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- Snhetta-designed center may provide a rare look inside the worlds largest seed vault Fri, 8 Nov 19, 6:30amSnøhetta has unveiled preliminary designs for The Arc, a proposed visitor center for Arctic preservation storage on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, a remote island north of the Arctic Circle...
- An eco-friendly island resort immerses guests in the wild beauty of northern Norway Wed, 24 Jul 19, 5:30amOn a remote island above the Arctic Circle, Norwegian architecture firm Stinessen Arkitektur has created the Manshausen Island Resort, an eco-friendly getaway with spectacular views that has also been recently expanded with...
- Henning Larsens energy-efficient Kiruna Town Hall opens to the public Sat, 1 Dec 18, 2:30amThe northern Swedish town of Kiruna, that’s famously uprooting itself, has just inaugurated its new town hall — Kristallen, dubbed The Crystal — in the relocated city center three kilometers to the east...
- Extreme Arctic warmth deeply concerning, scientists say Tue, 27 Feb 18, 1:03amA recent bout of extreme warm weather in the far north Arctic Circle is setting new temperature records and unnerving climate scientists. "To have zero degrees [Celsius] at the North Pole in February - it's just wrong,"...
- Snhetta unveils plans for worlds first energy-positive hotel in the Arctic Circle Wed, 14 Feb 18, 8:40amSnøhetta just revealed designs for the world’s first energy-positive hotel in the Arctic Circle—an incredible proposal given the region’s below-freezing temperatures...
- Snhetta unveils designs for worlds first energy-positive hotel in the Arctic Circle Tue, 13 Feb 18, 9:30pmSnøhetta has revealed designs for the world’s first energy-positive hotel in the Arctic Circle—an incredible proposal given the region’s below-freezing temperatures...
- Jaw-dropping hotel made of ice and snow opens in Sweden Wed, 20 Dec 17, 9:30pmICEHOTEL is back and it’s as magical as ever. Located 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi, this ephemeral hotel of ice and snow is rebuilt every winter for a few spectacular...
- Massive new data center to be built in chilly Norway to offset energy use Tue, 22 Aug 17, 2:22amEvery like and tweet costs energy, which isn't great for climate change. That's why the American-Norwegian data company Kolos is building a new data center in northern Norway. Designed to be the largest in the world, it will...
- 'Indestructible' Arctic seed vault flooded after permafrost melts Mon, 22 May 17, 11:30pmThe Svalbard Global Seed Vault is supposed to protect all of the world's seeds, but climate change has other ideas. The vault was built inside the Arctic Circle to protect a diverse seed collection from natural disasters,...
- Lose yourself in Arctic beauty at Finlands charming TreeHouse Hotel Fri, 12 May 17, 8:11pmSanta’s home base in the Arctic Circle has a new, uniquely crafted hotel that’ll let you watch the Northern Lights from the comfort of a cozy room...
- How one family thrives in the Arctic with a cob house inside a solar geodesic dome Thu, 2 Mar 17, 10:15pmLife inside the Arctic Circle is by no means easy, unless you're a Hjertefølger. We first heard about Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefølger four years ago when they began building Nature House, a three-story cob...
- 50,000 new seeds deposited in Arctic Circle's Svalbard Global Seed Vault Fri, 24 Feb 17, 1:53amNearly 10 years ago, a group of scientists got together to build the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle, to prepare for a world threatened by climate change, wars, and natural disasters...
- Zombie anthrax outbreak hits Siberia after blistering heatwave Mon, 1 Aug 16, 9:16pmZombie anthrax from a reindeer that has been dead for 75 years appears to have resurfaced after a recent heatwave hit Siberia, infecting 13 Yamal nomads and killing 1,500 reindeer, Washington Post reports...
- Heavy fuel truck crashes through ice road days after government raises weight limit Thu, 17 Mar 16, 9:00pmIt sounds like the beginning of a really bad joke, but sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction. What happens when you quadruple the weight limit on an Arctic ice road in the midst of an unseasonably warm winter? The...
- Heavy truck crashes through ice road days after government raises weight limit Thu, 17 Mar 16, 9:00pmIt sounds like the beginning of a really bad joke, but sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction. What happens when you quadruple the weight limit on an Arctic ice road in the midst of an unseasonably warm winter? The...