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Our initial interest in the North was spurred by the rapidly melting Arctic ice and the forseeable opening of the Northwest Passage. With major countries, including Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the United States, jockeying for position, to secure a piece of the arctic pie, Canada's North is the new frontier.
Exploring the North's mines and fuel resources is frought with alarming issues not the least of which is the risk of contaminating the Arctic's ocean, its land and its native culture.
On the ground, little has changed in the last six months. As Northerners whiled away the long dark winter months, the arctic ice melted ever more rapidly and politicians met in an attempt to seal the fate of the new frontier.
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Since the mine that justified its existence closed in 2002, the town of Nanisivik has been dismantled leaving behing a dock, some port buildings and the little town of Arctic Bay, population 770, 30 km away. In August 2007, Prime Minister Harper announced the building of a deep sea port in Nanisivik.
In the News...
Iqaluit presses on with port pitch (scroll down) - Nunatsiaq News -1/4/08
Nunavut needs better ports, bigger voice -SENATOR BILL ROMPKEY
- Nunatsiaq News - 6/13/08
On Bebo
Meet Barry -iqalukjuak-89, he's 19, likes 2pac and Texas Hold'Em
VIDEO _ Tour of Arctic Bay with throat singing.
May 2008
Summit seeks accord on Arctic sovereignty - 5/28/08
France 24
'Race for the North Pole is cancelled'- 5/29/08
Montreal Gazette
UN to play mediator in Arctic disputes - 5/29/08
Toronto Star
USA positive to ratification of UNCLOS
- 5/29/08
National Post
Arctic coastal countries agree to cooperate on environmental protection
- 5/29/08
Mathaba.net
Threat to ocean must be faced - 5/30/08 -
Toronto Star
June 2008
Stop stealing our land, Inuits say, as Arctic resources race heats up - 6/15/08 -
AFP
Treaty on Ice
- 6/24/08
New York Times
Russian Army Trains for Arctic Combat to Defend Resource Claim
- 6/24/08
Bloomberg
Russian general fires Arctic warning - 6/24/08 -
Canada.com
NWT defends Arctic gas as green benefit - 6/24/08 -
Globe and Mail
China's 3rd Arctic project sets sail on "Snow Dragon" in July - 6/27/08 -
Xinhuanet, China
Drill Here. Drill Now. Drill ANWR. - 6/28/08 -
Townhall
International experts warn of 'no-holds-barred' Arctic resource race - 6/28/08 -
CP
Arctic research station belongs in Northwest Passage: polar commission - 6/26/08 -
CBC
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One of the coldest inhabited places in the world, with an average yearly temperature of -16.4°C. Population 229. In August 2007, Prime Minister Harper announced the building of new military facilities in Resolute.
In the News...
Warfare course shows Canadian military still struggling in Arctic - Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - 6/22/08
Exploding fuel prices could take $100 million bite out of Nunavut budget -CP- 6/15/08
GG winner, Sylvia Kalluk, heads to Ottawa
- Northern News Service -6/19/08
North Pole ice may completely melt away this summer - 6/27/08
CTV
North Pole ice 'may disappear by September' - 6/27/08
Telegraph, UK
No North Pole ice for 1st time in human history? - 6/27/08
Xinhuanet
What’s Really Up With North Pole Sea Ice? - 6/27/08
New York Times, blog
Arctic Could See First Ice-Free Summer This Year - 6/27/08
ABC News
Volcanoes erupting beneath Arctic ice - 6/27/08
MSNBC
Pangnirtung Flood
About 1,000 km south-east of Nanisivik on Baffin Island, this town of 1,325 people is situated on the coast of Pangnirtung Fjord, a fjord which eventually merges with Cumberland Sound.
Town fears flooding may wash it away - 6/18/08
Daily Gleaner, NB
Arctic community stable after flood threat - 6/24/08
CTV
Pangnirtung flood damage extensive: Nunavut minister - 6/25/08
AOL
More bad news for Pangnirtung - 6/24/08
Northern News Service<
Pang perks up with near finish of make-do bridge - 6/27/08
Nunatsiaq News, NU
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The Polar Bear Capital of the World, population 923, stands at the juncture of three ecoregions: the boreal forest, the Arctic tundra, and the Hudson Bay.
The Port of Churchill is privately run by OmniTRAX and connected to the Hudson Bay and the Canadian National Railway systems.
Churchill also sits at the top of the Security and Prosperity Partnership's (SPP) trade Super Corridors project.
In the News...
Many tears in Manitoba - 6/12/08
Winnipeg Sun, MB
America's heartland is about to be gutted: Multinational Corporate Takeover of North America - 5/31/08
People's Voice, blog
Manitoba offers surf and turf sights - 6/27/08
Toledo Free Press, OH
Prince Rupert is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia's North Coast, and home to some 12,815 people. It is the only Canadian Northern Port to have seen some development over the last six months, although it has not caught up with the hopes and expectations of the residents or of the head of the Port Authority. Recent economic woes in the U.S. and increasing environmental opposition to the construction of planned pipelines to Prince Rupert are dampening local spirits.
In the News...
Waiting for the boom on Third Avenue - 6/27/08
Globe and Mail
Potash Exporter To Develop Terminal In Prince Rupert- 6/25/08
Opinion 250, BC
Stats Canada Reports Shipping Up - 6/24/08
Net News Ledger
COSCO adds second sailing to Prince Rupert container terminal - 6/19/08
Toledo Free Press, OH
Second ship confirmed - 6/08/08
The Northern View, BC
Presidential hopeful no threat to Port - 5/31/08
Vancouver Sun, BC
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