Why Canada can’t have the North Pole
Ottawa’s efforts to map the Central Arctic Ocean in an attempt to present a scientific case for Canada’s claim to
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Science (Canada)
Experts call for collaboration on Arctic fisheries research
As Canada prepares to host the next round of discussions on preventing unregulated fishing in the central Arctic Ocean, experts
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Polar bears forced to swim long distances as Arctic ice melts
Scientists are sounding the alarm over the discovery that many polar bears in the Canadian Arctic are making marathon swims of
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Discussions underway on who can claim Arctic seabed
Quietly flying under the news radar is an extremely important international meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York
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Feature Interview: ArcticNet’s 2015 scientific meeting
The ArcticNet scientific meeting took place in Vancouver, British Columbia from December 7-11. There, hundreds of Canadian scientists and researchers
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Canada & Sweden cooperate on Arctic science
Canada announced an Arctic science cooperation agreement with Sweden on Friday with a focus on marine surveying and oceans. The
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Greenpeace responds to report Canada is ill-prepared for Arctic oil disasters
A report prepared for the government on Arctic oil drilling contains some interesting revelations. Obtained under Access to Information laws,
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Researchers return to Canada’s Arctic to study flora, ducks
A pair of botanists that have spent four years documenting local plant life in Nunavut are back in the
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Oil spills in Arctic, deep water would cause challenges for government
An internal report warns the federal government isn’t fully prepared to respond in the event of an oil spill
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Canada announces Polar Knowledge Canada organization
The Canadian government announced this week that it has merged the functions of the Canadian Polar Commission and the Canadian High
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Feature Interview: Arctic focus at Transatlantic Science Week in Toronto
Transatlantic Science Week was held this week in Toronto , Canada from October 27-29. The annual event is organized to
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Feature interview: a pilot project towards food sovereignty in Northern Canada
During his annual visit to the Arctic last month, Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper announced that an experimental modular farm
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Feature interview: ‘Gamifying’ Inuit art
A video game development company based in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, has been working for two years on bringing
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