Reindeer bridges to be built over roads and rails in Sweden
Up to a dozen bridges are set to be built in the north of Sweden, allowing for the safe travel of reindeers searching further afield for food due to t...
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Turning point in Iceland-Greenland relations emerge with new report
Several propositions to strengthen relations between Iceland and Greenland have emerged as part of a new report officially handed in by the former Ice...
Icelandic man becomes first in world to receive double arm and shoulder transplant
Icelander Guðmundur Felix Grétarsson became the first patient in the world to receive a double-arm-and-shoulder transplant, undergoing the groundbreak...
Norwegian wind farm hit with lawsuit filed by indigenous reindeer herders
The Norwegian wind farm, Øyfjellet, has recently seen a lawsuit filed by the Sámi herders of Nordland county, due to the apparent breaking of an agree...
Iceland set to be home for testing of new Mars exploration drones
Holuhraun, the lava field in the Central Highlands of Iceland, is set to be the test site for RAVEN, a USD 3.1 million project funded by NASA, labeled...
Music streamed 1.2 billion times in Iceland during 2020
According to RUV, Icelanders streamed music 1.2 billion times during 2020, as shown from data provided by the Icelandic Association of Record Publishi...
Carbon tax to triple in Norway due to new climate procedures
Norway’s carbon tax is set to triple as part of a new set of procedures put forth by the Norwegian government to achieve the country’s cli...
Did Alaska Really Deliver Presidential Votes By Dogsleds?
In the days and weeks after the November USA Presidential 2020 election – which now feels like a century ago – Alaska was lampooned for ta...