Beaufort Sea

With Arctic freeze-up coming later, some belugas delay fall migration

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 15:49
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The annual freeze-up in Arctic waters off Alaska is coming later, and some beluga whales seem to have taken notice.

Royal Dutch Shell has decided to give up all but one of its federal offshore leases in the Chukchi Sea,

Michelle Theriault Boots, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 18:15 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 20:33
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Ruby Kaleak was at her part-time job on Kaktovik’s roving “polar bear patrol” Friday when a whispery call came over

Snow atop Arctic sea ice has thinned dramatically since the mid-20th century, declining by more than a third in the

A well blowout, pipeline breach or vessel accident in the Canadian Beaufort Sea could spew spilled oil westward for months,

Companies drilling offshore for oil in the Canadian Arctic have long been required to show that they are capable of

Sea ice in the Arctic melted at a moderate pace in early June, but the rate accelerated late in the

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 16:58
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Tracts of land that had been set aside for reindeer grazing in Canada’s North have instead been offered up by