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The foreign ministers of the eight Arctic countries Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the US gathered in Iceland last week for the Arctic Council ministerial meeting. The council, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, is the international community’s premier forum to address Arctic-related issues. It is strictly intergovernmental