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As the Arctic#39;s attractions mount, Greenland is a security black hole

Moneycontrol 20 Oct 2020

The Chinese ship was one of a growing number of unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters as shrinking sea ice has fast-tracked a race among global powers for control over resources and waterways ... The Chinese ship was one of a growing number of unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters as ......

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As the Arctic's attractions mount, Greenland is a security black hole

Yahoo Daily News 20 Oct 2020

The Chinese ship was one of a growing number of unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters as shrinking sea ice has fast-tracked a race among global powers for control over resources and waterways ... When analysing satellite images, the Joint Arctic Command often identifies what it calls ......

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As the Arctic’s attractions mount, Greenland is a security black hole

Metro USA 20 Oct 2020

The Chinese ship was one of a growing number of unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters as shrinking sea ice has fast-tracked a race among global powers for control over resources and waterways ... When analysing satellite images, the Joint Arctic Command often identifies what it calls ......

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St. Paul’s to honor World War II Merchant Marine veterans

Bangor Daily News 19 Oct 2020

Some 8,380 merchant mariners were killed in action and 1,554 merchant ships were lost at sea during the war. The memorial honors the Arctic convoys which delivered thousands of tons of food, oil and guns, tanks, trucks, clothing, aircraft ships and ammunition, helping the English and Russians hold back the Nazis....

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China's thinly veiled maritime attack on Northern Europe

The Jerusalem Post 19 Oct 2020

Over the last two decades, China has increased its engagement with the Arctic states through active investments in economy, society and Polar scientific research ... The Arctic shipping lanes could ultimately offer an alternative route for Chinese nuclear submarines to enter the Northern Atlantic undetected on deterrent patrols....

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Freezing cold war: militaries move in as Arctic ice retreats – photo essay

Yahoo Daily News 18 Oct 2020

Shipping on the Northern Sea Route along Russia’s Arctic coast, which Vladimir Putin hopes will become an alternative to the Suez Canal, is expected to reach 32m tonnes this year, 80% of it oil and gas from huge fields on the Yamal peninsula....

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The arctic is in a death spiral, but there may still be time to act

Taipei Times 16 Oct 2020

Stopping climate change in the arctic requires an enormous reduction in the emission of fossil fuels and the world has made scant progress, despite the obvious urgency ... The arctic is unraveling, and it is happening faster than anyone could have imagined just a few decades ago ... In the past decade, arctic temperatures have increased by nearly 1°C....

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My Inuit People Hold the Key to Saving the Arctic. Will You Listen?

The Daily Beast 15 Oct 2020

Inuit have lived in Inuit Nunaat (our homeland) in the Arctic for millennia, in what many see as one of the most inhospitable areas of the planet ... Inuit don’t survive in the Arctic—we thrive ... Soon after, varied interests around the world began to see our resources, whether it was oil, efficient shipping routes, or abundant fish stocks....

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German Ship Completes Historic Arctic Expedition

Slashdot 14 Oct 2020

The German Research Vessel Polarstern has sailed back into its home port after completing a remarkable expedition to the Arctic Ocean. The ship spent a year in the polar north, much of it with its engines turned off so it could simply drift in the sea-ice....

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Screwed: Ikea in Spain has its own Boaty McBoatFace moment

The Independent 14 Oct 2020

Anyone who has ever bought anything from Ikea can identify with that sinking feeling when you struggle to put together a cupboard or a chair only to find something is missing ... This beat suggestions including There's No Place Like Home Street or Hug on the Couch Street ... Attenborough says Arctic ship's launch 'greatest possible honour' ... ....

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Biggest North Pole mission back from 'dying Arctic'

Gulf News 13 Oct 2020

The German Alfred Wegener Institute's Polarstern ship returned to the port of Bremerhaven after 389 days spent drifting through the Arctic trapped in ice, allowing scientists to gather vital information on the effects of global warming in the region ... "We witnessed how the Arctic ocean is dying," Rex said ... 'Ice-free Arctic'....

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Unique view into the 'new Arctic': International MOSAiC expedition successfully completed

Phys Dot Org 13 Oct 2020

With the return of the Polarstern, the largest Arctic expedition of all times has come to a successful end ... Two measurement programs that are central to research into the Arctic atmosphere were able to be carried out in full despite weather extremes and corona ... In recent years, the Arctic has warmed up more than any other region on earth....

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“The Ice Is Dying”: Researchers Warn Climate Crisis Is Irrevocably Changing Arctic Landscape

Democracy Now 13 Oct 2020

The team’s ship became deliberately frozen last October, drifting thousands of miles north and west, to study how the Arctic is being impacted by ......