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Diesel Tanker Runs Aground in the Arctic

(Sept. 2) -- On some days, the fuel tank sure feels half empty. Mere hours after an oil platform explosion ripped through the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday afternoon, a tanker carrying 2.4 million gallons of diesel fuel has reportedly run aground in the Northwest Passage, the Arctic waterway above the Canadian mainland....

Coast Guard's Icebreaker Fleet Frozen in Port

Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns, U.S. Coast Guard

SAN FRANCISCO (June 30) -- The U.S. Coast Guard won't have any heavy icebreakers available for polar operations for at least six months because of mechanical breakdowns in its small, aging fleet, officials say. The Polar Sea, one of the Coast Guard's two heavy icebreakers, suffered extensive engine problems, which likely...

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05/23/12 Ministry panel to study new Arctic Ocean trade route Source: The Japan Times The transport ministry plans to set up a panel of experts to study the potential new trade route to Europe via the Arctic Ocean, sources said Wednesday.
05/23/12 The Arctic Ocean Is Leaking Methane Source: The Business Insider For years, researchers have known that large amounts of methane are frozen in permafrost soils, which may be released into the atmosphere as the climate warms.
05/23/12 Deciphering the Carbon Cycle in the Arctic Source: Softpedia News Understanding how the carbon cycle operates in the Arctic is an essential condition for refining climate models on which predictions of the future climate are based.
05/22/12 High Concentrations of Toxic Mercury in the Arctic... Source: Environmental News Network (ENN) Environmental scientists have known that high levels of the toxic element, mercury, have been accumulating in the Arctic Ocean for some time.
05/22/12 Norway explores the far north Source: upstream The vessel, named Sabvabaa, will map the geology of the subsea Lomonosov Ridge in the far north of the Arctic Ocean, formed 65 million years ago, that extends from Russia to Greenland and Canada as part of the Fram 2012 mission.

Background on arctic ocean

The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions.

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