List of Arctic and Antarctic articles
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arctic-crop In the Battle for His Legacy, Obama Opens a New Arctic Front On Trump
Obama’s surprise -- and potentially sticky ban -- on offshore drilling is the latest midnight regulation in the land of the midnight sun.
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ice-crop Climate Change Is Mauling the Arctic Worse Than We Even Thought
NOAA’s Arctic Report Card documents melting sea ice and a ticking time bomb of billions of tons of carbon.
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penguin-crop Kerry’s March to the Penguins
Why Secretary Kerry is Stopping in Antarctica Before Next Week’s Trip to Morocco for the U.N. Climate Change Summit
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GettyImages-481206176 White House Issues Strict Rules for Arctic Drilling
New regulations could be a disincentive for companies to look for oil in the Arctic.
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HEALY U.S. Falls Behind in Arctic Great Game
Amid a global boom in icebreaker construction, the United States risks getting frozen out of the melting Arctic.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Anne KAURANEN The icebreaker Ahto stops in the middle of an ice field off the coast of Tornio, northern Finland on February 5, 2016, to test how an oil spill would flow under the arctic ice. As the world's superpowers eye the lucrative Arctic region with growing interest, unprecedented oil spill clean-up tests in icy Finnish conditions reveal just how hazardous and challenging an accident in the Arctic's pristine sea ice could be. / AFP / Sam Kingsley (Photo credit should read SAM KINGSLEY/AFP/Getty Images) British Science Minister Does Not Want to Name $300 Million Research Vessel ‘Boaty McBoatface’
An online poll to name Britain's $300 million research vessel chose Boaty McBoatface. British officials aren't entirely pleased.
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GettyImages-83580697 (1) It’s ‘Very British’ to Name a Multimillion-Dollar Research Vessel Boaty McBoatface
A contest to name a multimillion-dollar shipping vessel means that names like Boaty McBoatface are suddenly being taken seriously.
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GettyImages-473652562 Shell Admits Defeat in the Arctic
Royal Dutch Shell cancels oil exploration operation off Alaska’s coast, the latest warning sign that finding Arctic oil is easier said than done.
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150714-G-ZZ999-681 Searching for Leads in the Opening Arctic
Disappearing ice, Russia’s newest land grab, and a new great game at the top of the world. An FP special report.
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GettyImages-470046264_960 The United States’ Need for a New Icebreaker Doesn’t Really Have Much to Do With Russia
It's not about the "icebreaker gap" — it's about business as usual.
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AlaskaAngry Obama Uses Arctic Trip to Hammer Republicans on Climate Change
The president says the melting Arctic shows that global warming is real -- and that the GOP is in denial about its causes and impact.
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150202-JW-kunlun-bow-cross-1170crop The Hunt for the Last Chilean Sea Bass Poachers
They were the few ships left of what was once one of the most lucrative illegal fishing operations in history. An inside look at the high seas chases that may have brought them down for good.
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JK_AC Black Carbon’s Silver Lining in the Arctic
The Obama administration seeks a bright side for the environment after allowing oil drilling off the coast of Alaska.
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OBAMACG Obama Calls Climate Denial ‘Dereliction of Duty’
The administration is emphasizing climate change’s security threat, from the melting Arctic to the boiling Middle East. It is an uphill slog.
