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February 6, 2004

Saami celebrate on Feb. 6

SIKU CIRCUMPOLAR NEWS SERVICE

Norway is celebrating its first National Flag Day on Feb. 6, the same day as the Saami National Day.

Last December, the Norwegian Government decided to make the Saami National Day Norway's official flag day.

"This means really a lot for the Saami people," said a Saami resident of Oslo, one of an estimated 80,000 Saami who live in Norway.

Finland and Sweden, home to about 15,000 Saami, are considering a similar move.

Saami, the indigenous people of northern Europe, live in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.

On their national day, Saami wear their traditional clothing, now generally reserved for special or ceremonial occasions.

February 6, 2004

New Web site on Chukotka

Danish Chukotka Expeditions has mounted a web site that contains information on the Yupik Inuit population in Chukotka, with information on the region's language, occupations, and politics and on Chukotka in general.

The web site at http://www.connexion-dte.dk/index_en.htm also features 125 photos from Chukotka, a video on walrus hunting and an audio file with a traditional Yupik song and music.

February 6, 2004

Air Greenland eyes new route to Canada

There's a glimmer of hope for Nunavut residents who want to see the reinstatement of a scheduled air service between Greenland and Iqaluit.

Air Greenland has begun a study into the possibility of starting a new air route to Canada, Greenland's KNR radio service reported this week.

The airline has begun to study whether there are passengers - and money to be made- on a route from Nuuk to Iqaluit through to larger Canadian cities.

"Our market analysis is aimed toward all Greenlandic companies who have a need to travel, but also to public organizations as well as institutions," said Michael Binzer, Air Greenland's manager of sales and marketing

Binzer says it will never be cheap to travel from Greenland via Iqaluit to Montreal or Ottawa, and that the price for such a journey can be compared to the cost of travelling from Greenland to Denmark - about $2,000.

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