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World markets fall after US losses Canadian PM vows to defend Arctic  Canada: Stephen Harper has begun a 3-day trip to the Arctic in an effort to assert sovereignty over the region after Russia staked a claim to the North... Russia plants flag on Arctic floor

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CIA flights to Greenland investigated   Denmark: Denmark will investigate claims that the CIA secretly used an airport on the Arctic territory to transport prisoners in the U.S. war on terror Arctic seabed 'belongs to Russia'  A Russian expedition 'has proved' that a ridge of mountains below the Arctic Ocean is part of Russia's continental shelf Ice loss opens Northwest Passage  The most direct route that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceanse has opened up fully for the first time since records began Canada to build two military Arctic bases
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  As the race to back up claims over the resources of the Arctic heats up, Canada has said it will build new military bases in its far north
 
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  Russian explorers dived deep below the North Pole in a submersible to stake a symbolic claim to the energy riches of the Arctic
Aug.1   Russia to sink flag in land grab  An expedition aimed at strengthening Russia's claim to much of the oil and gas wealth reached the North Pole May.29   Deadlock at Greenland whale plan  The International Whaling Commission deadlocked over Greenland's plans to expand its Inuit whale hunt Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election May.2   Melt worse than predictions  Sea ice is melting at a rate far quicker than predicted by computer models and could disappear before the middle of the century Jan.5   Drill ban sought for park   Alaska: Legislation has been tabled aimed at making a ban on oil drilling at a wildlife refuge in state permanent

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Dec.29   Ice shelf snaps, breaks free from Arctic
  The size of 11,000 football fields of ice broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island
Jan.26   New PM rebuffs US envoy  Canada: Prime Minister-elect Harper has defended plans to send military ice-breakers to the Arctic

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Boys' electrocution starts riots Oct.18   Fleeing trawler heads for Russia   Norway: Norwegian ships are chasing the Elektron across the Arctics after it fled an inspection with 2 inspectors on board

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Mar.16   58 dead in apartment blast   Russia: A natural gas explosion sheared off part of a 9-story building in the city of Arkhangelsk as residents slept Mar.6   Dramatic rescue of North Pole 12  12 stranded scientists have been plucked from a research station all but crushed by a freak wall of ice

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Sep.23   Arctic ice shelf splits  The largest shelf in the Arctic has fractured, releasing all the water from the lake it dammed Aug.29     Nuclear submarine sinks
  A Russian sub K-159 with at least 10 crew on board has sunk in the Barents Sea. One of the crew had been rescued

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Jul.19   Glaciers melting at higher rate   Alaska: A new study is providing further evidence of global warming May.23   Indigenous whaling blocked  Japan: Arctic natives will be banned from hunting whales for food and clothing after IWC voted against renewing their rights May.20   Polar trek ends in rescue  Dave Mill, 34, marooned on an ice floe close to the North Pole, is being plucked from the ice by rescuers Right wing politician Fortuyn murdered Euro mark celebrations

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May.13   Starving seals stranded on ice  Warmer weather is increasing their chances of escaping to areas with more food

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Aug.12     Kursk submarine went down
  All 118 crew members on board the nuclear submarine perished when the Kursk exploded and sank

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