Global Warming, Less Cooling
If the Earth is warming, why am I so cold? It's a fair question for many living throughout Europe and many parts of Asia and North America this winter...
Lessons from Arctic Net
Today is the final day of the 2010 ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM). Several hundred Arctic researchers and representatives from industry, no...
All Roads Point North for Global Toxins
Over the last 10 years or so, there have been a number of studies that show that migratory birds are returning to Canada's Arctic to breed in the summ...
Warm Winter Weather Closes Schools in Kuujjuaq
Here in Vancouver, we’ve closed our schools on the occasional snow day. We can handle lots of rain but a good dump of snow can grind things to a halt....
A Step in the Right Direction for Lancaster Sound
On December 6, the long-proposed National Marine Conservation Area in Lancaster Sound took a significant step forward. We were pleased to hear Min...
It’s All In How You Look At It
Down here in southern Canada, we tend to look north and assume the long, dark winters must be nearly intolerable. Now that the sun has set for a month...
The View From Tuk
Thanks to the kind folks in Tuktoyaktuk for allowing me to crash the community game night a few Saturdays ago. I never thought I’d need to travel all ...