Arctic Information: Nature, History and Scenery

Over the coming months we hope to collect photos and videos of the Arctic, Svalbard and the North Pole. These will include the icescapes, glaciers, wildlife and plants. If you have digital photos and videos we can use please contact us. The short video below was recorded in June 2005 and was taken whilst the icebreaker, The Polar Star was breaking ice.

Arctic Interest Group (AIG) provides an internet forum to discuss any aspect of The Arctic with other members: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arctic/ In addition to this website's Blog, it is the online discussion group for the Arctic Information Website.

Fjord focus
Inside Bay Area - Oakland,CA,USA
... is one of the world's most scenic voyages, a navigation of Norway from the old Hanseatic city of Bergen to Nordkapp and Kirkenes, well above the Arctic Circle. ...

Arctic airboat joins Kotzebue rescue forces
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
... The $180,000 used to pay for the rescue airboat and truck plus shipping costs was collected predominantly through the Arctic Sun Video Store, a nonprofit ...

Inuit support strong Canadian Arctic presence
Canada First Perspective - Scanterbury,Manitoba,Canada
Inuit people have begun to raise their voice in support of the government’s efforts to protect Arctic sovereignty. The Conservative ...
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UK Arctic workshop to debate understanding, management & ...
BYM News (press release) - Gibraltar,Spain
The Arctic, the region north of 66° 33'N, is increasingly in the spotlight as climate change creates new opportunities and challenges of importance to a range ...

Canadian Oil Sands to stash Arctic reserves if Canada Southern bid ...
CBC News - Canada
... fight for Canada Southern Petroleum (TSX:CSW) nearing an end, Canadian Oil Sands Trust plans to simply stash the junior company's Arctic islands acreage for ...
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Forces pay tribute on Arctic patrol
Globe and Mail - Canada
... crews and police officers gathered on one of the remotest points in the country on the weekend to project their nation's sovereignty over the Arctic into the ...
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Energy spotlight falls on the Arctic
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
... by energy company BP temporarily to halve its output from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay field has brought to attention the risks and rewards of Arctic oil production. ...

Problem-plagued Arctic deployment shows gaps in military training ...
Calgary Sun - Canada
POND INLET, Nunavut (CP) - Recent military operations in the Arctic have exposed weaknesses in how the navy, army and air force work together and suggest the ...

This global warming is a fishy affair
Financial Express - Bombay,India
Fish such as salmon and mackerel have also been spotted in the Arctic, far north of their normal ranges, in a possible first signal of billion-dollar shifts in ...