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Monday Nov 9 | Telegraph.co.uk

The Ultratravel top 10 winter treats

From hot-spring holidays in Japan to romantic rail journeys through Siberia, snow travel is the way to go.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Arctic Region, Svalbard Travel, Norway Travel

Thu Nov 05, 2009

AME Info

GAC announces alliance with Pole Position Spitsbergen and establishes its northernmost base

United Arab Emirates: 4 hours, 11 minutes ago GAC Group has established its latest base on the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole.

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Related Topix: World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Arctic Region, Norway, Europe, Weather

Tue Oct 27, 2009

International Herald Tribune

Artists in the Arctic

The Noorderlicht, a century-old schooner, carried a boatload of artists in waters around Norway's Arctic archipelago.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region

Tue Sep 08, 2009

Earth Times

UN chief Ban Ki-moon briefed on Arctic climate off Norway

Researchers studying the effects of global warming in the Arctic region off northern Norway briefed visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday on their research.

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Related Topix: Travel, Norway Travel, Global Warming, Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Travel, Svalbard Travel, World News, Arctic Region, Copenhagen, NY

Sun Sep 06, 2009

Daily Times

UN chief visits 'doomsday' seed vault in Arctic

LONGYEARBYEN: UN chief Ban Ki-moon visited on Wednesday a vault carved into the Arctic permafrost, filled with samples of the world's most important seeds in case food crops are wiped out by a catastrophe.

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Related Topix: Travel, Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Travel, Svalbard Travel, Agriculture, Science, World News, Arctic Region

Fri Sep 04, 2009

United Nations

Above the Arctic Circle, Ban sees first-hand view of climate change's impact

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has travelled above the Arctic Circle today to experience first-hand the impact of climate change on the fragile region, as fewer than 100 days remain before the start of the United Nations conference where countries will aim to reach a new agreement on curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Related Topix: Norway, Europe, World News, Arctic Region, Denmark,

Wed Sep 02, 2009

The Straits Times

UN: Climate change in Arctic

UN SECRETARY General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday visited a research community in Ny-Aalesund in the Arctic's Svalbard archipelago to see the effects of climate change first-hand, officials said.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region, Marine Biology, Biology, Science, Oceanography

Thu Aug 13, 2009

Space Ref

AMASE blog 2009: SLIce: Searching for Signatures of Life in Ice

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 Source: AMASE 2009 - Comments Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco: In the last days things have moved ahead in AMASE.

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Related Topix: Marine Biology, Biology, Geology, Science, World News, Arctic Region, Science / Technology, NASA

Fri Jul 31, 2009

Wired News

Welcome to Svalbard, Here's Your Bird-Defense Stick

Need an insider's visitor guide to the northernmost settlement on Earth? NASA's got you covered.

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