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NEWS ABOUT: Canadian Arctic

Canadian Arctic stories: 7 news summaries

Polar Bears' Other Threat: $35K Trophy Hunts

Foreign hunters spend thousands to catch dying Artic species

Mar 27, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Polar bears, whose Arctic habitat is thawing out, have become the symbols of climate change, but they’re also prime targets for hunters in Canada, where trophy-hungry sportsmen cough up as much as $35,000 to bag a bear, the Independent reports. “This is probably the toughest hunt you... More »

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climate change • Arctic • polar bear • hunters • Canadian Arctic

 Vast Ice Shelf Tumbles Into Sea 

System broken, warns expert

Sep 3, 08 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 4,500-year-old, 19-square-mile Arctic ice shelf has broken off an island in Canada, Canada.com reports, making more than 75 square miles of Canadian ice shelves that have melted this summer. “These changes are irreversible under the present climate, and indicate that the environmental conditions that have kept... More »

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climate change • global warming • Canadian Arctic • ice shelf

 Huge Chunk
 Snaps Off Largest
 Arctic Ice Shelf

Arctic's biggest ice shelf is falling apart and not regenerating

Jul 30, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - An 8-square-mile chunk of ice has broken off an ancient ice shelf in Canada's Arctic, the Globe & Mail reports. The Ward Hunt Shelf, the biggest in the Arctic, has shrunk over the last century from 3,500 square miles to less than 400 today. Huge cracks have appeared in... More »

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global warming • Canada • Arctic • polar ice caps • Canadian Arctic • Arctic Sea • ice shelf

 Huge New
 Cracks Seen in
 Arctic Ice Shelf

Giant ice shelf is falling apart and could float away

May 24, 08 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Canadian expedition has found a major new network of cracks, more than 10 miles long, in the Arctic's ice shelves, the BBC reports. Scientists say the huge shelves are disintegrating; pieces become "ice islands" that can float hundreds of miles away as climate changes takes hold. Arctic sea... More »

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climate change • Canada • Arctic • Canadian Arctic • ice melt • ice shelf • Arctic sea ice

Arctic Ice Vanishing 'Like Mad'

Researchers find Baffin ice cap shrunk by half in last 50 years

Jan 30, 08 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Ice caps on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic are "receding like mad" and could be gone completely within 50 years, LiveScience reports. The fields of ice have shrunk by half in the last 50 years and haven't been so small for at least 1,600 years, according... More »

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climate change • global warming • Canada • Arctic • Canadian Arctic

Canada Asserts Arctic Authority

Ice melt inflames dispute over control of Northwest Passage

Oct 8, 07 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of this summer's record-shattering Arctic melting, Canada is asserting its control over the Northwest Passage, increasing patrols, and planning to build a military base, the BBC reports. Apparently undeterred by competing claims to the legendary waterway, the head of the Canadian Coast Guard says it's "important... More »

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climate change • Canada • Arctic • Arctic race • Canadian Arctic

Massive Ice Island Finds
Itself in a Jam

Floating danger now safely wedged in canal, scientists hope

Sep 2, 07 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ice island that became a global warming icon when it separated from the Canadian Arctic mainland is now caught in a remote channel—and scientists believe it's stuck there indefinitely. The Ayles Ice Island, born two years ago and slightly larger than Manhattan, had been moving rapidly and was... More »

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global warming • Canada • Arctic • Ayles Ice Island • Sverdrup Channel • Canadian Arctic

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