Baffin Island

Thompson is part of a Greenpeace delegation spending two weeks in Clyde River, Nunavut, about halfway up the eastern coast of Baffin Island.

"The Government of Canada has sought clarification from the Government of Russia regarding the lack of sufficient notification of this rocket launch," said a spokesman for Global Affairs Canada.

Environmentalists have asked a court to declare invalid a group of Arctic offshore energy exploration permits that are delaying the creation of Canada's third national marine protected area.