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Earlier this week, Yakutian Ministry for Arctic Development and Northern Peoples’ Affairs organised the strategic session to discuss and collect the suggestions for the development and implementation of the draft Strategy for the Socio-Economic Development of the Arctic Zone of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) for the period until 2030.
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Never before have temperatures this high been registered at this time of year. June 2019 was the warmest ever on record on planet earth.
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Dozens of dead beached whales have been spotted by sightseers during a helicopter flight over western Iceland.
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On June 28, 2019, based on the nomination from the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) and following approval of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Chair of the Northern Forum, Daryana Maximova was appointed the Acting Executive Director of the Northern Forum.
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Icelandic fishermen typically hunt minke and endangered fin whales in summer
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Anchorage, the state’s largest city, sweltered in 32C on 4 July – shattering the seasonal high of around 24C.
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The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic jointly with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation have prepared and submitted to President of the Russian Federation proposals on implementation of high priority measures in the subsoil management. It was reported by Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic Alexander Kozlov at a meeting chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Gordeyev in Magadan.
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EU-PolarNet is the world’s largest consortium of expertise and infrastructure for polar research. Seventeen countries are represented by 22 of Europe’s internationally-respected multi-disciplinary research institutions.
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The annual Gourmand World Cookbook Awards ceremony was held on July 3-6, 2019 in Macao, China.
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Since the beginning of the fire season in Kolyma, 24 wildfires have occurred on an area of 23.5 thousand hectares, the Head of the Forestry Department Alexander Pronin said.
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Registration is now open for the 7th Assembly of the Arctic Circle, the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic held on October 10-13, 2019 in Reykjavík, Iceland . Please follow this link to register.
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The 5th Korean Arctic Academy is currently taking place under the auspices of the Korean Maritime Institute and the University of the Arctic on July 3-13,2019 in Busan, Republic of Korea. The event approximately gathered 33 students from the Arctic countries and from the Republic of Korea itself.