Canadian polar bear expert Ian Stirling given lifetime award
Ian Stirling (PhD) was awarded Ice Bear Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday by Polar Bears International, a non-profit solely focused on
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Author: Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
A most unique experience: life at Canada’s northernmost military base
At any given moment, roughly 75 personnel of the Canadian Forces and some civilian contractors live at Canadian Forces Station
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Interview – Hair samples from Franklin expedition member show high lead levels
When Sir John Franklin left Britain with two ships and 129 sailors in 1845, it was to be an epic
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Even with its massive water resources, Canada is not immune to dramatic droughts
Cape Town in South Africa is edging ever nearer to becoming the world’s first major city to run out of
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Arctic: Record ice-loss, highest melt rate in 1,500 years
The latest Arctic Report Card, an annual scientific assessment of Arctic conditions by the U.S-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Agreement soon on high Arctic fishing in international waters?
The area under discussions is almost 3 million sq/km of ocean beyond the boundaries of Arctic nations known as the
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Worrisome discovery near North Pole
A British team of researchers aboard two small ice strengthened yachts have made a shocking discovery farther north than any
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Polar sea ice: growth in south, loss in north
Two poles, two extremes Polar sea ice extent in the Arctic has reached its summer minimum for the year according
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Plenty of water? Canadian Arctic communities on the verge of running out
Looking at a map of Arctic Canada, it seems there are literally thousands of lakes and rivers, yet many Arctic
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Canada’s Supreme Court to decide on northern wilderness watershed
It’s an area in Canada’s Yukon territory that is twice the size of Belgium, or one and a half times
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Mushers reach halfway point of Yukon Quest sled dog race
One of the world’s great Arctic events and races is now at the halfway point in -27 Celsius weather. Mushers
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Pioneering Inuit artist honoured with Canadian ‘heritage minute’
VIDEO: The new Heritage Minute that came out this week. Her name was Kenojuak Ashevak. A founding member of the Kinngait
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Polar bear adaptation to ice loss not really working
Polar bears do not seem to be able to find adequate alternative food sources to replenish their diet as they
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Luxury cruise ship heads to Arctic, but no environmental review
The search for the fabled Northwest Passage had cost the lives of many a European explorer whose ships became frozen
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Inuit elders tell their experience of Arctic climate change
A new book looks at the human side of climate change in the Arctic. It’s called “The Caribou Taste Different
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