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U.S. Navy plans to be more active in the Arctic

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 13:54
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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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Canada General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) News Politics 

Premier in Arctic Canada to push Ottawa for more military and icebreakers in the North

Laurie Sarkadi, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 10:20
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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 Canada General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) News Politics 

Blog – The Arctic shipping route no one is talking about

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 09:23 — Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2019 at 11:55
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By mid-century – and perhaps by 2035 – a Transpolar Passage will open across the Arctic Ocean via the North

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian Arctic report urges stronger ties with NATO, Indigenous communities, but weak on science, say experts

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 13:46 — Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2019 at 16:02
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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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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

Parks Canada battles Arctic ice to explore crumbling Franklin expedition wreck

Dean Beeby, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 15:35 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 15:39
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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 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Inuit make voices heard on Arctic shipping routes

Jackie McKay, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 10:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 13:31
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For the first time, Inuit communities are making recommendations to the Canadian government about how they want ships to move

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General Iceland News Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Alaska drilling, China, and the Arctic Council handover to Iceland : Northern news to watch for in 2019

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 4, 2019 at 09:00 — Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2019 at 13:17
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All year long, Eye on the Arctic brings you news, and newsmakers, from around the North. But as 2019 gets

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Tragedies in hamlet in Arctic Canada sparking talk of a Franklin ‘curse’

Dean Beeby, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 14:39
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Some residents of an Arctic hamlet located near the Franklin shipwrecks have linked a spate of tragic deaths in the

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Canada Culture Culture (Canada) General News 

Blog – Franklin expedition: How a doomed Arctic voyage presaged transpolar flights

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 13:31 — Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2018 at 15:57
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Last month, I flew from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on one of those sleek jets that fuse heaven and

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Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Inuit and Ottawa reach agreement in principle on marine conservation area in Northwest Passage

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 10:11 — Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2018 at 13:21
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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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Canada General News Science Science (Canada) 

First Canadian and Inuit-owned artifacts from Franklin wreck revealed to public

Michael Hugall, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 16:10 — Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2018 at 15:42
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9 artifacts jointly owned by Canada and the Inuit Heritage Trust were revealed to the world Tuesday. Nine artifacts from

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Canada General News Science Science (Canada) 

Interview – Hair samples from Franklin expedition member show high lead levels

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 16:49
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When Sir John Franklin left Britain with two ships and 129 sailors in 1845, it was to be an epic

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General News 

Small community in Arctic Canada disappointed by cruise ship cancellations, says mayor

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 12:10 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 09:42
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The cancellation of two luxury cruise ships that were supposed to land in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), this week is

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General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Roald Amundsen’s Maud back home 100 years after setting sail from Norway

Emily Blake, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at 12:09
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One hundred years after a wooden ship set sail from Norway with the hopes of reaching the North Pole, the

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

World Wildlife Fund raises alarm about harmful ‘grey water’ in Canada’s Arctic

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 14:24
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World Wildlife Fund Canada fears a new report it commissioned suggests that untreated “grey water” dumped in Canadian Arctic waters could double by

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