Posts tagged with ‘arctic circle’ (12)
Posted by Heather Yundt
on Thursday, January 31, 2013
When the Arctic Council chairmanship passes to Canada this May, Leona Aglukkaq, Canada's minister of health and Nunavut's MP, will be at the helm.
Established in 1996, the Arctic Council is a forum for collaboration on Arctic issues among eight countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States and Canada.
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Nicolas Peissel is part of a Royal Canadian Geographical Society-supported expedition to cross the Northwest Passage. Click here to read more about the Passage Through Ice journey and read more posts about the expedition on CG Compass.
We were poised in Prince of Wales Strait on the East side of Banks Island when we received the email we had been waiting for:
Good afternoon,
It not recommended to go into M'Clure Strait, but there is a window open north of Banks. There is a lead developing ...
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Posted by James Raffan
on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Who knew? Reindeer love bananas, peels and all.
I made my way into the Kola Peninsula two or three times as part of this project (read more about Circling the Midnight Sun). My friend and guide there was a lovely Sami woman, an environmental consultant called Anna Prakhova.
She made it very clear that if I were to understand what was going on in Sami lands—Sapmi—that I needed to understand what was going on with reindeer.
These reindeer used to be herded by the inland Sami from the highlands in the winter down to the sea in the summer. ...
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After paddling solo 1,300 kilometres and reaching the Arctic Circle, I finished my wilderness trek retracing the Klondike gold rush. What a trip!
It began at the Pacific Ocean near the foot of the Chilkoot and White Passes, and ended at Fort Yukon, Alaska, a major Arctic resupply point for 19th century Klondike miners. In total I travelled 1,500 kilometres by canoe, historic train and hiking boots.
During almost five weeks of paddling the Yukon River mostly in flood conditions, I took roughly ...
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The temperature dropped to two degrees Celsius and the light from the midnight sun brightened gradually as we reached the northernmost point of the expedition. The GPS showed that we were at 78 degrees North and just beyond the horizon was a wall of ice stopping us only 720 nautical miles from the North Pole.
From there we headed to Thule; Greenland’s northernmost settlement. The name, which originates in Greek mythology, means “the end of the world.”
The surrounding landscape was harsh. Small ...
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