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

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NOST 202 maps   

http://ycdl4.yukoncollege.yk.ca/frontier/files/nost202/cpmapreview3.pdf
http://ycdl4.yukoncollege.yk.ca/frontier/files/nost202/cpmapreview2.pdf
http://ycdl4.yukoncollege.yk.ca/frontier/files/nost202/cpmapreview1.pdf

Posted 20 April 2009; 5:19:05 PM.   Permalink

Resource: Old maps of North Calotte   

The old map collection of the Regional Library of Lapland represents Lapland, the North Calotte and the Nordic countries. A total of fifteen individual maps have been digitalised for these pages and Olof Tresk's (1642-1643) atlas of Lapland's Kemi and Tornio regions published in 1928. Around half the maps are original editions.

Posted 3 September 2007; 2:04:40 PM.   Permalink

Coveting the Arctic - Collected news items   

(Circumpolar Musings, 8 August 2007) -- Having trouble keeping up with the complexities of the recent Arctic sovereignty and territorial claim activities? Circumpolar Musings brings you a collection of some news items from the past weeks on the subject.

Posted 8 August 2007; 2:50:08 PM.   Permalink

Info: Who is the premier of Nunavut?   

From a search: Who is the premier of Nunavut (in 2007)? Paul Okalik. See his official biography on the Government of Nunavut web site, http://www.gov.nu.ca/Nunavut/English/premier/bio/bio.shtml

Posted 2 June 2007; 5:00:58 PM.   Permalink

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