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'Hard on the body': Canadian troops train for Arctic defense
Tuktoyaktuk (Canada) (AFP) – In normal conditions, Canadian Air Force helicopter pilot Jonathan Vokey uses the treeline to ...
The Victoria Advocate11d
'Hard on the body': Canadian troops train for Arctic defense
The surrounding frozen tundra does not immediately look like ... in another part of the Canadian Arctic, to announce a multi-billion-dollar radar deal he said would be crucial to securing the ...
Radio France Internationale10d
'Hard on the body': Canadian troops train for Arctic defense
Tuktoyaktuk (Canada) (AFP) – In normal conditions, Canadian Air Force helicopter pilot Jonathan Vokey uses the treeline to gauge his altitude. But in the Arctic, where the landing zone is an ...
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Arctic Roundup: Some Journeys Wrap Up, Others Begin
We are in the heart of spring Arctic travel. Some early birds have just finished, others are starting just as the stronger ...
The Financial Times26d
Canada races to secure its Arctic frontier
It is hard to imagine this inhospitable tundra 200km north of the Arctic ... Earlier this month, defence minister Bill Blair announced Canadian Arctic military bases in Inuvik, Yellowknife in ...
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The Arctic tundra has become a source of emissions, NOAA finds
“It’s roughly three times the amount from all other Canadian sectors,” Rogers ... Meanwhile, the Arctic tundra was the second-greenest since records began in 2000, indicating that more ...
The Daily Telegraph23d
How Russia and China are seizing on Canada’s carelessness in the Arctic
Canadian fighter jets were scrambled again in January when Russian aircraft approached during a large-scale Arctic drill ... across the snow-covered tundra. It is easier said than done, cautioned ...