End to Canada-Denmark dispute in Arctic?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 13:45
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Is the long-running dispute between Canada and Denmark over the future of Hans Island finally over?

Not really.

But progress on a number of other issues relating to the Arctic maritime border between the two countries seem to have been settled, reports The Copenhagen Post.

Citing Denmark’s public broadcaster DR, The Copenhagen Post reports that Denmark’s foreign minister Villy Søvndal has signed an agreement in Canada concerning fishing rights and oil and mineral exploration in the region.

The two countries also agreed to the placement of a maritime border running 3,000km long.

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Write to 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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Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

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