Saving our Arctic Heritage: Canada vs Norway

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 22, 2011 at 18:42
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The tug-of-war between Canada and Norway concerning the ship Maud has been one the most popular stories posted on Eye on the Arctic this month.

In case you missed it, the Maud, originally belonging to famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, has been wrecked in waters near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic since the 1930s.

Recently, a Norwegian group has mobilized to bring the ship back to Norway and have it restored. But a group of Cambridge Bay residents have started a petition asking that the shipwreck stay put.

Well the Globe and Mail, one of the most prominent newspapers in Canada, has just weighed in on the Maud controversy with an editorial questioning Canada’s record when it comes to preserving its Arctic heritage.

Read it here.

What do you think? Is Canada doing enough to preserve its heritage in the Arctic?

Contact Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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