Arctic Aerial Images Encouraging & Awe Inspiring
Mario Tama photographed these breathless Arctic photos from a Lockheed P-3 accompanying a NASA crew carrying out Operation Icebridge, an operation initiated to measure Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets....
View ArticleArctic Warming at Alarming Rate
Some scientists believe the best adjective to characterize the Arctic is “unravelling”! According to some data, the region is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the Earth’s regions...
View ArticleSupreme Court Denies Groups Opposing Polar Bear Habitat in Alaska
The U.S. Supreme Court stood up against a coalition of organizations within Alaska by declining to hear a case on Monday which attempts to repeal the previous federal government administration’s...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Alaska’s Arctic
Alaska continues to fight to preserve the wild spaces that give the state its incredible natural character. A number of Alaska environmental and Native groups filed a lawsuit against the federal...
View ArticleSeed Vault Needs Repairs After Leaks
Norway will make critical improvements to the Global Seed Vault located on Svalbard Island in the Arctic. Melting permafrost in an unusual Arctic summer caused water to enter the front section of the...
View ArticleChurchill Sea Walls Murals Top Choices
Churchill received a makeover recently and the murals that now adorn some formerly vacant walls are nothing less than breathtaking. Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans is the official sponsor and organizer...
View ArticleCanadian Government Will Protect Caribou Herd
The Canadian government will be implementing a protection plan for the threatened boreal or woodland caribou herd in the north. The decision comes three months after the Canadian Parks and Wilderness...
View ArticleRetired Canadian Mountie Sentenced to Prison
Retired Canadian Mountie Gregory Logan, 60, of Saint John has been sentenced to five years and two months in a United States federal prison for smuggling nearly 300 Narwhal tusks with a value of $1.5 –...
View ArticleChurchill Wants Polar Bears to Stay Home
Churchill is famous for its polar bears and has been dubbed the Polar Bear Capital of the World for a destination to see numerous polar bears in and around the town. Now Churchill Mayor Mike Spence...
View ArticleNunatsiavut Wildlife Manager Optimistic on Polar Bears
Despite frequent heart-wrenching images of starving polar bears in the news recently, populations of polar bears are apparently thriving in the Nunatsiavut region of northern Labrador. This is some...
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