Tracking beluga whales in the Beaufort Sea through Facebook
More than a dozen beluga whales in the Beaufort Sea (North of Alaska and Northwest Canada) and have been tagged
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Arctic Ocean
River in northwestern Canada caused global cooling 13,000 years ago: study
A massive freshwater flood that caused a millennium-long global cooling event came from the Mackenzie River, according to a new
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Drivers flock to Northern Canada’s new highway to Arctic Ocean
The Dempster Highway (in Canada’s Northwest Territories and Yukon) has long been a destination in and of itself — but
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Southern Canadian couple has perfect wedding on Arctic Ocean’s shores
When you think of a destination beach wedding, Tuktoyaktuk, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, might not be the first place that
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Norway to build three large Coast Guard ships for Arctic
With a length of 136 meters, the three will be the largest Coast Guard vessels sailing the European Arctic. Norway’s
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World maritime body approves first Arctic ship routing measures
The International Maritime Organization approved on Friday the first internationally recognized ship routing measures designed jointly by Russia and the
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Blog – How Northwestern Inuit led construction of Canada’s highway to Arctic Ocean
Last November, Canada’s first highway to the Arctic Ocean opened. When shovels broke ground on the all-weather road in January
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Finland chooses Kirkenes in Norway for new Arctic railway terminal
The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has decided that a railway routing to the Arctic Ocean via Oulu, Rovaniemi
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Arctic Ocean composition undergoing rapid change
U.S. scientists have found new evidence of significant changes in the chemical and biological composition of the Arctic Ocean that
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Blog: China, Japan and South Korea hold dialogue on the Arctic
A little over four years ago, as several Asian countries were vying for observer status in the Arctic Council, there
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Arctic sea ice reaches record-low maximum extent for 3rd winter in a row
Arctic sea ice has begun its annual melt after reaching a record-low winter maximum extent, scientists announced on Wednesday. The
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Ice-Blog: Arctic summer sea ice cover could disappear with 2C temperature rise
The Arctic sea ice may disappear completely in summers this century, even if the world keeps to the Paris Agreement.
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German scientists sound alarm on Arctic trash
The amount of trash littering the bottom of the Arctic Ocean continues to dramatically increase despite the region’s relative remoteness
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Continued snow disrupts traffic, transportation schedules in Finland… except in Arctic
The weather forecast is predicting up to 10 centimetres of additional snow on the south coast by Wednesday afternoon. Officials
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Siberian erosion, river runoff speeds up Arctic Ocean acidification
As Siberian permafrost thaws, crumbling Russian coastlines and big rivers flowing north along eroding banks are dumping vast loads of organic
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