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Canada Builds New Icebreakers To Strengthen Arctic Presence
At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to cementing the country's presence in the increasingly contested Arctic.
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Canada's Alert Base To See 136 Days Of No Sunlight, Here Are Other Polar Night Spots
Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Alert is home to a military and scientific base that endures some of the harshest and most extreme conditions on the planet.
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"Thwarted Recent Air, Maritime Surveillance Attempts By China": Canada
Canada is aware of recent air and maritime surveillance attempts by China and has thwarted such efforts since last year, the Canadian defense ministry said today, after a newspaper reported Chinese floating devices were found in the Arctic in autumn.
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Microbes Found Thriving in a Low-Oxygen, Super-Salty, Sub-Zero Spring in Canadian Arctic
Scientists have managed to find signs of microbial life in one of the harshest spots on Earth, giving further hope that life may also be found in some of the unknown environments of space. In the depths of the Canadian Arctic, scientists managed to identify signs of life in the low-oxygen, super-salty waters of the Lost Hammer Spring.
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Canadian Arctic City Confirms "Exceedingly High Levels" Of Fuel In Water Supply
The Canadian city of Iqaluit in the country's northern territory said lab results confirmed that fuel had entered its water supply, officials announced on Friday.
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Arctic Sailing Race Planned In Canada To Highlight Climate Change
A French sports group on Saturday announced plans to launch a sailing race in the thawing Canadian Arctic to raise awareness of global warning.
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Marine 'Oil-Eating' Bacteria in Canadian Arctic Can Curb Effects of Oil Spills: Study
Researchers have found that certain microbial communities found in the icy-cold waters off the coast of Labrador, Canada possess the ability to degrade diesel and crude oil. This can help mitigate the dangers of oil spills in the region.
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Iceberg Hunters On The Trail For 'The World's Purest Water'
For more than 20 years, a Canadian iceberg hunter has hauled in the mighty ice giants and then sold the water for a handsome profit to local companies, which then bottle it.
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Scientists Amazed As Canadian Permafrost Thaws 70 Years Early
Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared.
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Brutal Arctic Air Mass May Take Over US, From Mexico To Canada Borders
Temperatures as much as 30 to 50 degrees below normal are entering the Northern Plains. Through the weekend, brutal conditions overtake the central portion of the country, from the Mexican to the Canadian borders.
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Canada Builds New Icebreakers To Strengthen Arctic Presence
At a massive shipyard in North Vancouver, Canadian workers grind metal beams for a powerful new icebreaker crucial to cementing the country's presence in the increasingly contested Arctic.
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Canada's Alert Base To See 136 Days Of No Sunlight, Here Are Other Polar Night Spots
Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Alert is home to a military and scientific base that endures some of the harshest and most extreme conditions on the planet.
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"Thwarted Recent Air, Maritime Surveillance Attempts By China": Canada
Canada is aware of recent air and maritime surveillance attempts by China and has thwarted such efforts since last year, the Canadian defense ministry said today, after a newspaper reported Chinese floating devices were found in the Arctic in autumn.
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Microbes Found Thriving in a Low-Oxygen, Super-Salty, Sub-Zero Spring in Canadian Arctic
Scientists have managed to find signs of microbial life in one of the harshest spots on Earth, giving further hope that life may also be found in some of the unknown environments of space. In the depths of the Canadian Arctic, scientists managed to identify signs of life in the low-oxygen, super-salty waters of the Lost Hammer Spring.
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Canadian Arctic City Confirms "Exceedingly High Levels" Of Fuel In Water Supply
The Canadian city of Iqaluit in the country's northern territory said lab results confirmed that fuel had entered its water supply, officials announced on Friday.
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Arctic Sailing Race Planned In Canada To Highlight Climate Change
A French sports group on Saturday announced plans to launch a sailing race in the thawing Canadian Arctic to raise awareness of global warning.
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Marine 'Oil-Eating' Bacteria in Canadian Arctic Can Curb Effects of Oil Spills: Study
Researchers have found that certain microbial communities found in the icy-cold waters off the coast of Labrador, Canada possess the ability to degrade diesel and crude oil. This can help mitigate the dangers of oil spills in the region.
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Iceberg Hunters On The Trail For 'The World's Purest Water'
For more than 20 years, a Canadian iceberg hunter has hauled in the mighty ice giants and then sold the water for a handsome profit to local companies, which then bottle it.
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Scientists Amazed As Canadian Permafrost Thaws 70 Years Early
Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared.
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Brutal Arctic Air Mass May Take Over US, From Mexico To Canada Borders
Temperatures as much as 30 to 50 degrees below normal are entering the Northern Plains. Through the weekend, brutal conditions overtake the central portion of the country, from the Mexican to the Canadian borders.
