in 2,000 years Science magazine: Arctic temperatures in the 1990s reached their warmest level of any decade in at least 2,000 years
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| Jul.30 |
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Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk A large, nearly 20 sq km, chunk of an Arctic ice shelf has broken free of the northern Canadian coast
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| Dec.29 |
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Ice shelf snaps, breaks free from Arctic The size of 11,000 football fields of ice broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island
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| Aug.12 |
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Russia marks Kursk five years on Remembrance services are being held to mark 5 years since the loss of the submarine
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| Mar.16 |
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58 dead in apartment blast Map of Arkhangelsk Russia Russia: A natural gas explosion sheared off part of a 9-story building in the city of Arkhangelsk as residents slept
| Mar.6 |
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Dramatic rescue of North Pole 12 Map of North Pole Arctic 12 stranded scientists have been plucked from a research station all but crushed by a freak wall of ice
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| Aug.29 |
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Nuclear submarine sinks Map of Barents Sea Arctic A subtopics/d/countries/russia.html" title="Russia timeline">Russian sub K-159 with at least 10 crew on board has sunk in the Barents Sea. One of the crew had been rescued | |
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| Oct.7 |
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Raising of the Kursk begins Russia: Dutch salvage company Mammoet started the operation to raise the wreck of the sunken Russian sub
| Sep.13 |
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Kursk bow sawn off. Russia
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| Aug.12 |
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Kursk submarine went down Map of Barents Sea Arctic All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank | |
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