http://polarwarming.ca/blog Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:48:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Canadian government officials will be revisiting a portion of the Northwest Passage this coming summer to install and test a sophisticated surveillance detection system.  Under the Northern Watch military program, officials are in the process of completing an underwater maritime detection system at Gascoyne Inlet on Devon Island (key choke point within the ... http://polarwarming.ca/blog/2010/02/northern-watch/ The Canadian Senate Committee on National Security and Defence this past week recommendedthat the Canadian Coast Guard arm certain vessels in Arctic waters with deck guns.  The overall intention is the provide an added level of assertiveness to Arctic sovereignty and specific claims over the waters of the Northwest Passage.  At ... http://polarwarming.ca/blog/2009/12/armed-coast-guard-vessels/ The Department of the United States Navy recently released a five-year strategic plan to increase its presence within the Arctic.  Enhancing the Navy's combat capabilities is at the core for a region that is considered to be a resource-rich outlet over the coming years. This development comes at a time of expanding military activity in ... http://polarwarming.ca/blog/2009/12/us-navy-to-increase-arctic-presence/ A little more than five years ago, I began a journey to understand the changing state of the world’s last major frontier – the Arctic.  From a Canadian standpoint, the Arctic even though encompassing a large slice of the Canadian landscape received little public attention till recently.  I gather it ... http://polarwarming.ca/blog/2009/08/shifting-gears/ PM Harper will be touring parts of northern Canada later in August as part of a five-day tour of Canada's three territories.  One has to wonder if the annual northern event will bring another round of Arctic announcements, which to date have mainly been full of hot air?  News reports ... http://polarwarming.ca/blog/2009/08/hot-air/