Arctic
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Commercial fishing banned across much of the ArcticInternational agreement will protect vast areas of sea that have opened up as the ice melts
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Melting Arctic ice opens new route from Europe to east AsiaA Danish ship has successfully completed a trial voyage through the Russian Arctic -
Nasa launches satellite to precisely track how Earth's ice is meltingThe $1bn, decade-in-the-making creation can measure height and thickness of ice sheets to within a centimeter
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High ice and hard truth: the poets taking on climate changeGreenland poet Aka Niviana’s way of life is disappearing as her country thaws, while the subsequent meltwater threatens Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner and her fellow Marshall Islanders thousands of miles away. Their joint trip to the melting glaciers inspired a climate call to arms -
What’s happening to our weather? The answers are hiding in Arctic airDozens of scientists, Helen Czerski among them, are at work in the Arctic, seeking answers to questions that profoundly affect the future of everyone on the planet
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Weatherwatch: 'dead water' makes ships seem dead in the waterPolar explorer Fridtjof Nansen was the first to make a scientific analysis of conditions in which ships make little or no progress -
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Naked geology, dazzling light… my journey into the ArcticAs Britain faced a heatwave, Rowan Moore found himself between Norway and the north pole, exploring icy Svalbard on an epic trip for artists and writers -
Trump officials may allow 'shaker machines' to search arctic refuge for oilSeismic testing plan would cause irreparable harm to Alaska national wildlife refuge, biologists say -
Wildfires rage in Arctic Circle as Sweden calls for helpSweden worst hit as hot, dry summer sparks unusual number of fires, with at least 11 in the far north -
Canada's high Arctic glaciers at risk of disappearing completely, study findsSatellite imagery shows hundreds of glaciers shrinking as average annual temperature rises 3.6C in 70 years



The Library of Ice by Nancy Campbell review – an Arctic obsession