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Jacob Verhoef, the federal geoscientist leading Canada’s bid to assert control of offshore territory in the High Arctic, told Canwest News Service on Friday that preliminary results of a seabed mapping project off Ellesmere Island suggest the submerged Alpha Ridge is attached to the Canadian landmass and appears likely to qualify under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea as an extension of the country’s continental shelf.
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Arctic Warming - Canada July 2004 Global warming is affecting the Arctic twice as fast as the rest of the world, threatening the entire marine ecosystem. Tags: Arctic, Canada, ecosystem, global, Journeyman, marine, Pictures, warming |
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Arctic Cold War - Canada Sep 2007 As the scramble for Arctic resources intensifies, Canada is stepping up its military presence in the region. It's determined to protect its national sovereignty. "We will not compromise the defence of Canadian territory", vows Prime Minster Stephen Harper, announcing plans for more polar patrol ships. As the Arctic warms up; "major corporations are waking up to the fact there is going to be tremendous economic opportunity", explains Prof Huebert. Canada, Russia, Denmark and Norway all have claims to the Arctic seabed, where vast mineral reserves are thought to lie. There's concern that this scramble for resources could spiral out of control. "The worst case scenario is one of a regional area where hostilities are the norm and co-operation the exception", warns Huebert. The other... Tags: Arctic, Canada, grab, Journeyman, Land, mineral, Pictures, reserves, resources, strategy |
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Arctic Bridge The Arctic Bridge is becoming a more viable route between Russia and Canada. Tags: Arctic, Canada, Russia, shipping |
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Globe Trekker Music: Arctic Canada Chill out with Arctic sounds from snowy Canada Tags: adventure, Arctic, Canada, destination, Globe, Guides, music, nature, Pilot, Trekker, world |
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Donald McRae - Canada-U.S. Arctic Relationship Donald McRae, a prominent Canadian expert on Arctic issues discusses Canadian Arctic sovereignty. Professor McRae is the Hyman Soloway Professor of Business and Trade Law at the University of Ottawa. -- Donald McRae, un éminent expert canadien sur les questions concernant l'Arctique, discute la souveraineté de l'Arctique canadien. Le professeur McRae est titulaire de la chaire Hyman Soloway du droit des affaires et du commerce à l'Université d'Ottawa. Tags: arctic, canada, canada-u.s., d'ottawa, dfait, donald, in, maeci, mcrae, of, ottawa, sovereignty, the, universite, university, world |
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Naturaleza fascinante Arctic Canada Naturaleza fascinante Arctic Canada Tags: Arctic, Canada, fascinante, Naturaleza |
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Airships to the Arctic This is a copy of a CBC Canada Report which can be seen here http://www.cbc.ca/MRL/clips/rm-hi/north-selleck-airship071217.rm for higher availability we put it on YouTube, also to be able to embedd it into websites Tags: airships, airshipworld, arctic, blimp, canada, zeppelin |
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arctic monkeys virgin festival toronto canada sept 8 /07 Tags: arctic, festival, monkeys, virgin |
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Lords of the Arctic - Polar Bears of Northern Canada The magnificent Polar Bear is rapidly losing its battle against global warming. As its habitat continues to shrink, their chances of survival dwindled. These photographs were taken along one of the migratory routes that sees the highest concentration of these creatures anywhere on the planet. The numbers of bears have been dropping steadily each year (almost 25% between 2000 and 2004). Soon they will only be a distant memory. Tags: Arctic, Bear, Bears, Cubs, Global, Ice, one, photography, Photos, Polar, sparring, vision, Warming, Wildlife |
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Arctic Wind Igloolik Blizzard-like conditions. Strong wind with blowing snow Tags: arctic, Blizzard, canada, igloolik, nunavut, snow |
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Polar Bears and Walrus on Adventure Canada Voyage Video from a run-in with a walrus and some polar bears aboard the MS Explorer, on our Arctic Expedition to the Nunavut and Greenland. Shot by Greg Howard, Summer 2005. Tags: adventure, arctic, bears, canada, expedition, greenland, nunavut, polar, swimming |
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Adventure Canada High Arctic 2007 Adventure Canada high arctic cruise in the summer of 2007. Includes polar bears, sea ice, icebergs.... Video by Keith Nicol Tags: adventure, arctic, bears, canada, culture, greenland, Inuit, polar |
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Polar Bears on an Adventure Canada Voyage Video from a run-in with a few polar bears aboard the MS Explorer, on our Arctic Expedition to the Nunavut and Greenland. Shot by Greg Howard, Summer 2005. Tags: adventure, arctic, bears, canada, ellesmere, expedition, fiord, greenland, grise, island, nunavut, polar, swimming, thule |
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Grise Fiord, Nunavut with Adventure Canada Aujuittuq (Grise Fiord) Aujuittuq means "place that never thaws," and at 1,150km (720mi) above the Arctic Circle, it is Canada's northernmost civilian community, with a population of 165. We were welcomed into the town hall, where we took in a fashion show at the local school. Tags: adventure, arctic, canada, explorer, fashion, fiord, grise, ms, nunavut, show |
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Zodiac cruising in the Arctic with Adventure Canada A quick intro to what our fleet of Zodiacs are all about on our expeditions. Shot by Greg Howard in Dundas Harbour on Devon Island. Music and vocals performed by Tom Kovacs, words by Margaret Atwood. Tags: adventure, arctic, atwood, canada, cruising, dundas, global, harbour, icebergs, kovacs, margaret, nunavut, tom, warming, zodiac |
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Canada Jays 60 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Coldfoot birds unafraid of humans eat out of hand Tags: adventure, Alaska, Canada, Jay, nature, tame, wildlife |
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Dundas Harbour, Nunavut with Adventure Canada Adventure Canada visits Dundas Harbour on Devon Island, Nunavut, aboard the MS Explorer, August 2005. Here we find the lonely remains of an RCMP station dating from the 1920's and we have also spotted walrus, polar bear, muskox and caribou here. Tags: adventure, arctic, canada, devon, dundas, global, harbour, island, nunavut, rcmp, warming |
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Moving through Ice in Smith Sound with Adventure Canada Here we move into Smith Sound, between Ellesmere Island and Thule, Greenland aboard the Ice Strengthened MS Explorer. Tags: adventure, arctic, canada, cruise, greenland, ice, icebergs, icebreaker, sea, smith, sound, thule |
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Arctic Blizzard!! Day 2 of a 3 day blizzard in Arviat, Nunavut. February, 2007. Tags: arctic, arviat, blizzard, canada, cold, freezing, north, nunavut, snow, snowstorm, storm, weather, whiteout, wild, wind |
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Qiujaviit - Tanya Tagaq Gillis The song is "Qiujaviit" by Inuit singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis, from her album "Sinaa." The pictures are of Nunavut, Canada, and other nearby Arctic areas. I did not take any of the pictures myself, and I take no credit for them. Tags: Arctic, Canada, Gillis, Inuit, Nunavut, Qiujaviit, Sinaa, Tagaq, Tanya |
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