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McGill University’s Climate Change Adaptation Research Group is looking at the potential for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to assist with search-and-rescue operations in Canada’s eastern Arctic.
Read more: Robots to the Rescue? Drones Could Help With Arctic Search Operations
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A new railway project would help Finland and Norway take advantage of melting sea ice to ship products from the Arctic coast. But Indigenous communities fear the rail line would disrupt their reindeer herding traditions.
Read more: Proposed Arctic Railway Would Cut Through Lapland Reindeer Habitat
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The former mayor of Clyde River reflects on lessons learned from his community’s legal battle to stop seismic tests they feared would harm marine life and jeopardize ancient hunting traditions.
Read more: A Small Arctic Community Wins a Big Fight in Canada’s Top Court
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Warmer temperatures mean the Canadian High Arctic’s shallow lakes are no longer freezing to the bottom, allowing tiny creatures to thrive. Researchers predict these new conditions will be inhospitable to fish and will produce more greenhouse gases.
Read more: Unexpected Life Found at the Bottom of High Arctic Lakes
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When Robert Peary set out to reach the North Pole, he took along entire Indigenous families. New research looks at the experiences of the women who came along, whose stories have until recently gone largely untold.
Read more: The Forgotten Indigenous Women of Robert Peary’s Arctic Expeditions