Arctic newsbytes

This page offers a list of interesting news items related to the Arctic. Please submit any items for this page to gouldw@taimyr.colorado.edu.

• January 22, 1999 (BBC News): Arctic ozone worries grow
• January 18, 1999 (Reuters): Lamps lighted as sun rises in new Inuit territory
• December 18, 1998 (Associated Press): Global warming melts frigid Canada
• December 18, 1998 (The Canadian Press): Inuit take important step forward with land claim
• December 18, 1998 (Deseret News):Balmy Arctic? Fossils seem to say 'yes'
• December 18, 1998 (Outside magazine): Polar Chic
• December 18, 1998 (BBC News): More Arctic pollution found
• December 11, 1998 (Associated Press): The work is steady, but the living is bleak
• December 11, 1998 (Earth Times News Service):Knowledge of caribou helps solve mining hazards
• December 3, 1998 (21st Century Adventures 'Ezine): Tracking the elusive polar bear
• December 3, 1998 (Anchorage Daily News): Caribou bull numbers fall
• December 1, 1998 (Reuters): Film Makers Rescued From Russian Arctic
• November 28, 1998 (Anchorage Daily News): Seal hunters await late ice
• November 26, 1998 (Spokesman Review/Spokane.net): `Lone wolf' of Arctic explorers dies at 86
• November 24, 1998 (Outside): The oil industry covets yet another Alaskan paradise.
• November 23, 1998 (The Times, London): Arctic ice may be a third thinner than in 1976
• November 9, 1998 (Reuters): Canada's Arctic residents forsake igloos for tanning beds
• November 6, 1998 (Reuters): Author rewrites history to tell a good story
• November 3, 1998 (ENN): Arctic warming threatens polar bears
• November 3, 1998: Global Climate Change and Alaska
• October 27, 1998 (ENN): Sea ice retreat may doom arctic wildlife
• October 20, 1998 (Reuters): Peary caribou in peril
  • January 13, 1999: Comments on "Peary caribou in peril"
  • November 3, 1998: More comments on "Peary caribou in peril"
  • November 3, 1998: Reply to comments on "Peary caribou in peril"
  • October 29, 1998: Comments from Arctic wildlife biologist on "Peary caribou in peril"
• October 16, 1998 (Nunavut News): Anthropologist unearths treasure trove of Inuit culture
• October 14, 1998 (IPS): New Studies Show Global Warming Damage To Arctic Increasing
• August 11, 1998: Alaska natives provide testimony of the impacts of global warming

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