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A senior commander with the United States Coast Guard said there is a risk of conflict in the Arctic if international border disputes are not resolved."The potential is there with undetermined boundaries and great wealth for conflict, or competition," Rear Adm Gene Brooks told BBC News during a patrol flight over the Arctic. "There's always a risk of conflict," he said, particularly "where you do not have established, delineated, agreed-upon borders".  Brooks is...
EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Aug. 21, 2008) - Northern Tiger Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NTR) is pleased to announce completion of the summer, 2008 diamond drilling program on the Company's Sonora Gulch gold-silver-copper property located 110 km northwest of Carmacks, Yukon Territory, Canada. The program consisted of 2,238.3 metres of diamond drilling in 10 holes testing three major target areas. The property, 100% owned by Northern Tiger Resources Inc., is located within 25 kilometres of...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 19, 2008) - North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:NTC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has mobilized crew and equipment in support of its 2008 summer program. Surface diamond drilling is well advanced on its 100% owned Mactung property. The Mactung property is located in the Selwyn Mountain Range and covers the area around Mt. Allan in the Yukon Territories, approximately eight kilometres northwest of MacMillan...
Officials in Canada announced Friday that they will begin a new search for the two ships of British explorer Sir John Franklin. Franklin's fate, along with that of 128 of his officers and crew of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, have remained locked in the frozen Arctic for over a century and a half.The search efforts are part of Canada's initiative to assert control over the Northwest Passage, and are also driven by concern that melting ice due to warming temperatures may allow others to find...
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Aug. 7, 2008) - Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TSX:CNQ) (NYSE:CNQ) - Commenting on second quarter results, Allan Markin, Chairman of Canadian Natural stated, "This is an exciting time for Canadian Natural. Phase 1 of our Horizon Project is approaching completion. This is a complex project which involves moving raw oil sands materials through a complex process to yield raw bitumen crude oil and then upgrading it to 34 degrees API, light sweet synthetic...
Park Place Energy, an oil and gas company, has acquired 100% interest in approximately 1,280 acres of land in the Alberta land sales. The company has said that this acquisition fits into its core business model, using its experience and expertise in the area to discover and develop blue-sky potential properties. The land is located within the company's defined core exploration area surrounding its producing Eight Mile property in northeastern British Columbia on the Alberta and British...
MOSCOW -- When a Russian submersible plunged to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean last year and placed a titanium Russian flag on the seabed, the gesture was meant to symbolically stake the Kremlin's claim to territory under the North Pole and whatever energy riches lay untapped there. From the looks of a new report compiled by American geologists, the Kremlin may want to move that flag. The U.S. Geological Survey last week released its assessment of undiscovered oil and natural gas in the...
MOSCOW _ When a Russian submersible plunged to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean last year and placed a titanium Russian flag on the seabed, the gesture was meant to symbolically stake the Kremlin's claim to territory under the North Pole and whatever energy riches lay untapped there. From the looks of a new report compiled by American geologists, the Kremlin may want to move that flag. The U.S. Geological Survey last week released its assessment of undiscovered oil and natural gas in the...
TORONTO, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- ForestEthics commended the Ontario government's announcement today that it will protect 50 per cent (55 million acres/22.5 million hectares) of Ontario's vast Northern Boreal Forest from industrial development. This commitment will secure more than 50 billion tons of stored carbon, help species and ecosystems adapt to a changing climate, and provide habitat for the threatened woodland caribou. The area to be protected is half the size of California, or six...
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - July 10, 2008) - Boyd Payne, President and CEO of Elk Valley Coal Corporation announced today that the company will be matching dollar for dollar the $225,000 raised by its employees during the month-long Caring for Kids 2008 campaign. "We are extremely proud to match our employee contributions," said Mr. Payne. "The $450,000 exemplifies our employees' and the company's commitment to vibrant, safe and healthy communities." Since inception of the program in...
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Aspen parkland is a reference to a very large area of transitional biome between prairie and boreal forest in two sections; the Peace River Country of northwestern Alberta that crosses the border into British Columbia, and a much larger area stretching from central Alberta, all across central Saskatchewan to south-central Manitoba near the US border. Aspen parkland is made up of groves of aspen poplars and spruce interspersed with areas of prairie grasslands, also intersected by large stream...
The snowbelt is a North American region that lies downwind of the Great lakes, where heavy snowfall is common on mostly the eastern and southern shores of the Great Lakes. Lake-effect snow is caused by cold air picking up moisture while crossing the lake and then releasing it as snow when the air cools over land. Throughout much of the winter, lakes produce lake-effect snow and continuously cloudy skies. This phenomenon continues as long as the air temperature is colder than the water...
