Trees and well-tended gardens belie the location, just 100km south of the Arctic Circle.
Yet there are fears that reckless exploitation of Greenland's minerals could endanger the pristine Arctic environment.
The analysis produced a summer Arctic sea-ice minimum extent of 6.9 million sq km.
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Engineer Claudius Mittendorfer, who worked on projects by Arctic Monkeys, Muse and others, pitched in.
After the (only) images of dead bears appeared in 2004, Arctic ice continued to decline.
The introduction of motorised vehicles changed life in the Arctic region of Finnish Lapland.
The following month, Rosneft struck a deal with CNPC, giving it access to Arctic resources.
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.
Now fifty-five, Grotzinger has worked in Siberia, Namibia, Oman, and Arctic Canada, among other locations.
Most boats employ a team of highly-educated polar and Arctic specialists to lead expeditions.
But as Shell has come to discover in Alaska the Arctic is tough going.
The rally begins and ends in the town of Rovaniemi in the Arctic Circle.
The partners at the time also agreed to form an Arctic technology center together.
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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.
Jackie Grebmeier, a biological oceanographer, has studied animal populations in these Arctic waters for 25 years.
The companies will create an Arctic Research and Design Center for Offshore Developments in St.
The veneer of fractured ice over the Arctic Ocean is changing, disintegrating before my eyes.
Dr. ROBERT CORELL (Chairman, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment): Climate change is a real issue now.
Oulanka has fast flowing Arctic rivers that wash through vast stands of pine and threatened plants.
Arctic ice helps regulate and temper the climate in many other parts of the world.
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Arctic sea ice is usually 1 to 3 meters, or as much as 9 feet thick.
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The Vengeance M65 is available in three colors Military Green, Arctic White and Gunmetal Black.
The images range from an old Commodore 64 computer to the band Arctic Monkeys.
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Some companies also are seeking permission to drill exploratory wells above the Arctic Circle.
Pyle, head of Arctic Sciences in the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs.
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"There's been very little study of thallium in the Arctic, though, " said Dr McConnell.
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