Random circumpolar news items almost daily since 26 November 2004.

One of the best maps of the North Circumpolar Region (pdf, 12 MB)!
Available online (http://maps.gnwtgeomatics.nt.ca/portal/docs/circumpolar.pdf) at Government of NWT Spatial Data Warehouse Published Maps page. Also, here's a small US government Arctic map.

Breaking news is no longer considered broken once it's been sent off to the repair shop. @FakeAPStylebook, 16 November 2009

About Amanda Graham

Circumpolar Musings is an almost daily, random selection of news of the Circumpolar North, culled from online sources.

The site was begun as an experiment in using Manila to construct web and news (blog) sites. Collecting northern news items and items that contribute to a greater appreciation for the people who live and work in the North seemed like a useful thing to do.

The server stats are not particularly discriminating, but the site now receives roughly a thousand or three hits a day. Most users arrive via a search for some specific bit of information. I've turned some of those searches into FAQs (though they're not really asked all that frequently) or "InfoBits".

Amanda Graham is the instructor for the University of the Arctic's online BCS 100 and Coordinator of University of the Arctic @ Yukon College. She also teaches some Northern Studies courses at the college. She used to be the Managing Editor of The Northern Review.


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