U.S. Coast Guard to send icebreaker through Northwest Passage with Canada’s consent
The U.S. Coast Guard is working with the Canadian government to send its medium icebreaker Healy through the Northwest Passage
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BLOG – In just 20 years, ships could cross an open Arctic Ocean
Sailing via the North Pole was impossible until the 1950s. Now, it is all but inevitable. Even if all greenhouse
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New Zealander sails through Arctic on custom yacht in violation of COVID-19 restrictions
According to the Canadian government, he has no business being there. But 72-year-old Peter Smith is sailing the Northwest Passage
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2019 saw increase in commercial shipping through Northwest Passage
2019 marked a busy shipping season in the Canadian Arctic with 27 ships making a full transit through the Northwest
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Hybrid-powered electric cruise ship navigates Northwest Passage
A Norwegian company says it has navigated the first hybrid-powered cruise ship through the Northwest Passage using a combination of
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Justin Trudeau, Mike Pompeo discussed Arctic cooperation during Thursday meeting
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Canada-U.S. cooperation in the Arctic during Thursday’s
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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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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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