As scientists work to establish the impact of global warming, explorers and hunters slogging across northern Canada and the Arctic ice cap on sled and foot are describing the realities they see on the ground. Read the full article from the Toronto Star… Continue reading Inuit way of life now on thin ice
Igloolik dog-teamers help document climate change JANE GEORGE A rigorous four-month dog sled trip across Baffin Island. Read the original article from Nunastsiaq Online. Here is one more related article about this story: Adventurer plans youthful trek to Arctic Will Steger is fit and trim at 63, planning his latest grueling expedition to the far […] Continue reading Steger to draw attention to melting Arctic
Image by palestrina55 via Flickr The lack of an appropriate spill plan for five million litres of diesel fuel stored … Continue reading Baker Lake fuel storage worries environment department
Transport Canada is stepping up efforts to find ships that dump pollution into Arctic waters. Continue reading Feds to patrol Arctic waters for polluters
IQALUIT, Nunavut, May 30, 2006 Continue reading Miramar Mining, Four Related Companies Charged with Offences Related to Fuel Spill
A biologist in the central Arctic says she’s concerned a draft uranium mining policy for the region is too pro-industry. Continue reading Uranium policy concerns caribou board
From elders watching the movement of sea ice in Nunavut to climatologists studying satellite weather maps, people are amazed and … Continue reading Scientists note stunning loss of ice, snow
Canada’s Inuit people may have misunderstood the intent of listing the polar bear as “vulnerable,” says a spokesperson for the … Continue reading Reaction to polar bear listing puzzles organization
Iqaluit, Nunavut Continue reading Grizlar a rare bear indeed
The Atlantic walrus population is now a species of special concern and over-hunting may be to blame, says the Committee … Continue reading Walrus numbers in decline, scientists warn
Charlottetown’s environmental issues committee wants to ask the province to impose a tax on plastic shopping bags. Continue reading Bag tax on city agenda
The Nunavut Court of Appeal has rejected the Crown’s appeal of a decision involving three hunters found with untagged narwhal … Continue reading Crown loses appeal of narwhal hunter ruling
