Trees and well-tended gardens belie the location, just 100km south of the Arctic Circle.
The introduction of motorised vehicles changed life in the Arctic region of Finnish Lapland.
She had travelled to the Arctic and the Antarctic to study the sea ice.
Another: personal trackers for paleontologists and researchers on digs in remote areas like the Arctic circle.
The rally begins and ends in the town of Rovaniemi in the Arctic Circle.
The new deal will create the Arctic Research and Design Center for Offshore Development in St.
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And of course, much of countries' access to the Arctic will come down to money.
The BP-Rosneft deal is a partnership to explore the Arctic region for possible reserves of oil.
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Once he reaches it, he will be picked up and flown to the Arctic.
The veneer of fractured ice over the Arctic Ocean is changing, disintegrating before my eyes.
Some companies also are seeking permission to drill exploratory wells above the Arctic Circle.
"There's been very little study of thallium in the Arctic, though, " said Dr McConnell.
That makes the Arctic a textbook illustration of the commons-despoiling tragedy that climate change is.
The Arctic is probably the arena where Russia interacts most usefully with the Western world.
The costs to the world are likely to be greater than those to the Arctic, however.
The New York Times editorialized Wednesday that the Arctic should be kept off limits.
Cryosat, however, will see finer detail, and its "vision" will cover virtually all of the Arctic.
In the Economist last week, a very interesting article on the Arctic indeed.
As the frozen tundra retreats northwards, large areas of the Arctic will become suitable for agriculture.
Those on board survived for 60 days on drift ice, during the Arctic winter.
So it is good that the regional club, the Arctic Council, is showing promise.
Norway shifted its military command centre to the Arctic town of Reitan in 2009.
Loss of ice in the Arctic, and in particular the extensive sea-ice, has global implications.
The Conservative leader visited the Arctic and said nice things about teenagers who wore hooded tops.
Unfortunately, climate models do not seem to be good at coping with the Arctic.
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Local communities have been noticing profound changes in the Arctic sea ice environment for several decades.
That and environmental concerns make the Arctic more problematic for Americans, he told BBC News.
The UK has observer status on the Arctic Council, comprising the states that fringe the region.
The cost of a blowout in the Arctic, far from land, in frigid waters, is incalculable.
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