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Expedition to Study Arctic Ice
CBS News World Watch has a story about the future of summer ice in the Arctic, along with a video. Three scientists from Great Britain, together forming the Catlin Arctic Survey, will head to the North...
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Arctic Photography
For some news on the lighter side, extreme wilderness photographer Martin Hartley has just returned home after taking part on the Catlin Arctic Survey, a team of three British explorers who spent two...
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Canadian seeks to find traces of Arctic explorers 100 years on – but is it...
The survivors of the Canadian Arctic Expedition’s sunken Karluk. A ship drops anchor in the Beaufort Sea, high in the Canadian Arctic. A group of scientists disembark to map the surrounding area and...
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Olympic Torch Burns Brightly for Some On Top of the World
Chilingarov carrying the Olympic Torch. (c) Sergey Dolya The Olympic torch for the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi, Russia has made quite the journey so far. It’s only a little over a month into its...
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Moscow: Where Polar Bears Stalk the Streets
Photo Exhibit: “The Russian North.” This summer in Helsinki, I found token signs of the country’s Arctic identity, which I discussed in a post called “Finland: An Eastern Arctic Nation.” There was a...
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The Maine doorway to the Arctic
Maine: Only a hop, skip, and jump away from the North Pole. In yellow and green are shipping routes. It is clear that while Maine is not close to any single dense shipping route like Alaska and the...
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