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First comprehensive geological Arctic map published
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May 15, 2009 |
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Canada has unveiled the first comprehensive Arctic atlas, detailing geological features that point to where oil and gas, gold and diamond deposits are likely hidden beneath snow and ice.
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Mercury levels in Arctic seals may be linked to global warming
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Researchers in Canada are reporting for the first time that high mercury levels in certain Arctic seals appear to be linked to vanishing sea ice caused by global warming. Their study, a new insight into the ...
Unstated assumptions color Arctic sovereignty claims
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May 28, 2009 |
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Settling the growing debate over ownership of Arctic Ocean resources is complicated by the fact that the various countries involved have different understandings of the geography of the place.
Arctic exploration finds large underwater mountain
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their boundaries extend farther north. For the past two ...
Russia, Canada To Use Space Technologies For Rescue In Arctic
Sep 05, 2005 |
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Russia and Canada could use advanced space technologies to help conduct rescue operations in the Arctic region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told RIA Novosti at a news conference Friday.
CU-Boulder researchers forecast 3-in-5 chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008
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Apr 30, 2008 |
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New University of Colorado at Boulder calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of ...
Plan would ban U.S. commercial fishing in Arctic Ocean
Feb 06, 2009 |
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Federal fishery regulators Thursday approved an unprecedented plan to ban U.S. commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean.
Researcher: Inuit culture in peril
Nov 23, 2007 |
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Global warming could doom the hunting and fishing culture of the Inuit in Canada, an expert on the Arctic region says.
Arctic sea ice minimum shatters all-time record low, report University of Colorado scientists
Sep 20, 2007 |
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Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center said today that the extent of Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its minimum for 2007 on Sept. 16, shattering all previous lows ...
By airship to the North Pole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2007 |
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In 2008, scientists will, for the very first time, create a continual profile of ice thickness in the Artic, extending from the Canadian coast across the North Pole to Siberia. At the core of the project lies ...
Inuit are on the right track
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Inuit trails are more than merely means to get from A to B. In reality, they represent a complex social network spanning the Canadian Arctic and are a distinctive aspect of the Inuit cultural identity. And what is remarkable ...
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