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32 years on, research station north of Inuvik, N.W.T., still going strong

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 10:38
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It may be one of the North’s lesser-known research camps, but the Trail Valley Creek Research Station north of Inuvik,

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Canadian Coast Guard launches Arctic icebreaking season

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 26, 2023 at 17:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 10:14
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The Canadian Coast Guard’s annual icebreaking season is now underway, and will see eight vessels travelling to the country’s northernmost

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Satellite imagery reveals construction progress on new Chinese Antarctic base

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 21, 2023 at 15:59
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A US think tank report suggests that China’s expanding activities in polar regions, including a new Antarctic research station currently

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Blog: Ice researchers among world’s most influential – a sign of the TIME(s)?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Monday, April 17, 2023 at 16:11 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 10:39
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Climate change is impacting the frozen regions of our planet faster and more seriously than expected. The naming of two

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Spring melt in Whitehorse could bring more landslides, geologist says

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 11:29
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The snow in Whitehorse has been steadily melting over the last week or so — and that’s got some people

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Trailblazing Nunatsiavut researchers study the ocean, and add Inuit context for other scientists

CBC News
Posted: Monday, March 20, 2023 at 12:00
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Every year, the Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen makes a trek through the Labrador Sea, operating as an icebreaker and

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This stubborn shrub is helping to keep Arctic river banks intact as permafrost thaws

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Friday, March 17, 2023 at 11:27
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Plants getting credit for stabilizing banks of big rivers that were expected to erode. Leon Andrew describes Arctic willow as

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Map of the Barents Strait between Alaska and Russia's Chukotka region. How will tensions between Moscow and Washington affect researchers in the Arctic? (iStock)
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A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, a walrus discovery is caught up in geopolitics

Kavitha George, Alaska Public Media @kavithamgeorge
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 11:53
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Last October, research biologist Tony Fischbach made a startling discovery. Using satellite imagery, Fischbach and his team counted 200,000 Pacific

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Most of Western Canada’s glaciers will melt in 80 years, University of Northern B.C. study finds

CBC Radio
Posted: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 14:18
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A study by international researchers using a supercomputer at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has found that most

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AI tool developed for polar shipping to help vessels reduce emissions

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 14:10 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 15:39
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An AI polar navigation tool has been developed by the British Antarctic Survey with a view to reducing emissions and

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Methanol-powered research ship set for handover to German research institute

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 15:21
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A methanol-powered research ship got its official christening on Tuesday and is scheduled for handover to the  Alfred Wegener Institute

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Researchers identify polar bear population that hunts off glacier ice

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, June 17, 2022 at 16:00
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A genetically distinct polar bear population that hunts off freshwater ice has been identified in Greenland, researchers outline in a

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Blog: Thawing permafrost: Arctic future on shaky ground bodes ill for the global climate

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, February 11, 2022 at 12:21
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When I first visited Greenland on a reporting trip in the summer of 2009, my first stop, like that of

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As rabies returns to Arctic Canada, researchers look to predict future outbreaks

Paul Tukker, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 11:00
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Susan Tulugarjuk was walking to work in Igloolik one morning in December when she felt something bite the back of

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Giant sponges feeding on fossils discovered in deep Arctic waters

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 16:13
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Deep beneath the ice-covered Arctic Ocean, scientists have made an unusual discovery. With little to no light, huge sponge gardens

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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