Passage of Alaska Tourism Restoration Act likely means boost for Seattle's...
Passage of Alaska Tourism Restoration Act likely means boost for Seattle's economyThe act waives the requirement in U.S. law that a foreign owned and flagged ship cannot transport passengers directly...
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The Pacific incorporates a range of extreme weather, climate and geographical conditions: from the icy and hostile seascapes of the Northwest Passage, to the tropical paradise of French Polynesia. The...
View ArticleDNA analysis reveals the identity of a member of the doomed Franklin Arctic...
DNA analysis reveals the identity of a member of the doomed Franklin Arctic expeditionJune 3, 2021 11.19am EDT Douglas Stenton, University of Waterloo, Anne Keenleyside, Trent University, Robert W....
View ArticleArctic Sea Ice Maximum Extent March 21, 2021 - 7th Lowest on Record
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View ArticleCanadian Coast Guard begins 2021 Arctic Season
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View ArticleGround Temperatures Hit 118 Degrees in the Arctic Circle
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View ArticlePelagic 77 video: onboard one of the world’s most extreme sailing machines
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View ArticleSeattle-based icebreaker will make Northwest Passage transit in new Arctic...
Seattle-based icebreaker will make Northwest Passage transit in new Arctic missionJuly 21, 2021 at 4:59 pm Updated July 21, 2021 at 7:05 pmThe Coast Guard cutter Healy, a 420-foot polar icebreaker in...
View Article28 entrants for second Golden Globe Race next year
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View ArticleRecord winter winds in 2020/21 drove exceptional Arctic sea ice transport
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View ArticleDesigned by Navistar, the Ford Powerstroke diesel combined strength and...
Designed by Navistar, the Ford Powerstroke diesel combined strength and serviceabilityThe 7.3-liter V-8 powered Ford F-250s/350s from 1994 to 2003By Mike McNessor from August 2021 issue of Hemmings...
View ArticleSeapower U.S. Coast Guard Completes Operation Nanook 2021
Accept Decline SeapowerOfficial Publication of the Navy League of the United StatesSeapowerU.S. Coast Guard Completes Operation Nanook 2021Posted on August 18, 2021 by Seapower StaffThe USCGC Escanaba...
View ArticleThe Arctic Circle saw record-high temperatures in 2020, NOAA report finds
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View ArticleSeasonal Arctic sea ice forecasting with probabilistic deep learning
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View ArticleCanada refuses yacht access to navigate NW Passage
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View ArticleA new approach creates an exceptional single-atom catalyst for water splitting
A new approach creates an exceptional single-atom catalyst for water splittingAnchoring individual iridium atoms on the surface of a catalytic particle boosted its performance in carrying out a...
View ArticleArctic Sea Ice Minimum 12th Lowest Reported to Date
In 2021, Arctic Sea Ice was 12th lowest on record. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center
View ArticleLa Nina Is Back Again this Winter
La Nina Is Back Again this Winterwww.noaa.govA La Nina has developed and will extend through the second winter in a row according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — a division of NOAA's National...
View ArticleEarly freeze takes shippers by surprise on Northern Sea Route
An early freeze has taken shippers by surprise and a big number of vessels are in danger of getting stuck in thick sea-ice.More than 20 vessels are either stuck or struggling to make it through...
View ArticleEarly Arctic sea freeze traps 18 ships in ice near Russia
Ice up to 30cm thick has imprisoned ships including the Mikhail Somov, a research vessel which had been travelling along the northern sea routeVERA KOSTAMO/TASS/GETTY IMAGESEarly Arctic sea freeze...
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