Arctic Archipelago of Canada

In 1845, two of the British Royal Navy's most advanced ships, HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, set out for the Arctic in order to force the Northwest Passage, a route that would connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, a labyrinth of more than 36,000 ...

Last year, a team of conservationists documented the plight of an emaciated polar bear in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The global population of polar bears now stands at about 26,000. Biologists suggest that, as the ice cover continues to decrease, there will be a significant drop in the population.

For example, as a result of this collapse, sea ice was thinner along the coast of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, as well as in the southern Beaufort Sea last winter. Such changes can disturb Arctic food webs, stressing marine mammals and polar bears, especially if they are ongoing. "If this becomes part of ...

This 1599 map by Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz is the first to map Spitsbergen since the Vikings discovered it several centuries earlier. Map: Barentsz (1599) Toronto Public Library. The exact origin of the expression “to draw a line in the sand” is unknown. Some say it stems from the invasion of Egypt in ...

The Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans met last month to study maritime search and rescue activities, including current challenges and opportunities. Colonel ... They would reinforce our sovereignty position over the internal waters of the Arctic Archipelago. Resolute Bay could ...

A polar bear walks over sea ice floating in the Victoria Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in July 2017. ... Scientists say what's happening is unprecedented, part of a global warming-driven vicious cycle that likely plays a role in strong, icy storms in Europe and the U.S. Northeast and Eastern Canada.

But in areas of the North Atlantic and Arctic where commercial fishing has not historically occurred — such as the waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago — their full geographic range has remained unknown. Due to their sluggish and seemingly lethargic behaviour, the Greenland shark is part of the ...

But in areas of the North Atlantic and the Arctic where commercial fishing has not historically occurred — such as the waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago — their full geographic range has remained unknown. Due to their sluggish and seemingly lethargic behaviour, the Greenland shark is part of the ...

Rare Greenland Sharks Captured on Film in Canadian Arctic ... A team of marine biologists from the Fisheries and Marine Institute of the Memorial University of Newfoundland has filmed Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) in their natural habitat in the waters of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

An iceberg floats past Bylot Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, July 24, 2017. ... have been discussing the melting of the upper layers of the soil that covers one-fifth of the earth's surface in Siberia, Northern Europe, Canada and Alaska — soil that has been mostly frozen for the last half-million years.

Last year, a team of conservationists documented the plight of an emaciated polar bear in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The global population of polar bears currently stands at about 26,000. Biologists suggest that as the ice cover continues to decrease, there will be a significant drop in the population.