For 5,000 years, the Inuit communities of the Arctic have relied upon the ocean and its wildlife to sustain them. But as climate change warms seas and melts ice, ships are venturing north in ...

Ferguson initially returned from Greenland with samples and field recordings which the duo sent to the indigenous artists ...

Gjoa Haven is an Inuit hamlet in King William Island, Canada, above the Arctic Circle. The AT44 will be made ready for the next available sealift vessel to Montreal, Canada. But where it ends up ...

Amid a warming climate and disappearing traditional knowledge, Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic are grappling to adapt. When sea ice ages, the salt sinks into the ocean, leaving fresh ...

His half dozen stores are spotted along 1,000 miles of the Arctic Ocean on Alaska’s Kotzebue Sound in Eskimo villages with such sub-zero names as Deering, Keewalik, Shishmaref, Kobuk.

According to Cai, in the 1980s and 1990s, carbon dioxide levels were lower in the Arctic Ocean and it was understood that ice melt was happening more in the Marginal Sea basin, and it advanced ...

In April 1895, when famed Norwegian explorer Fridjtof Nansen attempted to mush across the frozen Arctic Ocean to reach the North Pole, he was stopped by endless rows of sea ice ridges.

They will learn about Arctic Ocean currents, sea ice, research technology, and expedition planning, and they will even send small wooden boats to the North Pole to track their movements. Local ...

Ocean water, in contrast, absorbs 90 percent of sunlight. ... When the ice recedes in summer, the Inuit fish the Arctic char that run into the bay from lakes and streams.

Given these disputes, the Transpolar Sea Route through the center of the Arctic Ocean, which lies fully in international waters, will become more attractive as polar ice continues to thaw.

Commonly found throughout the Canadian Arctic, char is as crucial an Inuit food source in the north as ... With the ocean covering 71 percent of the surface of the earth and phytoplankton ...