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The GOP Senator Standing Up to Trump’s Colonial Madness

The Alaska Republican is bluntly rejecting the president’s colonial ambitions. Lisa Murkowski demanded that the president respect that “Greenland...

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Denmark to spend €2bn on Arctic security as Trump threatens Greenland

Copenhagen is boosting its military spending and holding talks with European allies as Trump ramps up his expansionist rhetoric.

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I live without sunlight for months in the northernmost town on Earth. Here's what a day in my life looks like.

I live in Earth's northernmost town, Longyearbyen, which is about 650 miles from the North Pole. We experience more than 24 hours of total darkness...

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I travelled inside the 'Flying Bum' - this is what it was like

It’s close to a decade since the shapely curves of the ‘Flying Bum’ went bottoms up in a field in Bedfordshire.

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Navalny supporters want Russian political prisoners released as part of deal with US

U.S.-based supporters of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny marked one year since his sudden and unexplained death in an arctic prison...

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Most Greenlanders oppose joining US despite Trump's push, poll shows

Greenlanders have rejected the idea of joining the US, despite Donald Trump's insistence that the US could provide the island with "freedom".

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Beyond Ultimate Ice Ultra Marathon winner says 'anyone can do it'

The hardest part of an ice ultra marathon was being "waist-deep in snow" and climbing a mountain using arms only, the youngest ever winner has said....

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Why Norwegian scientists are racing to predict deadly slush flows

Predicting when and where they might happen is currently very difficult leaving local communities vulnerable to this under-researched phenomenon.

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These Plants Photosynthesize Deep in the Arctic Even When There’s No Light

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever observed in nature.

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