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Characterized as an educational website, Polarwarming.ca provides a Canadian perspective as to current geopolitical issues and events unfolding in the Arctic.
Polarwarming.ca attributes its origin and continued growth from a research thesis undertaken through the Political Science program at Carleton University (2005), which assessed the relationship of the deteriorating Arctic polar ice mass and its impact upon Canadian sovereignty.
Polarwarming.ca also hosts a Polar Blog section that summarizes Arctic related news articles and also offers commentary.
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Featured Polar Blog Section -- Polar Ventures
Polar Ventures provides a snapshot as to the development of key monumental projects intended to provide a socio-economic impact to the vast northern landscape of Canada.
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline
The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline is a proposed 1220-km natural-gas pipeline running from the Northwest Territories’ Mackenzie Delta, near the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic circle to Northern Alberta and connect with existing pipelines, thereby linking to southern markets.The project is being headed by a consortium of oil companies, including: Imperial Oil, ConocoPhilips Canada, Shell Canada, Exxon Canada and Aboriginal Pipeline Group. The four traditional oil companies have a stake to the three main fields in the Delta region, which contain an approximate 6 trillion cubic feet of discovered natural gas — able to heat all gas-heated homes in Canada for 6 years. Aboriginal Pipeline Group was created to ensure that the interest of the various Aboriginal groups are upheld in the project development and execution of the pipeline.
The pipeline was originally conceived in the early 1970s, although an initial ten-year moritorium on development along with lengthy land-claim settlements between the Canadian federal government and the various Aboriginal communities have delayed the project for decades. In March 2007, Imperial Oil announced that the projected cost to construct the pipeline is $16.2 billion with a start date no sooner than 2014.
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Credit: Mackenzie Gas Project
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All updated posts are exclusively available through the Polar Blog: Please visit the Polar Blog for new posts: www.polarwarming.ca/blog...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:09:00 PST

Aviation impacting climate...

An Oslo University expert who studies how the aviation industry affects the atmosphere and in turn climate has noted that these relationships are a serious threat to the global environment as the indu...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:50:00 PST

Arctic sea ice melting at record rates

According to University of Illinois climate researcher William Chapman, Arctic sea ice has shrunk to record-minimum extent levels  with a full-month remaining in the seasonal melt period.  Mr. C...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:39:00 PST

Use it or lose it...

PM Harper announced two ambitious plans today; one being to install a deep-water port at Nanisivik  former mining community in Nunavut and second to develop a military training centre in Resolute Bay...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:01:00 PST

Eco-license plate

The Ontario provincial government will be introducing as early as next summer an eco- license plate for Ontario motorists who drive low-emission vehicles.  Although most of the details for having...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:44:00 PST

Russia claims the North Pole...

A Russian research vessel is on its way from the northern port of Murmansk to place a capsule containing a Russian flag on the seabed of the Arctic Ocean at the North Pole.  The purpose for this ...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:16:00 PST

A dip at the north pole

Raising awareness to the growing implications of climate change British swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh became the first person to swim (no wetsuit) at the geographic North Pole.  The swim lasted a lit...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:45:00 PST

Arctic security

The Canadian government is partially living up to an election promise by asserting a greater security presence in the Canadian Arctic.  PM Harper announced yesterday spending $3 billion to purcha...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:34:00 PST

New Plane

Boeing released their much anticipated Dreamliner-787 yesterday which has been toted as environmentally-friendly due to a 20% reduction in comparable fuel-consumption based on its composite constructi...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:32:00 PST

Northern Concerns

Western Canadian premiers have been attending a conference in Iqaluit (Canadian territory of Nunavut) since Wednesday to discuss common issues facing their respected regions.  Issues surrounding ...
Posted by Polarwarming.ca on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:36:00 PST