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Quotations 1–20

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• Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable.

• Source Pioneers in Canada by Sir Harry Johnston

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• Even in our day, science suspects beyond the Polar seas, at the very circle of the Arctic Pole, the existence of a sea which never freezes and a continent which is ever green.

• Source: The Secret Doctrine -- Vol. 2 Theosophical University Press Online Edition by H. P. Blavatsky

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• O proudly name their names who bravely sail
  

To seek brave lost in Arctic snows and seas!

• Source An Arctic Quest Helen Hunt Jackson

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• As an eyewitness to the changing topography of the Arctic, I was stunned to see the rapid repercussions of global warming for the region, its wildlife habitat and indigenous cultures.

• Source Arctic Explorer Will Steger Issues Statement Regarding the Hunt Ice Shelf Break Off. Will Steger

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• As I stood there on the top of the world and I thought of the hundreds of men who had lost their lives in the effort to reach it [North Pole], I felt profoundly grateful that I had the honor of representing my race.

• Arctic Explorer Featured in Film," 1983 Matt Henson

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• Hidden in wonder and snow, or sudden with summer, This land stares at the sun in a huge silence Endlessly repeating something we cannot hear. Inarticulate, arctic, Not written on by history, empty as paper, It leans away from the world with songs in its lakes Older than love, and lost in the miles.

• Laurentian Shield Francis Reginald Scott CC

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• There are two kinds of Arctic problems, the imaginary and the real. Of the two, the imaginary are the most real.

• The Arctic in Fact and Fable Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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Portal:Arctic/Selected Quotations/8

Far to the North under the Great Bear, Sápmi shines.

Ridge upon ridge, lake stretching into lake.

Rocky cliffs, craggy peaks point to the sky.

Streams laugh, woods whisper.

Steely precipices drop, descend into the stormy sea.

Source - [1] w:Isak Saba: Song of the Sámi

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Portal:Arctic/Selected Quotations/9

The fiery skies of the winter, the summer nights' miraculous sun.

Walk against the wind. Climb mountains.

Look to the North.

More often.

Source - [2] w:Roy Jacobsen

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Portal:Arctic/Selected Quotations/10

Arctic resources are key to Russia's future

Source - [3] Dmitry Medvedev

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The northern areas is the centre of what is becoming an increasingly important strategic region for Norway, Europe and the rest of the world.

Source - [4] Jonas Gahr Støre

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Portal:Arctic/Selected Quotations/12

Knowledge is the hub of the Northern efforts. Yes, the very hub: The centre of the wheel, the gathering point of all threads, the core.

Source - [5] Jonas Gahr Støre

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What we know for certain is that this [the Arctic] is the main stage of global warming. That the melting ice is our time's canary in the coalmine. That the most dramactic consequences of these changes will not be experienced in the North, but just as likely in the middle of Africa where drought is increasing, water is disappearing and humans are driven into exile.

Source - [6] Jonas Gahr Støre

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