According to mercurynews.com, political habits die hard in the Alaska governor’s office, and Sean Parnell seems determined to carry on Sarah Palin’s war against the polar bear. more »

According to bloomberg.com, a chunk of ice four times the size of Manhattan broke away from Greenland and may drift toward shipping lanes in the North Atlantic and off the Canadian coast, researchers said. more »

Cool weather and increased competition helped to cast a chill over the second-quarter financial results for packaged-ice maker Arctic Glacier Income Fund, says winnipegfreepress.com more »

According to theglobeandmail.com , an iceberg the size of four Manhattan islands – the largest Arctic iceberg in half a century – broke away from a Greenland glacier last week. It could generate invaluable new information on climate change, scientists say.

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According to msnbc.msn.com, after more than a year of drilling through ice in one of the harshest environments on earth, scientists in Greenland hit bedrock more than 8,300 feet below the surface of the Arctic island’s vast ice sheet last week. more »

As the BP oil spill continues to destroy marine life and ruin livelihoods along the Gulf Coast, conservationists, energy companies and diplomats are preparing for the next big showdown over drilling — this time in the Arctic, says news.discovery.com. more »

The Obama Administration has done an about face on drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean. Just days after its Justice Department defended Shell Oil’s plan to drill five exploratory wells in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas off the coast of Alaska, the Interior Department suspended the operation, say liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com more »

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 »