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The UK is bracing for a ‘second winter’ as temperatures plummet to -3C with snow forecast to hit 18 regions across the nation this week. Daily Express :: News Feed
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Team N.W.T.’s Chris Stipdonk breaks 38-year-old Arctic Winter Games record in the knuckle hop
Team N.W.T.’s Chris Stipdonk set a new Arctic Winter Games record in the knuckle hop Wednesday, hopping 217 feet and breaking his own world record in the process. CBC | Sports News
Read More »How polar geopolitics are creeping into the Arctic Winter Games
Athletes might be the stars of the show, but the Arctic Winter Games can’t escape politics. The games kicked off on Sunday with the flyover of a CF-18 fighter jet at the opening ceremony in Whitehorse. Military aircraft flying over sporting events is nothing new in much of the world, of course, but in the Canadian North, it’s practically unheard ...
Read More »Delegates talk, rangers trek as interest in Arctic security grows
Delegates from across the circumpolar world are in Whitehorse for Arctic summit as Canadian Forces prep for an epic trip from Herschel Island to Churchill, Man. CBC | World News
Read More »Ancient people had nautical tech, know-how to cross hazardous Arctic channel
Archeologists have found the remains of a cluster of tents with hearths on a remote High Arctic island that date 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. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 35 dead after winter storm hits U.S., with more Arctic air expected for southern states
At least 35 deaths have been reported in states afflicted with severe cold across the U.S., according to local officials. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s icebreaker pact looked great until Trump started threatening the Arctic
Canada is a party to an agreement to work with U.S. and Finnish counterparts to produce icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard. Those ships will give the U.S. greater ability to operate in the Arctic. Will they also be used to threaten Canada’s sovereignty in the North? CBC | World News
Read More »Russia and China co-operating more often and more closely in the Arctic, says NORAD commander
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Read More »French-U.K. Starlink rival pitches Canada on ‘sovereign’ satellite service for Arctic military operations
Eutelsat, a company largely owned by the French and U.K. governments, is offering Canada an alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband communications in the Far North. The company says it can create secure channels that cannot be disconnected for “political” reasons. CBC | World News
Read More »The Masked Singer’s Arctic Fox ‘unveiled’ minutes in and they’re a Strictly icon
The Masked Singer viewers are convinced they know the identity of Arctic Fox Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
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