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ExxonMobil and Shell compete to drill in wilderness despite Greenpeace’s fears a broken well could gush for years, says guardian.co.uk more »
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Receding ice could unlock arctic troveAug
27 HELSINKI, Finland, — Receding arctic ice from global warming may open new avenues for tourism and trade and could reveal vast new natural resource reserves, says upi.com. more » Harper on five-day Arctic sojournAug
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Arctic villages stop seismic tests as Canada mulls oil futureAug
19  WASHINGTON — Above the Arctic Circle in Canada near Greenland, five Inuit villages have won a court order that blocks a German icebreaker from conducting seismic tests of an underwater region that abounds with marine life — and possibly with oil, gas and minerals, says mcclatchydc.com more »Opinion: Temporary fix of Arctic oil not worth steep price to polar bearsAug
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Arctic’s profit margins squeezedAug
13 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 » Iceberg as a Metaphor for InactionAug
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NSIDC Reports Arctic Ice Extent in July Second Lowest in Satellite RecordAug
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Robotic Submarine Returns in Triumph, with Samples from Under Arctic IceAug
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According to ctv.ca, Prime Minister Stephen Harper begins his fifth summer sojourn to the Arctic today, with plans to visit all three northern territories over five days. 
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. 
Last week a vast block of ice broke off from the Greenland ice sheet, creating the largest iceberg to form off the country in nearly 50 years, says nytimes.com 
The Arctic sea ice extent averaged for July was the second lowest in the satellite record, after 2007, according to the latest figures from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), says favstocks.com 
According to ouramazingplanet.com,a one-of-a-kind study of marine life is under way, made possible by an autonomous, torpedo-shaped robot that recently took its first dive beneath the Arctic sea ice.