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northwest passage
Frozen out of Arctic shipping
The Northwest Passage may be opening, but will it really be the next global trade route?
Captain Cook’s club, a gift of the Nuu-chah-nulth, comes closer to home
The wooden club was given to Captain James Cook by the chief of a Nuu-chah-nulth village in 1778
Canada lags Russia in Arctic race
Russia leads Canada in developing infrastructure in strategic northern shipping routes
Who owns the North Pole?
We used to think it was ours. But Russia has staked a claim, and the Danes will be next.
An Arctic accident
Even before we were grounded, I had my life-changing moment, when a man in Gjoa Haven said he had an item that might interest me: the lost logbook of Lord Franklin
Linking the Arctic with fibre optic
A line designed to link Europe and Asia could help northern towns