Feature Interview: What Arctic highway project tells us about Canada’s plans for North
Construction on Canada’s long planned Arctic highway project in the western Arctic got underway this month. The project will connect
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Ice-Blog: Polar ice tipping points
As I get ready to head up to Tromso for the Arctic Frontiers conference and prepare my accreditation for the
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Blog: Oil companies real beneficiaries of Canada’s Arctic highway extension
On January 8, in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the extension
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Ice-Blog: Climate change and the polar vortex
If you live in one of the North American areas hit by the latest big freeze, you may well have
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Blog: China at the Poles
Global media interpretations of China’s rescue of stranded passengers off Antarctica vary The Chinese icebreaker Xue Long‘s rescue of the
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Blog: Are Denmark’s new frigates Arctic-ready?
Over here in Canada there was plenty of controversy in 2013 over the cost of the country’s new Arctic patrol
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Blog: Canada, Russia and The North Pole
“We do not give up the North Pole. Canada’s claims to the North Pole are no more than ambition.” So
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Blog: And now for the good news …
I won’t begin, as others have, by apologizing for making a year-in-review list. I happen to like lists, and it’s
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Ice-Blog: Santa in distress in a melting Arctic
As I was floating around our local swimming pool to the sound of “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer” last night, the
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BLOG: Potential rare earth element found in Arctic
I attended the American Geological Union (AGU) Fall Meeting this week in San Francisco. It’s billed as “the largest worldwide
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Ice-Blog: Canada and Russia rippling muscles in the Arctic
Enjoying my morning tea the other day, my attention was caught by an Arctic headline in our local newspaper. When
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BLOG: Stephen Harper and the North Pole – Still embarrassing Canadians in Arctic policy
It was a big week for Arctic governance and science, as Denmark and Canada both provided submissions to the Commission
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Ice-Blog: Norway focuses on “Humans in the Arctic”
With the Annual “Arctic Frontiers” conference in Norway’s “Arctic capital” Tromsö looming large on the horizon from January 19th to
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BLOG: Bipartisan amendment to build up to four icebreakers introduced to U.S. defense bill
In mid November, U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced an amendment into the National Defense Authorization
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Ice-Blog – Rovaniemi: Finland and the Arctic
Rovaniemi is where I would like to have spent the last few days. From Dec. 2nd to 4th, the first
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