Revamped Arctic food subsidy failing: northern leaders
CTV.ca
Five northern leaders from across Canada's Arctic say a federal subsidy program intended to bring affordable supplies of fresh, healthy food to the North still isn't working. The politicians — from the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, …

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32000-year-old frozen remains used to grow ancient Arctic flower
National Post
In a discovery that may herald the Jurassic Park-style resurrection of mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers, Russian scientists have grown a plant from the frozen remains of a 32000-year-old Arctic flower. The plant is a narrow-leafed campion grown in …
Dead for 32000 Years, an Arctic Plant Is RevivedNew York Times
Arctic plant revived 32000 years laterMinnesota Daily (blog)
A 32000 year-old-'dead' arctic flower fecund after allAlaska Dispatch

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As Arctic Sea Ice Declines, Polar Bear Patrol Gets Busy
Yale Environment 360
But swiftly melting Arctic summer sea ice, particularly in the past decade, is forcing an increasing number of bears to swim ashore earlier on the west coast of Hudson Bay and to remain for longer periods of time. In Churchill, this means that …
Adventure Life Polar Bear Tour Featured on ABC's "Born to Explore" with …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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Arctic with Bruce Parry: Siberia: series premiere, Wednesday, February 22
Brisbane Times
Now that the polar ice caps are thawing out because of the changing climate, what better time to survey the Arctic Circle and check out what is going on, who lives there and what they're up to? That's the noble rationale behind the sojourn of pop …

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Pretty much everything has changed in US-China relations since Richard Nixon and Premier Zhou Enlai signed the Shanghai Communiqué forty years ago on February 21, 1972, says Kenneth Lieberthal

Adventure Life Polar Bear Tour Featured on ABC's "Born to Explore" with …
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
For more information on this five-day polar bear tour, Arctic safaris or polar cruises, call Adventure Life at 800-344-6118. Adventure Life's fly-in polar bear tours were featured on the ABC adventure show "Born to Explore" hosted by Richard Wiese on …

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Afghan police have intercepted 41 children whom insurgents were planning to use as suicide bombers, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.

Search for Franklin opened the Arctic
Edmonton Journal
Several expeditions set out for the Arctic – the Admiralty alone launched 14 expeditions from 1847 to 1854. In 1848, the Admiralty sent out three search parties: Sir James Clark Ross through Lancaster Sound, Captain Henry Kellett through the Bering …