Cambridge Bay Community Shares Concerns About Impact of Arctic ShippingBy: Olivia Mussells April 9, 2018We have gathered in the Elders’ Palace in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut on an overcast day in March to share the results of an Arctic shipping workshop. Outside, it’s a brisk minus 20 degrees Celsius but this meeting place is a cozy, comfortable [...]
Melting ice opens up the Arctic to tourism — and danger By Hanna Krueger with NBC News• last updated: 11/01/2018 For centuries, ambitious mariners pining to traverse the Arctic Circle experienced little more than disappointment — and often death. But diminishing sea ice and more temperate weather have made traveling through polar waters a vacation rather than [...]
http://pagse.org/en/breakfasts/March%2020%202018.htm Arctic warming: The land and communities on the cusp of rapid change Sciences and social sciences come together in a moderated discussion to examine the impacts of climate change on Arctic ecosystems and the way Inuit communities are adapting to the new reality in Nunangat. This interdisciplinary conversation focuses on the interconnection between [...]
http://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674researchers_look_at_shipping_impacts_at_sensitive_nunavut_sites/ NEWS: Nunavut March 08, 2018 - 10:30 am Researchers look at shipping impacts on sensitive Nunavut sites Lancaster Sound and Franklin wrecks seen as special concerns JOHN THOMPSON Lancaster Sound, known as Tallurutiup Imanga in Inuktitut, is seeing an increase in shipping as the eastern entrance to Canada's Northwest Passage. It's also important habitat [...]
http://www.highnorthnews.com/shipping-traffic-in-canadian-arctic-nearly-triples/ 15/03/2018 AV MALTE HUMPERT Shipping Traffic in Canadian Arctic Nearly Triples A new study on shipping in Canada’s Arctic has found that traffic in the region almost tripled between 1990-2015. The researchers found that the annual distance traveled by all vessels grew from around 350,000 kilometers to over 900,000 kilometers with the majority [...]
http://carc.org/dolphin-union-caribou-and-shipping/ Dolphin & Union caribou and shipping UPDATE: Minister of Transportation response UPDATE: Fisheries and Oceans Canada response Our letter to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard: The Canadian Arctic Resources Committee is Canada’s oldest citizen’s organization dedicated to environmental sustainability in Canada’s Arctic. We have a long history [...]
https://www.green-marine.org/2018/02/26/new-research-into-arctic-shipping-activities/ FEBRUARY 26, 2018 NEW RESEARCH INTO ARCTIC SHIPPING ACTIVITIES Dr. Jackie Dawson, an associate professor of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society and Policy, will research shipping trends at two Northwest Passage sites over the past 30 years. The research [...]
https://clearseas.org/en/blog/research-spotlight-dr-jackie-dawson/ Research Spotlight: Dr. Jackie Dawson “Governing shipping in the Arctic is extremely complex and it requires collaboration and respect.” – Dr. Jackie Dawson Dr. Jackie Dawson, Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society, and Policy and Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa, is studying the [...]
http://www.nce-rce.gc.ca/Research-Recherche/Stories-Articles/2017/lowImpact-faibleImpact_eng.asp INUIT GUIDE RESEARCH TO LOW IMPACT SHIPPING CORRIDORS "We have to hunt to eat, and these days that's getting harder". That message from Arden Nibgoarsi was one that researchers heard repeatedly when they visited five coastal communities to learn how a dramatic increase in Arctic shipping is affecting their food security and way [...]
http://aeinews.org/archives/3370 Aug29 2017 Shipping, conservation expand in the Arctic The Arctic is one of the last expanses of the world ocean that has escaped the increasing din of shipping traffic over the past fifty years, but this respite may soon be ending. China and Russia are rapidly ramping up plans to take advantage of retreating sea ice [...]
