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Tag: Svalbard

Mission: impossible (until later)

7 March, 2019 Kevin McGwin

UPDATE | Moving a fishing boat grounded in the waters of northern of Svalbard any time before late summer risks human lives and could threaten

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Status crab

14 February, 2019 Kevin McGwin

UPDATE | Because crabs move on Norway’s continental shelf, not in the international waters above it, Oslo may limit who can catch them

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Equal justice under water

11 February, 2019 Kevin McGwin

Foreground | Norway’s highest court decides whether Oslo can regulate the depths around Svalbard

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Enter … Pyongyang?

3 February, 2016 Kevin McGwin

Analysis | North Korea may seem an unlikely candidate to stake a claim to the Arctic, but the interest of a cash-strapped regime underscores the

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It depends on what the definition of ‘in’ is

2 October, 2015 Kevin McGwin

Quarterly Report | Since 1920 the Svalbard Treaty has provided the guidelines for the activity in the archipelago. As the Arctic opens up to new

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Breaking through

1 October, 2015 Kevin McGwin

Commentary | The time has come for Svalbard to start realising that its people have a unique set of skills that allow it to thrive

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The sheriff of Svalbard

30 September, 2015 Kevin McGwin

People | Part bureaucrat, part police officer, Oslo’s top official in Svalbard is in charge of maintaining law, order and the Norwegian way in the

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The gene bank of last resort

29 September, 2015 Kevin McGwin

Quarterly Report | The Global Seed Vault is designed to withstand all manner of disasters. That will be useful if we cause one that wipes

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More than just a treaty

28 September, 2015 Kevin McGwin

Quarterly Report | Svalbard

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Not black and white

11 August, 2015 Kevin McGwin

Weekly Cover | Oslo’s decision to keep Svalbard’s coal mines running has more to do with hanging on to territory than digging it up

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The biggest little city in the Arctic

14 June, 2014 Kevin McGwin

People | Longyearbyen is smaller than most populated places. But that doesn’t mean its mayor – or its people – don’t have big plans for

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In Norway’s far north the future of the internet is now

12 April, 2014 Kevin McGwin

Fibre optic cables are delivering some of the world’s fastest internet speeds to residents of Svalbard

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Related thinks

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    11 November, 2020
  • Russia Unveils New Arctic Development Strategy: Focal Points and Key Priorities (Eurasia Daily Monitor)
    10 November, 2020
  • A Danish Approach to the Arctic (The International Affairs Review)
    10 November, 2020

Announcements

  • Minister Vandal announces appointments to the Board of Directors of Polar Knowledge Canada
    11 November, 2020
  • MEPC75 Webinar: Why the IMO’s draft Arctic HFO regulation will not protect the Arctic, and how to fix it
    11 November, 2020
  • Swedish, Finnish and Russian wolves closely related
    11 November, 2020
  • Scientists Have Discovered an Ancient Lake Bed Deep Beneath the Greenland Ice
    11 November, 2020
  • Sweden’s strategy for the Arctic region 2020
    11 November, 2020
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