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Drill! Baby Drill! Now?May
7 PORTLAND, Ore. — Shell Oil is ready to drill in the Arctic Ocean this summer and asked a federal appeals court Thursday to rule quickly on a challenge by environmentalists concerned about the risk of a major spill after the Gulf of Mexico disaster. more » Arctic Warming Speeds up Due to Melting of Arctic IceMay
6 According to topnews.us, an Australian study is of the suggestion that melting ice is an important cause of arctic warming in the past 20 years time period. more » Scientists Rebuild Wooly Mammoth BloodMay
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Polar bear patrols vital as Arctic ice recedesMay
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Putin Wants Arctic Clean UpMay
2 Putin visited the Russian archipelago of Franz Josef Land, 1,000 km (600 miles) from the North Pole, as part of Russia’s drive to reassert its presence in the resource-rich region, now opening up to commercial exploration because of melting ice. more »
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According to foxnews.com, the lumbering, shaggy-haired woolly mammoth once thrived in the frigid Arctic plains despite having originally migrated from a more tropical climate.To understand how it tolerated the cold, scientists used ancient DNA to rebuild mammoth blood. 
According to adn.com, for$16 an hour, Morgan VanHatten patrolled the streets of Kaktovik in a Ford pickup last fall armed with a 12-gauge shotgun and an iPhone full of Lil Wayne. Her mission: Shoo away the many polar bears that creep into town at the brink of whaling season.