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Canada’s defence minister says military upgrades part of plan to strengthen Arctic sovereignty

20 August 2018 Alex Brockman, CBC News 0 Comments Alert, Arctic Bay, Canadian Arctic, Canadian Armed Forces, defence, Harjit Sajjan, Infrastructure, military, Nanisivik, Nunavut, security

Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s Northern tour didn’t come with any new spending announcements. Instead he talked up the importance

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Killer whales in once-icy Arctic waters are scaring away narwhals

3 March 20173 March 2017 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, Canadian Arctic, climate change, Inuit, orcas

When orcas invade their Arctic territory, narwhals flee, possibly even before the predatory newcomers make any attacks, according to new research.

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Marc Cornelissen shows climate ambassadors how to drill to measure ice thickness. Alaska, 2008. (Irene Quaile/Deutsche Welle)

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Ice-Blog: “Last Ice” claims lives of researchers

4 May 20155 May 2015 Irene Quaile, Deutsche Welle 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, Canadian Arctic, climate, Climate Change College, ColdFacts, Cornelissen, De Roo, ice, Last Ice, polar bears, Resolute Bay, sea ice, Warming, WWF

This post was to be about a trip I just made to St. Petersburg to talk to students and fellow

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