Northwest Passage

A long-awaited project that would see an Arctic deepwater port and road connecting rich mineral resources to international shipping routes as well as offering the Navy another northern beachhead has been revived.

Michael Wenger still remembers the patches of blood red and vivid violet that daub the landscape of the Northwest Passage.

As ice melts, navigable routes have opened in ways that were not expected until the middle of this century.

In light of Russia’s renewed invasion of Ukraine, and the temporary suspension of the other Arctic states’ participation in the Arctic Council, there is urgent need for a robust Arctic policy in Canada.

It remains, despite nearly two centuries beneath the Arctic seas, amazingly shipshape.

Increased shipping could make parts of the Northwest Passage among the most dangerous places in the Arctic for the whales and other mammals that live there, a study suggests.

When a massive ice breaker arrives in Victoria's harbour this week, it will mark the end of a 150-day-long journey exploring Canada's coastline, communities and future.

Britain will give Canada the shipwrecks of British explorer John Franklin, who tried to chart the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic in 1845.

Full fathom five John Franklin's ship lies and of its bones are stories made.

It's cool and cloudy as Don Sessions, wearing a toque and a good, solid jacket, hops off an inflatable boat that has ferried him from his cruise ship to shore.

The man who guided searchers to the wreck of John Franklin's flagship may have one more surprise left up his parka sleeve.

If parts of the planet are becoming like a furnace because of global warming, then the Arctic is best described as the world's air-conditioning unit.