Archeologists dive back into Franklin mystery in Arctic Canada
A Parks Canada research team is en route to the underwater wrecks of Sir John Franklin’s ships in an effort
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Northwest Passage
Marine protected area in Canada’s eastern Arctic comes with $55M for Inuit communities, PM announces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Iqaluit, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic on Thursday to announce $54.8 million for Inuit
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Canada’s PM announces new marine conservation area in eastern Arctic
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to create a new protected area off of Nunavut coast, in the Canadian
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Hybrid Norwegian cruise ship to sail through Northwest Passage
A Norwegian cruise ship named after one of the country’s most famous polar explorers, Roald Amundsen, who became the first
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More assertive U.S. Arctic policy puts Ottawa and Washington on collision course
Canada should brace for a potentially bruising political showdown with the United States this summer as Washington considers sending its
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U.S. Navy plans to be more active in the Arctic
The U.S. Navy is increasing its presence in the Arctic, and Navy Secretary Richard Spencer said he’d like to send
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Premier in Arctic Canada to push Ottawa for more military and icebreakers in the North
Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod is laying out a vision for the North’s future that includes an increased military presence
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Blog – The Arctic shipping route no one is talking about
By mid-century – and perhaps by 2035 – a Transpolar Passage will open across the Arctic Ocean via the North
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Canadian Arctic report urges stronger ties with NATO, Indigenous communities, but weak on science, say experts
The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development presented its report on the Arctic to Canada’s House of Commons
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Parks Canada battles Arctic ice to explore crumbling Franklin expedition wreck
Parks Canada may be in a race against time to research the HMS Erebus as rough Arctic weather conditions badly
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Canada’s Inuit make voices heard on Arctic shipping routes
For the first time, Inuit communities are making recommendations to the Canadian government about how they want ships to move
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Alaska drilling, China, and the Arctic Council handover to Iceland : Northern news to watch for in 2019
All year long, Eye on the Arctic brings you news, and newsmakers, from around the North. But as 2019 gets
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Tragedies in hamlet in Arctic Canada sparking talk of a Franklin ‘curse’
Some residents of an Arctic hamlet located near the Franklin shipwrecks have linked a spate of tragic deaths in the
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Blog – Franklin expedition: How a doomed Arctic voyage presaged transpolar flights
Last month, I flew from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on one of those sleek jets that fuse heaven and
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Inuit and Ottawa reach agreement in principle on marine conservation area in Northwest Passage
The federal government and the Inuit have reached another milestone in creating Canada’s largest marine conservation area in the northeastern
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