Arctic Ocean
Archive of news articles on external web sites.
US Coast Guard joins in Arctic oil rush - 19 Aug 2007
Christian Science Monitor,The cap is part of a plateau and ridge complex that juts like a thumb from the Alaskan and Siberian continental shelves into one of the Arctic Ocean's deep
Who resolves Arctic oil disputes? - 19 Aug 2007
Christian Science Monitor,Resolving disputes arising from the claims will represent a major diplomatic challenge to the five nations that surround the rapidly thawing Arctic Ocean.
'Will Canada Get the Cold Shoulder in the Arctic?' - 19 Aug 2007
NewsByUs,...in the area to further assert its sovereignty in the Northwest Passage, a sea route in the Arctic Ocean which connects the Atlantic to the Pacific.
More Blue Turf - 19 Aug 2007
Deadspin,...is blue is because that color tends to hold heat better than the traditional green. and you celebrate your victory by taking a dip in the Arctic Ocean.
Shell's rocky return - 19 Aug 2007
Anchorage Daily News (subscription),By WESLEY LOY Two decades ago, when Dutch oil giant Shell was poking holes in the ice-clogged Arctic Ocean, Rick Fox was a young buck managing the company's
Hezbollah aids baby sea turtles - 19 Aug 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Sea turtle -- Sea turtles are found in all the world's oceans with the exception of the Arctic Ocean, and some species travel between oceans.
Arctic Ocean ice sheets smallest on record - Aug 17, 2007
The Daily Yomiuri,This summer's ice sheets in the Arctic Ocean are the smallest on record since satellite observations started in 1978, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth
Arctic ice shrinks to record low, melting faster than computers ... - Aug 17, 2007
International Herald Tribune,Along the Atlantic side of the Arctic Ocean, sea ice extent is not as unusually low, but still is below normal, according to the center, which is in the
Polar ice melting rapidly - Aug 17, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Arctic Ocean water study to begin (April 17, 2007) -- US scientists are preparing a North Pole study, readying instruments that will make
Ocean Currents And Climate Change - Aug 15, 2007
CBS News,The Arctic Ocean was once thought to be isolated from the rest of the world's waterways. But scientists now know that it's intricately connected to both the
Fickle ocean current foils climate modellers - Aug 16, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),The risk is that as ice melts as a result of climate change this flushes fresh, less dense water into the Arctic Ocean and could interfere with that crucial
Russia's seabed flag heralds global ocean carve-up - Aug 15, 2007
National Post,The Russian research vessel the Akademik Fyodorov with miniature submarines on board sails in the Arctic Ocean in this Reuters Television image taken from a
Cold affront - icy reaction to Russia's Arctic exploration - Aug 15, 2007
Jane's,On 2 August, two Russian mini-submarines reached the ocean floor, planting a Russian flag at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean to claim a large tract of the
Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Record Low - Aug 17, 2007
Chattanooganow (subscription),Along the Atlantic side of the Arctic Ocean, sea ice extent is not as unusually low, but there is still less than normal, according to the center located in
Arctic sea ice: record for the lowest extent ever measured by ... - Aug 18, 2007
YubaNet,Along the Atlantic side of the Arctic Ocean, sea ice extent is not as strikingly low, but is still less than normal. Figure 2 provides the updated time
Arctic Climate Change Is Food For Thought - Aug 14, 2007
CBS News,...piece of equipment onboard — collecting water from depths close to 10000 feet to provide a snapshot of the Arctic Ocean from surface to seabed.
Alpha Global Expedition: Adrian Flanagan encounter with polar bear ... - Aug 15, 2007
BYM News (press release),I’ve had a torrid time. After clearing the Lena Delta, sailing fast in a warm south wind, my plan was to head north west and seek out an anchorage after
Russia plants flag in Arctic Ocean territorial claim - Aug 2, 2007
Euronews.net,An expedition aimed at boosting Russian claims to much of the Arctic Ocean has reached the North Pole. Two Mir Submarines have dived 4200 meters to the
Russian subs on mission to claim Arctic ocean floor - Aug 2, 2007
Taipei Times,Two miniature submarines yesterday morning prepared to descend more than 4km beneath the ice at the North Pole, according to Russian television.
Cold War over Arctic Ocean intensifies - Jul 29, 2007
Euronews.net,The cold war over ownership of the Arctic Ocean has moved up a step with a test dive by two Russian submersibles. They were launched from a nuclear-powered
Mini-submarines to dive into the Arctic Ocean's depths to claim ... - Jul 27, 2007
International Herald Tribune,Despite this summer's conditions near the pole, the area of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice has been shrinking since the early years of the 20th century and
Russian Flag Heats the Arctic Ocean - Aug 12, 2007
Prensa Latina,Moscow, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) The unprecedented scientific feat of a Russian expedition, which placed a Russian flag in the Arctic Ocean, just below the
Fighting for Arctic Ocean's Bottom Intensifies - Aug 13, 2007
Financial Information Service(Registration),MOSCOW, August 13. /FIS/. Denmark joined the USA and Canada in the debate on who has the right for the Arctic off-shore zone of Russia.
Russian sub set to stake claim to Arctic Ocean - Jul 28, 2007
Edmonton Sun,...few days in a miniature sub and plant a titanium capsule containing the Russian flag, symbolically claiming much of the Arctic Ocean floor for Moscow.
Submarine test dives in Arctic Ocean a success - Jul 30, 2007
Interfax Russia,ST. PETERSBURG. July 30 (Interfax) - Members of a Russian North Pole expedition carried by the Academician Fyodorov research vessel performed test dives in
Arctic Animals Play Starring Role in Climate Change Film - Aug 14, 2007
Voice of AmericaOver the last three decades, the area of the Arctic Ocean covered by sea ice at summer's end has shrunk significantly. Some forecasts predict that if the
US team to gather data for Arctic claim - Aug 17, 2007
MRT online,...data-gathering exercise and had "no relation" to the high-profile Russian expedition that last month dropped a flag on the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.
RUSSIAN EXPERTS DIVIDED OVER CLAIMS TO ARCTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF - Aug 15, 2007
Eurasia Daily Monitor,By Sergei Blagov As Russia staked a high-profile claim to the seabed under the Arctic Ocean, the country’s experts remain divided over the venture’s
Arctic neighbours draw up battle lines - Aug 10, 2007
BBC News,No-one knows for certain, but it is strongly suspected that the seabed below the Arctic Ocean contains vast deposits of oil, minerals and natural gas.
Whalers set for another benchmark game - Aug 17, 2007
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,By Danny Martin The Barrow Whalers know they’re going to be playing this season on a new artificial turf field about 100 yards from the Arctic Ocean.
Canada to strengthen Arctic claim - Aug 10, 2007
BBC News,As the race to back up claims over the resources of the Arctic Ocean heats up, Canada has said it will build two new military bases in its far north.
Enough symbols: Time to deal on Arctic - Aug 6, 2007
Canada.com,Russia's dramatic dive to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean this week to drop off the Russian flag was exactly what Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay
Also read these stories: - Aug 12, 2007
Wall Street JournalBy MARY ANASTASIA O'GRADY When Russia planted its flag on the Arctic Ocean floor a fortnight ago the world was treated to a spectacular bit of retro-theater
Canada Plans Two Military Facilities In Arctic - Aug 11, 2007
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty,Canada, Norway, or Denmark -- owns the North Pole or the Arctic Ocean. Sovereignty rights are guided by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Russian arctic footage 'used Titanic film' - Aug 11, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,The news programme is accused of merging real footage with the movie shots under the caption "northern Arctic Ocean", the Guardian reported.
REALITY CHECK: ARCTIC SOVEREIGNTY - Aug 15, 2007
Now Toronto,We've barely scraped the surface when it comes to staking our legal claim to the continental shelf extending into the Arctic Ocean.
NOAA Sets Out to Map the Floor of Part of the Arctic Ocean - Aug 14, 2007
Associated Content,The northern Chukchi Cap is one of the ice-covered regions of the Arctic Ocean. There is very little known about the sea floor in this area.
Sailor is now in the Arctic Ocean - Aug 9, 2007
Oxford Mail,By Giles Sheldrick YACHTSMAN Adrian Flanagan has begun sailing through Arctic pack ice in one of the most dangerous sections of his round-the-world voyage.
US Joins Arctic Oil Rush Race - Aug 15, 2007
Daily GreenAMID growing political tensions surrounding ownership of the Arctic Ocean and its resources, the US Commerce Department is launching a survey of the
US in denial about Russia’s planting flag on Arctic Ocean floor - Aug 6, 2007
Regnum,Representatives of the US State Department addressed members of the Russian Arctic expedition asserting that US authorities do not regard the Russian flag
Canadian Premier Travels North to Counter Russia's Arctic Claim - Aug 8, 2007
BloombergA Russian mini-submarine descended 4.26 kilometers (2.6 miles) to the Arctic Ocean floor beneath the polar cap on Aug. 2 to carry out scientific tests and
Adrian Flanagan Waits for the Ice Melt - Aug 17, 2007
Sail World,Update: Adrian Flanagan, attempting to become the first solo polar circumnavigator in his steel sloop Barrabas, is high in the Arctic Ocean attempting to
MacKay mocks Russia's "15th century" Arctic claim - Aug 2, 2007
National Post,Two Russian submarines successfully plunged to the Arctic Ocean floor at the North Pole early Thursday, planting the nation's flag to mark the spot,
I Own Top of the World, Ma! - Putin's Russia Claims Artic - Aug 16, 2007
Energy Tribune,Ridge under the Arctic Ocean is really, actually, basically pretty much like and fairly near the Siberian continental shelf, and so is owned by Putin.
Analysts See Record Shrinking of Floating Arctic Ice - Aug 9, 2007
New York Times,Arctic has intensified a longstanding international tug of war over shipping routes and possible oil and gas deposits beneath the Arctic Ocean seabed.
Russia’s Arctic Grab Hits Canadian Pride (By Robert Bridge) - Aug 14, 2007
Journal of Turkish Weekly,As the Globe and Mail reported, "There are only five extreme-depth submarines in the world that can reach the depths of the Arctic Ocean: the French,
Ocean explorers plant Russian flag on Arctic sea floor - Aug 2, 2007
Global National,A Russian miniature submarine is seen under water in the Arctic Ocean in this Reuters Television image taken from a television broadcast, August 2, 2007.
Arctic mission at risk: chief scientist - Aug 9, 2007
Canada.com,...the future ownership of millions of square kilometres of Arctic Ocean seabed, thought to contain a quarter of the world's remaining petroleum reserves.
Russia launches bid for Arctic mineral riches - Aug 2, 2007
Times Online,Russia staked a dramatic claim to the vast mineral riches of the Arctic Ocean today with an historic mission to plant its flag on the seabed below the North
Erosion may send Alaska oil wells into the ocean - Jul 25, 2007
Reuters...was being magnified by the conversion of freshwater "thermokarst" lakes into saltwater bays as they become inundated with waters from the Arctic Ocean.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
XML / RSS / Syndication options
mongabay.com features more than 350 RSS feeds to meet your specific area of interest
