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Human garbage is a plentiful but dangerous source of food for polar bears finding it harder to hunt seals on dwindling sea ice

More than 50 hungry polar bears invaded the Russian coastal village of Belushya Guba over a period of three months, attracted by the local dump. Some bears entered homes and businesses by ripping doors off hinges and climbing through windows. These invasions have been steadily increasing in Arctic settlements, though…

The Conversation

Polar blast: Tasmania blanketed in snow as cold snap hits south-east Australia

Sub-zero temperatures expected to remain for rest of the week, with severe frosts hitting parts of Victoria

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian Airborne Assault Troops Take Out Convoy Of Russian Ammo Vehicles

Ukrainian airborne assault troops reportedly destroyed a convoy of Russian ammunition vehicles. Russian military vehicles were successfully hit by Ukrainian ordnance as the footage shows. It is unclear where exactly in Ukraine the images were filmed, but they were obtained from the Command of the Airborne Assault Troops of the…

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Hot Take: Experts Head To Arctic To Assess Climate Change Impact Amid Record Heatwave

The legendary research vessel and icebreaker Polarstern has left Germany and is heading to the Arctic to assess the impact of climate change amid a record heatwave in Europe.

Zenger

Ice hockey star sent to Arctic after armed police force him to join Russian army

Top Russian ice hockey star Ivan Fedotov, 25, has been sent to the Arctic to start military training after being conscripted into Vladimir Putin's army.

Daily Mirror

How reindeer eyes transform in winter to give them twilight vision

Reindeer are loved the world over for their dark, expressive eyes, majestic antlers and magical association with Santa Claus. The moment you learn the cold, hard truth of how Christmas presents arrive under the tree is a harrowing one that blights many a childhood. But reindeer are more special than…

The Conversation

Norway Not Breaching Treaty by Blocking Russian Cargo to Svalbard, Minister Says

Norway is not breaching a century-old treaty covering the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard by blocking Russian cargo to the islands, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday after Moscow threatened retaliatory measures. "Norway does not violate the Svalbard Treaty," foreign minister Anniken Huitfeldt told AFP. "Norway does not try to put…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Russia threatens retaliation against Norway over access to Arctic islands

Russia said on Wednesday that restrictions imposed by Norway were blocking goods for Russian-populated settlements on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, and threatened unspecified "retaliatory measures" unless Oslo resolves the issue.

Reuters

Global heat records are broken from the Russian Arctic to Japan

June records and all-time high temperature records have been set.

Axios

Summer swelter: Persistent heat wave breaks records, spirits

A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the US, Asia and even the Arctic

The Independent UK

Temps rising 2.7° celsius each decade

"What's happening in the far north is off the scale."

Salon

Inside 'most depressing city on Earth' with dark -30C frosts and blood-red river

Norilsk, which is located in the Arctic permafrost in Russia, has 45 days of continuous darkness per year and average January temperatures of -30C - and a lower life expectancy than average

Daily Mirror

Ireland weather: Met Eireann forecast glorious 24C conditions but Arctic snap to ruin mini-heatwave

The south will see sunny skies and highs of up to 24C while in the north it will be 15C and raining

Irish Mirror

Snow Joke: White Wolf Cubs Born Brown So They Can Hide In Underground Burrow

These Arctic Wolf cubs retain their brown fur so they can remain difficult to see in their underground burrow and have started to emerge to the delight of zoo visitors.

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The Independent UK

‘Secret’ population of polar bears living in seemingly impossible habitat

‘They are the most genetically isolated polar bears in the world’

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Shaky oasis for some polar bears found, but not for species

Scientists say they've found a group of polar bears in Southeast Greenland that seem to have have stumbled on an icy oasis that might allow their small distinct population to hang on

Axios

Polar bear population found in Greenland that relies on glaciers rather than sea ice

The new discovery may point the way to preserving some polar bears as the Arctic warms.

The Guardian - UK

Polar bears found thriving despite lack of sea ice offer hope for species

Researchers say isolated group in south-east Greenland have clung on thanks to freshwater discharge from glaciers

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The Guardian - UK

New data reveals extraordinary global heating in the Arctic

Temperatures in the Barents Sea region are ‘off the scale’ and may affect extreme weather in the US and Europe

Bangkok Post

Canada, Denmark settle ownership of an Arctic island after 49 years

Hans Island is just a desolate, kidney shaped piece of rock in the Arctic. But for 49 years, it has been the source of a rare territorial dispute for Canada because it sits right in the middle of the international boundary between that country and Greenland, an autonomous territory of…

The Independent UK

Danish-Canadian deal ends 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle

A decades-old dispute between Denmark and Canada over a tiny, barren and uninhabited rock in the Arctic has come to an end

The Guardian - UK

Canada and Denmark end decades-long dispute over barren rock in Arctic

Hans Island ‘whisky war’ – described by some as a ‘pseudo-confrontation’ – ends after formal division agreed

The Independent UK

That’s how to solve an international row: Canada and Denmark agree to split disputed Arctic island

It sends ‘an important signal now that there is much war and unrest in the world,’ says Danish PM

Reuters

Canada and Denmark divide small Arctic island, ending ownership dispute

Denmark and Canada will divide small, uninhabited Hans Island in the Arctic, eding an almost 50-year ownership spat, in a largely symbolic act of diplomacy designed to avoid tensions in the high North.

Reuters

Denmark, Faroe Islands agree to establish North Atlantic air radar

Denmark and the Faroe Islands agreed on Thursday to establish an air surveillance radar on the North Atlantic archipelago as part of efforts to keep a closer eye on activities in the Arctic, the Danish Defence Ministry said in a statement.

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