The Arctic: A new theatre of critical geopolitics
The geographical proximity of the US and Russia to the Arctic Ocean will generate a constant political tremor in the ...
Beaufort Sea ice cuts fiber-optic cable, limiting internet for about 20,000 residents of Northwest Alaska through summer
In January, sea ice severed a fiber-optic cable running along the floor of the Beaufort Sea several miles off the North Slope ...
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Beaufort Sea ice cuts fiber-optic cable, limiting internet for about 20,000 residents of Northwest Alaska through summer
The cable, owned by telecommunications company Quintillion, was similarly cleaved by ocean ice that summer in almost ... people in the Bering Strait Region hub community have taken various steps ...
Trump’s annexation threats draw calls for Canada to deepen ties with other Arctic countries
Environmental concerns, high costs and worries about ceding northern sovereignty have driven protective Canadian policies ...
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Buying time: Juneau’s Marine Exchange of Alaska saves lives, cargo, communities and wildlife
Executive Director Steve White and founder Ed Page look comfortable and relaxed seated at the deck-plank style conference ...
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Walruses are threatened by climate change. The internet is trying to help save them
“More human activity (e.g., shipping lanes through the Bering Strait, oil exploration in the ... of adult male walruses resting at this summer haul-out,” Johnson said.
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Buying time: Juneau’s Marine Exchange of Alaska saves lives, cargo, communities and wildlife
For the past four years, two senior cadets from the Coast Guard academy intern in Juneau during summer with trips ... 2023 ship transits through the Bering Strait, a narrow 50-mile passage between ...
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As egg prices rise amid bird flu outbreak, Kansas is 'in pretty good shape'
The more impactful strain of H5N1 was first recognized in Europe in 2021, then spread via migratory birds over the Bering Strait into Canada ... over the spring and summer included an order ...
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Arctic’s ‘sad’ future, Panama Canal ‘tragedy’? Trump’s inauguration pledge to expand US soil fuels concerns
With research suggesting the Arctic could be ice-free in summer by the 2030s ... China and Russia also held joint naval exercises in the Bering Strait in 2023. And in October 2024, China ...
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This cruise line just unveiled more buzzworthy monthlong voyages — including a rare Inside Passage route
A throwback Mediterranean cruise, an in-depth exploration of Alaska and Canada (including a solstice celebration north of the Arctic Circle) and a transpacific sojourn can all be booked for 2026.