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Kenneth Toovak helped scientists explore Arctic

Arctic research pioneer Kenneth Toovak of Barrow died last week at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. He was 86. Photographer and author Bill Hess writes about the extraordinary life Toovak lived.

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PETRIE: Couple chooses Saskatchewan for its cold winters

Homesteads, fresh starts, political freedom -- whatever drew settlers to Saskatchewan decades ago makes for a list no less varied than the motives of recent arrivals -- affordable housing, lakes, space, family, jobs.

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Batang Ai airfield plan

KUCHING: The Sarawak government is considering an airfield for the remote Batang Ai constituency. Infrastructure Development and Communications Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu told the State Assembly that studies had been carried...

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Dubai 09: Yemenia seeks third party to investigate A310 crash

Yemenia has signed a surprise deal with Airbus for 10 A320s as the diplomatic row with France rumbles on in the wake of June's A310 crash in June. The airline is now seeking a third party to adjudicate in the accident...

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SAR Techs Shine in Ice Floe Rescue but Questions also Raised

CASR DefenceBudget & ProcurementPractices ————IndustryPressReleases———— -CanadianDefence Policy,Foreign Policy,& Canada-USRelations- CASR Home Documents DND  / Gov'tDocuments 2007  - DNDDocuments Arctic...

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Air service between Montserrat and Antigua approved

BRADES, Montserrat, November 13, 2009 - A new air link between Montserrat and Antigua will be launched next month. FlyMontserrat yesterday announced that it had received government approval for a daily scheduled flight service...

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Nunavut ice-floe rescue best yet: searcher

A military search-and-rescue technician who helped save a 17-year-old boy stranded on an ice floe in the frigid waters of Hudson Bay, near the Nunavut community of Coral Harbour, says he'll never forget the dramatic experience.

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Rumours and things (John Thomson)

Listed as one of the most influential advertising people of the century in 1983, Jerry Della Femina wrote the book all of us starting out had to read, "From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor." When asked the...

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Everest Base Camp & Island Peak - 9 Oct to 1 Nov '09

« Previous report | Next report » Everest Base Camp & Island Peak - 9 Oct to 1 Nov '09 The team consisted of John, Cathy, Steve, Jim, Andy D, Andy C and Terry. We were met by our Nepali agents ‘Summit Nepal Trekking’ who drove...

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Arctic surveillance research moves ahead

A Twin Otter aircraft arrives during the summer with supplies for Camp Gascoyne, the Northern Watch base at Devon Island. (Dan Hutt/Defence Research and Development Canada Atlantic) Military scientists are moving ahead with...

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