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Esau Sinnok cast a vote in the U.S. presidential election this year for the first time, but already this young Iñupiat leader – as well as being a U.S. Arctic Youth Ambassador – has traveled to Paris for climate change talks and has his eye on Alaska’s governorship.
Conservation and sustainable development in the Arctic are priorities for the Canadian government. Inuit leader Mary Simon talks about her new role as special representative to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
HIGH NORTH NEWS: The cold political climate between the East and the West is hurting cooperation in academia. It has become almost impossible for U.S. researchers to get visas to travel to Russia for conferences and meetings.
Margaret Williams Managing Director, World Wildlife Fund’s U.S. Arctic Program
When Nordic leaders meet with President Obama in Washington, D.C., this week, they have the opportunity to address some of the Arctic’s pressing challenges and put the region on the path to a sustainable “blue economy.”
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