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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Arctic race

Arctic race stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - Canada and the US are letting their Arctic rivalry thaw long enough to launch an exploration mission, the Globe & Mail reports. A pair of icebreakers—one from each country—will set off next week into uncharted waters, working in tandem to clear a path and map North America's... More »

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Canada • United States • North Pole • Arctic • Arctic race • Arctic Sea • icebreaker

White House: US Must Assert Rights in Warming Arctic

Outgoing policymakers expect surge in region's military, commercial activity

Jan 19, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - With the Arctic getting warmer, the Bush administration predicts a multinational grab at resources there. To that end, it released a 10-page directive describing challenges the US faces and calling for an Arctic policy that underlines US concerns, the Washington Post reports. “The United States has broad and fundamental... More »

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climate change • Bush administration • global warming • White House • Arctic • Arctic race

 US Ship Joins Race
 for Arctic Resources

Mapping the continental shelf integral to oil and gas rights

Aug 12, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Coast Guard cutter will this week begin mapping Alaska’s continental shelf, Reuters reports, in a first step toward mining data that could be used to establish rights to oil exploration in the Arctic. Melting ice caps, which one scientist calls "bad for the Arctic, but very very... More »

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Arctic • Coast Guard • Arctic race • oil exploration • Arctic oil • Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

 Arctic Holds 3 Years of Oil 

A fifth of world's untapped reserves may be under melting ice

Jul 24, 08 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Enough oil is believed to lie under the rapidly thawing Arctic to last the world 3 years, Reuters reports. The USGS released a forecast yesterday estimating the region has 90 billion recoverable barrels of oil and vast natural gas reserves. The agency's director said the information was vital in order... More »

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Arctic • Arctic race • oil field • US Geological Survey • Arctic oil • oil reserves

ANALYSIS

 Arctic Boom 
 Awash in
 Green Risk 

Rush to tap vast mineral riches will tax area dearly without needed infrastructure

Jul 10, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the Arctic sea ice melts, it’s uncovering vast resources, leading to an international energy and mining rush. Companies are lining up to explore the region, and nations are reviving Arctic border disputes in hopes of tapping its wealth. But the exploitation of the area’s resources could have... More »

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mining • Canada • Arctic • Arctic race • minerals • Exxon Valdez

 Greens Blast Arctic 'Carve Up' 

Environmentalists rip pending 'resource grab' after nations meet

May 29, 08 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Environmentalists are slamming an agreement reached at a closed-door meeting among nations with Arctic claims as a resource free-for-all, the Guardian reports. Ministers from the US, Canada, Russia, Denmark, and Norway insist they simply agreed to abide by the law of the sea—but green groups charge that the nations... More »

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oil • Arctic • Arctic race • ice melt • Arctic Sea

EU Steels for Global Warming Conflict With Russians

Climate change will multiply trouble: report

Mar 7, 08 6:21 AM CST
(Newser) - The already-fraught relationship between Europe and Russia is bound to get worse in the next few decades. That's the sobering conclusion of a new European Union report on global warming and international politics, which concludes that climate change will act as a "threat multiplier," exacerbating today's problems and... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • European Union • Arctic race • European Commission

Seabed Rights Add Up to
Long Division

UN team weighs international claims on underwater territory

Feb 22, 08 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has a big job. As some 60 countries rush to claim the ocean seabed—and the oil reserves beneath—the 21-person team of part-time scientists must settle disputes, relying on geology and the sometimes arcane Law of the Sea. “... More »

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United Nations • Arctic race • oil exploration • seabed • Law of the Sea • Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

US Blunts Arctic Oil Warning

Report's recommendations cut on US, Swedish objections

Jan 23, 08 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A top researcher for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was poised this week to deliver a stern warning against the oil drilling operations sweeping the Arctic—until politicians pulled the teeth from his report, Der Spiegel reports. The report needed approval from the Arctic council that commissioned it—... More »

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climate change • United States • Arctic • Sweden • Arctic race • Arctic oil

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

Sailors Find Iceless NW Passage

As ice thaws, yachts glide through Northwest Passage

Sep 13, 07 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's smooth sailing in the Arctic nowadays. Even in recent years, the ice was apt to claim adventurers who dared navigate the Northwest Passage. This year the passage has no ice. And with global warming claiming some 38,000 square miles of ice a year, the Journal reports, the Arctic... More »

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climate change • Arctic • boat • Arctic race • polar ice caps • Northwest Passage • ice melt

Danes Join Scramble for Arctic

Denmark to launch expedition to Arctic to defend territorial claims

Aug 11, 07 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Danish expedition is set to head for the Arctic tomorrow, joining the scramble to claim polar territories. A team of 40 scientists and massive icebreakers are heading north to prove that a 2,000-kilometer underwater mountain range stretching to the pole is an extension of Greenland, and accordingly belongs... More »

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Russia • United Nations • global warming • Canada • North Pole • Arctic • Greenland • Denmark • Stephen Harper • Arctic race

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