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25 January 2024
Nestled in the Bering Strait between Alaska, United States, and Chukotka, Russia, lie two remote islands that not only mark the divide between two nations but also straddle the enigmatic International Date Line.
25 January 2024
The Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) was established at Norway's initiative by the Kirkenes Declaration in 1993.
25 January 2024
The Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of the Arctic refer to the maritime zone that extend 200 nautical miles out from the coastal baseline of the Arctic nations.
25 January 2024
The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional governance, development, environmental politics, circumpolar relations, geopolitics and security, all broadly defined. It is an open access, online publication.
26 March 2024
The Veps (Vepsians), a Balto-Finnic people, inhabit the region between Lake Ladoga, Lake Onego, and Lake Beloye, currently divided among the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad region, and Vologda region.
6 February 2024
The 6th of February the Sámi peoples in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia celebrate their Sámi National Day.
29 January 2024
The Nenets, an indigenous and small-numbered people of the Russian North, are culturally and linguistically divided into two distinct communities: the Tundra Nenets and the Forest Nenets.
26 January 2024
A group of related peoples, Inuit have settled widely along the Arctic coast of the US (Alaska) and Canada, in Greenland (Denmark) and along the southeast coast of the Chukotka Peninsula (Russia).
31 January 2024
Unlike most other countries that only have one Santa Claus, Iceland has thirteen. They are called Jólasveinar (Yule Lads) and take turns visiting our children the 13 nights leading up to Christmas Eve.
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