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Scientists Discover Complex Lifeforms With Surprising Abilities Hidden Beneath the Arctic Ice

While nitrogen was once believed to be a nutrient that was found in limited quantities in the Arctic waters, with the recent ...

Scientists make concerning first-of-its-kind discovery on Arctic expedition: 'Really at the core of this problem'

Scientists believe that international shipping is partly responsible, as barnacles can travel in ballast water or by clinging ...

In a Warming Arctic, a Fight Brews Over the Fabled Northwest Passage

The Inuit of the far north helped solve the mystery of a doomed 19th-century expedition. Now Canada needs them to strengthen ...

Scientists make disturbing discovery on Arctic expedition — here's what they found

As ScienceDirect shared, the researchers published their study in the journal Environmental Research. They took samples from ...
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Arctic Defense Campaign fighting to bring conservation into the spotlight

The Arctic Defense Campaign is a national effort aimed at protecting the Arctic Refuge and Western Arctic Reserve from oil and gas drilling.
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Trump's push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred

Opponents of oil drilling in the Arctic refuge fear it will permanently disrupt the long-range migration of caribou, which Native people have hunted for millennia. The Tanana Chiefs Conference, a ...
Homeland Security Today

Vermont Native Takes on the Arctic Ice with USCG

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Shannon Eubanks loads a shotgun Oct. 2, 2018, about 715 miles north of Barrow, Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi) ...
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AFN calls for an emergency declaration after Western Alaska storm

Alaska Federation of Natives delegates passed 42 resolutions on Oct, 18, including a call for more federal help for Western ...