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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Researchers have identified 37 subglacial lakes beneath glaciers in Canada’s Arctic, 35 of them previously unknown, …
Read More »Why an Arctic icon, the snowy owl, must wait so long for legal protection
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The number of snowy owls that glide above the Arctic tundra is in alarming decline as …
Read More »Ancient people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel
Archeologists have found the remains of an ancient camp on a remote High Arctic island that dates back more than 4,000 years. They offer surprising new insights about the first people who lived near what is now the Canada-Greenland border and journeyed to take advantage of a rich new ecosystem …
Read More »Russia and China co-operating more often and more closely in the Arctic, says NORAD commander
There’s been a subtle but significant shift in what NORAD has been seeing over the last year when it comes to mostly Russian — but also Chinese — activity in the Arctic, says the top commander of the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD). U.S. Gen. Gregory Guillot tells CBC …
Read More »French-U.K. Starlink rival pitches Canada on ‘sovereign’ satellite service for Arctic military operations
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A company largely owned by the French and U.K. governments is pitching Canada on a roughly …
Read More »Arctic communities testing new ‘bear-dar’ to detect wildlife threats
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Nobody really wants to come face-to-face with a polar bear. Inuit, for millennia, have used highly-developed …
Read More »China, Russia pulling ahead of NATO in Arctic drone capabilities: report
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A new study by the Center for European Policy Analysis suggests Russia and China are pulling …
Read More »Arctic fossil is northern-most rhino species ever found
Millions of years ago, a pony-sized, hornless rhino wandered through the woods and munched on leaves in what is now northern Nunavut, making it the northern-most rhino ever found. A new study published on Tuesday identifies it as a new species, and offers an intriguing explanation for how it got …
Read More »Transport Canada reduced to on-call Arctic surveillance this summer, documents show
Transport Canada scaled back its summertime surveillance of the Arctic this year for pollution, endangered whale protection and marine safety, CBC News has learned. The decision to limit overflights comes at a time of increased political and national security attention on the region and five years after the department promised …
Read More »Iqaluit resident Virginia Mearns named Canada’s Arctic ambassador
North·New Mearns, who lives in Iqaluit, currently serves as senior director of Inuit relations for the Qikiqtani Inuit Association and has previously held senior positions with the government of Nunavut. Mearns’ appointment Thursday is the latest development in Canada’s new Arctic foreign policy CBC News · Posted: Jul 24, 2025 …
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