Theoretical physicist helping scientists understand how glaciers flow
While glaciers have been retreating or melting since the early 20th century, little is understood about how exactly large ice
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Satellite imagery illuminates ice conditions around communities in Canada’s east-Arctic
Inuit in Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven, in the territory of Nunavut, are getting a clearer picture of sea-ice
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How Canadian scientists discovered a geothermal source in 1970s rural Iceland
Forty years after researchers from Halifax (Canadian Maritimes) helped drill a hole nearly two kilometres into the ground in rural
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Aging fleet jeopardizing future of ecosystem mapping in Arctic Russia
As one of Russia’s aging marine research vessels burns at port in Murmansk, northwest Russia, scientists warn there is no
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Alaska researchers test ancient bison horns in northwestern Canada for climate change study
Researchers from Alaska are testing hundreds of ancient bison horns in Whitehorse, Yukon. They are trying to find out how
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Climate change is driving micro-algae blooms into High Arctic and may affect food chains, says study
Micro-algae blooms at the base of marine food chains are heading north at a rate of one degree of latitude
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First Canadian and Inuit-owned artifacts from Franklin wreck revealed to public
9 artifacts jointly owned by Canada and the Inuit Heritage Trust were revealed to the world Tuesday. Nine artifacts from
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Canada to file submission for its continental shelf limits in Arctic Ocean in 2019
The federal government plans to file its submission on the outer limits of Canada’s continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean
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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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Canada’s Governor General heads north to spotlight Arctic science
Canada’s Governor General left for the northeastern territory of Nunavut on Thursday for a three-day trip to the Arctic. Julie
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Russian and American scientists team up to study Arctic Russia’s weakening sea ice
More than 50 oceanographic researchers are on board Russia’s polar research flagship Akademik Tryoshnikov as it makes its way towards
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New building to help boost cooperation for Arctic research center in Northern Norway
Arctic Council secretariat and Institute of Marine Research team up under the same roof as other key Norwegian Arctic science-
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Ottawa, Quebec announce $53-million for construction at northern research institute
Canada’s federal government, and the province of Quebec, have announced investments totalling $53-million towards construction at the Institut nordique du
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Shellfish poisoning becoming less predictable, say researchers in Alaskan Indigenous communities
Point Louisa is a common clamming spot for harvesters from the Tlingit and Haida tribes, as well as the Filipino
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Inuk woman ‘begging and pleading’ for help fighting tuberculosis in northern Canada
Bernice Clarke’s mother died in 2015. She was sick with tuberculosis and succumbed to complications resulting from treatment. Now, three
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