Source: Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press, April 10, 2019 OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee is urging the government to work with NATO to determine Russia’s military intentions in the North and get help to protect the country’s Arctic sovereignty. That was the top recommendation of a report tabled Wednesday by the Commons foreign-affairs… Continue reading Committee calls on Canada to co-operate with NATO to respond to Russia in Arctic
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First permanent road to Arctic coast set to open
Source: The Canadian Press, November 12, 2017 TUKTOYAKTUK, N.W.T. — At 6 a.m. on Wednesday, in the arctic cold and darkness of the Mackenzie Delta, Darrel Nasogaluak will fire up his vehicle and head out on Canada’s newest and most exotic road trip. Nasogaluak, mayor of the Northwest Territories hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, will drive down… Continue reading First permanent road to Arctic coast set to open
Arctic village residents share hopes, fears for future with opening of new highway
Source: Jackie Dunham, CTV News, October 12, 2017 Eileen Jacobson was born and raised in Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. At 60 years old, she works as a tour guide and one of only two taxi drivers in the tiny hamlet of approximately 900. Nestled on the shores of the Arctic Ocean with unforgiving temperatures… Continue reading Arctic village residents share hopes, fears for future with opening of new highway
Second Ship From Doomed Arctic Expedition Found
By Rossella Lorenzi, Seeker.com, September 13, 2016 The find is the second ship recovered from an ill-fated Arctic expedition some 170 years ago. Explorers believe they may have discovered the long-lost second ship from the ill-fated Franklin expedition. The vessel, HMS Terror, vanished nearly 170 years ago with another ship, HMS Erebus, and a crew… Continue reading Second Ship From Doomed Arctic Expedition Found