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The Arctic loses its grip
2015-09-14 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Any day now Arctic sea-ice is going to hit its lowest extent for the year, and once again its set to be one of the lowest years on record (the four lowest years have all occurred since 2007). Already a number of ships have glided safely through the fabled northwest passage, unencumbered by sea-ice. Typically the Arctic sea-ice minimum occurs in mid to late September and the signs so far suggest a lean year. Back in August the sea-ice covered 5.61m square kilometres the fourth lowest August...
Converted shipping containers being used as high-tech mobile science labs in Arctic
2015-09-13 15:14:34| Telecom - Topix.net
The forces of nature that so often dictate how life unfolds in the Arctic may also help give Canadian scientists new opportunities to work in the North, particularly in remote coastal areas. Small mobile labs capable of harnessing wind and solar power are arriving in the Nunavut communities of Cambridge Bay and Gjoa Haven for testing, with hopes they can be more fully used in the Kitikmeot region next year.
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Avoid Arctic Cat For Now
2015-09-13 00:26:10| Automakers - Topix.net
The company generates a poor level of operating profit and that profit must improve dramatically before this could be considered investment worthy. In addition, although the shares have dropped precipitously over the past year, they are still very optimistically priced.
Arctic Cat relocating corporate headquarters to Minneapolis
2015-09-09 01:03:54| Automakers - Topix.net
A rendering shows how a the former Western Container building in the Minneapolis North Loop will look when it is remodeled to become the headquarters of Arctic Cat. The maker of all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles is relocating its headquarters from Plymouth to a larger building in Minneapolis' North Loop neighborhood in an effort to prepare for future growth, officials announced Tuesday.
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Will the Melting Arctic Really Open the Region to an Oil Bonanza?
2015-09-08 13:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Kremlin spent billions in the last decade in hopes of turning it into a northern hub of its energy powerhouse, Gazprom. It was once the most ambitious project planned in the Arctic Ocean, but now there is little to show for it aside from a shuttered headquarters and an enormous gravel road carved out of the windblown coastline like a scar. "There are plans," said Viktor A. Turchaninov, the village's mayor, "but the facts - the realities of life - suggest the opposite." The dream of an Arctic...
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