Russian tanker hits ice 300 miles from Nome
By MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press, Anchorage Daily News, January 7th, 2012VOYAGE TO NOME: Winter fuel oil delivery to coast would be a first.A Russian tanker carrying fuel for an iced-in Alaska city...
View ArticleOfficials Say Arctic Nations Not Prepared for Oil Spill
By Kate McPherson, KTVA Alaska, March 23, 2012Representatives from eight Arctic nations met in Girdwood to work on spill response planGIRDWOOD - Representatives from the eight countries of the Arctic...
View ArticleNorthwest Territories oil play big as Bakken
Dina O?Meara, Calgary Herald, July 19, 2012Shale oil play success hinges on strong crude pricing and infrastructureread more
View ArticleOil and Ice Don't Mix - The Risks of Drilling in Alaska's Arctic Ocean
Kiley Kroh & Michael Conathan, Climate Progress / Video Report, August 20 2012read more
View ArticleLessons aplenty for Shell Oil after first Arctic 'drilling season'
Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch, Oct 11, 2012Believing the U.S. Arctic Ocean contains one of the world's richest undiscovered oil and gas plays, Royal Dutch Shell is already considering what it will...
View ArticleCanada’s Arctic leadership stint worries drillers, shippers and...
Paul Koring, The Globe and Mail, Jan. 31 2013WASHINGTON — Canada will begin a two-year stint at the helm of the eight-nation Arctic Council amid a clamour of competing calls for leadership, as the ice...
View ArticleRussia's Arctic strategy: development and innovations
Polina Chernitsa, Voice of Russia Radio, Feb 22 2013With many countries having their eyes on the Arctic and its rich resources, the region is becoming the intersection of strategic interests and...
View ArticleFeds eye central Arctic exploration
Shawn McCarthy, Globe and Mail, Feb. 28 2013OTTAWA — The federal government is opening a vast new frontier for oil and gas activity in Nunavut’s high Arctic with a call for companies to indicate their...
View ArticleInterior Dept. Warns Shell on Arctic Drilling
John M. Broder, New York Times, March 14, 2013WASHINGTON — The Shell Oil Company must provide a detailed plan addressing numerous safety and operational issues that plagued its efforts to extract oil...
View ArticleVast costs of Arctic change
Gail Whiteman, Chris Hope & Peter Wadhams, Nature, July 2013Methane released by melting permafrost will have global impacts that must be better modelledUnlike the loss of sea ice, the...
View ArticleDream of a road to the Arctic Ocean takes shape
Jeffrey Jones, Globe and Mail, Dec. 17 2013TUKTOYAKTUK, NWT — On a November morning just outside Tuktoyaktuk, diesel engines break the silence as trucks and graders trundle back and forth, slowly...
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