Of melting ice and rising oceans

Operation Nunalivut 2013, one of the major sovereignty operations conducted every year by the Canadian Armed Forces in the High Arctic, concluded today with a closing ceremony and parade at Task Force Nunalivut Headquarters in Resolute Bay. This ...

Russian explorers headed home Thursday after proving it is possible to drive from Russia to Canada across the North Pole, in buses with bloated tires over drifting ice, using a pickaxe to clear the way. Their two-and-a-half-month hitherto untried ...

* Arctic opening up fast to shipping, energy, mining * Sea ice shrank to a record low in summer 2012 * Ministers meet on May 15 to discuss oil spill tactics OSLO, May 13 (Reuters) - Arctic nations must urgently improve rescue services in the ...

Three Irishmen and one Canadian will attempt to row across the Northwest Passage in a single season for the first time ever this July. Their goal is to become the first people to cross the 3,000km passage by human power alone, a feat that is only ...

OTTAWA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian armed forces has started a major military exercise in high Arctic to showcase its sovereignty in the region, the National Defense Department said on Tuesday. Operation Nunalivut 2013 will be held from April 2 ...

(Newsdesk) Vasily Elagin and his team did it in 61 days; on April 30 they completed a sea ice crossing from Russian to Canada via the Geographic North Pole in their Yemelya-3 and Yemelya-4 amphibious vehicles designed by Vasily Elagin for ...

By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press 6 hours ago Recommend 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq responds to a question during … Creating a bigger presence for industry at the world's premiere international forum on ...

The National Strategy for the Arctic Region focuses on security, environment, and international cooperation. But with retreating sea ice creating opportunity as well as potential conflict, the US is seen as lagging. The Obama administration on ...

| More For scientists studying summer sea ice in the Arctic, it's not a question of if there will be nearly ice-free summers, but when. And two scientists say that when is sooner than many thought before 2050 and possibly within the next decade or ...