ArcticNet - Photo Gallery (Pictures of sceneries, wildlife, people and research from the Arctic)

ArcticNet - Photo Gallery (Pictures of sceneries, wildlife, people and research from the Arctic)

Canadian Research Icebreaker - CCGS Amundsen

Canadian Research Icebreaker - CCGS Amundsen: "CCGS Amundsen has been a major catalyst to revitalize Canadian Arctic science by providing Canadian researchers and their international collaborators with unprecedented access to the Arctic Ocean. The CCGS Amundsen is the first research icebreaker in the world to have undertaken two over-wintering expeditions in the Arctic. The ship’s facilities and sophisticated equipment make it a versatile research platform not only for oceanographers, but for geologists, terrestrial ecologists and epidemiologists as well."

NunatsiaqOnline 2010-09-04: NEWS: Expert: Clipper Adventurer ran into a known hazard

NunatsiaqOnline 2010-09-04: NEWS: Expert: Clipper Adventurer ran into a known hazard: "The Clipper Adventurer cruise ship ran into a known hazard in the Coronation Gulf off Nunavut on Aug. 27, a mapping expert from the University of New Brunswick said Sept. 3 in a news release.

“The cruise ship effectively ran into an underwater cliff,” John Hughes Clarke, head of the UNB’s ocean mapping group said in a Sept. 3 news release from the university. “Had they been just a few ship lengths to the east or west they would have missed it.”"

Lie back and think of England

Lie back and think of England: "To celebrate the engagement of Prince William of Wales to Ms. Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, Crown Jewels Condoms of Distinction has commissioned a unique heritage edition Royal Wedding Souvenir boîte de capotes.

Combining the strength of a Prince with the yielding sensitivity of a Princess-to-be, Crown Jewels condoms promise a royal union of pleasure. Truly a King amongst Condoms."

John Baglow: Mary Simon, an ideal choice for the next GG - Full Comment

John Baglow: Mary Simon, an ideal choice for the next GG - Full Comment: "A little bird tells me that a worthy replacement may have been found for Michaëlle Jean, Governor-General of Canada, now in her last year of office.

According to an influential Conservative insider, Mary Simon, currently the President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, would be an 'ideal choice.'"

Diamond Jenness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diamond Jenness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "His detailed studies of the Copper Inuit around Coronation Gulf, and of other Arctic native people, helped establish him. Although most of his time thereafter was devoted to Indian studies (and administrative duties), he soon identified two very important prehistoric Eskimo cultures: the Dorset in Canada (in 1925)[2] and the Old Bering Sea culture in Alaska (in 1926)[3], for which he later was named 'Father of Eskimo Archaeology.'["

Dorset culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dorset culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Inuit legends recount their driving away the people they called Tuniit (singular Tuniq) or Sivullirmiut (First Inhabitants). According to legend, the First Inhabitants were 'giants', people who were taller and stronger than the Inuit, but who were easily scared off.[1] Scholars believe that the Dorset and the later Thule people were the peoples encountered by the Norse who visited the area. The Norse called these native peoples skræling."