The inhabitants of Murmansk went out to the city streets to meet the sun. This is the traditional event after the 40-days long polar night, TV-21 reports.
http://www.tv21.ru/news/2012/01/30/?newsid=40973
Schools in the small and remoted municipalities of the Northern Norway experience lack of teachers, NRK reports.
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/troms_og_finnmark/1.7975221
Deep snow around the Anchorage area is causing problems for not only people this winter, but the moose population as well, KTVA reports.
http://www.ktva.com/news/local/Snow-Is-Causing-Moose-Problems-138083913.html
Swedish scientists will study atmosphere with the help of the Norwegian satellite station Troll in the Antarctic.
http://svtplay.se/v/2670783/nordnytt/soker_svar_pa_sydpolen?sb
Russia will utilize three nuclear icebreakers by the year 2020, Arctic TV reports. They will be replaced by four diesel icebreakers and a new nuclear one.
http://arctic-tv.ru/section/main/news/5768
The polar bear party was arranged for Aphun and Lyutyik athe Alaska Zoo, KTVA reports. Zoo staff members said the birthday cake had a secret ingredient – sea oil, which made it irresistible to the bears.
http://www.ktva.com/news/local/Polar-Bear-Party-137994088.html
Swedes are training before the Swedish championship bathing in the ice-cold water, SVT reports.
http://svtplay.se/v/2694334/simmare_trotsar_kylan
A new youth center was unveiled in the Northern territories of Canada, CBC News reports. http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/North/1305554399/ID=2190333611
The new website for The Russian Arctic national park was launched in Arkhangelsk, Pomorye TV reports. The website will contain the most actual information about the youngest national park of Russia, wich incorporates the Northern part of Novaya Zemlya archipelago and the the Franz Josef’s Land.
http://www.pomorie.ru/news/pobivat-v-arktike-teper-mogno--ne-vihodya-iz-doma
A Yukon man has found a way to determine when the northern lights will appear, CBC News reports.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/North/1305554399/ID=2184581036
In Iceland to study the properties of snow one has to use his fingers and fists as measuring instruments, RUV reports.
http://www.ruv.is/frett/snjoathuganir-med-fingrum-og-hnefa
