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A Fish and Wildlife Service rule allows oil and gas companies in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea to permit incidental take of a limited number of polar bears and Pacific walruses through 2031, after a public comment period that drew over 85,000 objections.

Manitoba and the Canadian federal government are investing more than $460 million to upgrade the Port of Churchill, while Premier Wab Kinew proposes an $80 billion Port of Churchill Plus energy corridor that includes an offshore LNG plant.

Zeal Motor announced a five‑year standing offer to supply Arctic Mobility Amphibious Vehicles to Canada’s Department of National Defence and disclosed a $6+ million plant expansion that doubles its production capacity, bolstering Canadian and allied Arctic defence manufacturing.

A 1992 ExxonMobil paper predicts that thinner Arctic ice will reduce costs for its Beaufort Sea operations, revealing the company’s internal understanding of climate impacts on its Arctic assets.

Typhoon Halong destroyed homes, closed schools and left Kipnuk and Kwigillingok in a precarious state, prompting residents to vote for relocation and raising questions about who will finance the move as federal aid nears expiration.

The ARTofMELT expedition found that dry, cold conditions and adiabatic lifting along frontal zones delayed snow‑melt in the Fram Strait, underscoring how atmospheric moisture transport shapes cloud formation and the Arctic surface energy budget.

The paper compares several climate models to evaluate their atmospheric responses to Arctic sea‑ice loss, finding varying degrees of agreement and highlighting uncertainties in climate projections.

Deep‑sea researchers uncovered a 15‑sq‑km, 300‑year‑old sponge garden on Langseth Ridge in the Central Arctic Ocean in 2022, feeding on ancient organic matter and highlighting the need to study such ecosystems amid thinning sea ice.

Nscale’s flagship Arctic data centre in Glomfjord is running six months behind schedule while the company eyeing a $35B IPO.

Families in Tuktoyaktuk relocated four eroded homes inland, but the new gravel‑based foundations are shifting each spring, exposing gaps in federal and local support for Arctic housing.

The Canadian Coast Guard’s ships CCGS Des Groseilliers and CCGS Louis S. St‑Laurent completed their first maritime security patrols south of Victoria Island, around Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, using new EO‑IR equipment under an expanded surveillance mandate.

Subsea 7 awarded Worley Rosenberg the contract to build subsea structures for Phase II of Norway’s Northern Lights carbon transport and storage project.

U.S. and Canadian forces conducted a joint maritime strike exercise in the Bering Sea from 18‑22 September under Operation Tundra Merlin, testing rapid information sharing and coordinated kill‑chain operations across air, surface, and submarine platforms.

A new study shows that sudden stratospheric warmings above the Arctic can give European power grids 2–4 weeks’ lead time to prepare for extreme winter demand spikes, a pattern most evident in 2018’s Beast from the East cold snap.

The Dutch‑flagged freighter MV Thamesborg grounded on an uncharted shoal in Nunavut’s Franklin Strait, remaining stuck for 33 days before salvage crews refloated the 564‑foot vessel without crew injury or pollution.

Glacier Velocity Prediction from Multimodal Data Using Deep Learning

The U.S. Coast Guard stresses that Arctic security depends on partnerships, citing recent missions aboard a Norwegian icebreaker, joint training with Canada and Finland, and frameworks such as the Arctic Coast Guard Forum and the U.S. Maritime Action Plan.

Canadian Coast Guard ships Des Groseilliers and Louis S. St-Laurent complete first security ...

The Qikiqtani Inuit Association will hold a presidential vote on Dec. 14, with community director elections in seven Qikiqtaaluk communities. Nominations run Nov. 9–13, nominees must supply a recent criminal record check, and voting is open to Inuit aged 16+ who have lived in Qikiqtaaluk for a year. Advanced polling begins Dec. 7.

Britain announced sanctions against 12 shadow‑fleet tankers, including the product tanker *Dakar* that was recently sailing the Northern Sea Route, as part of a broader effort to limit Russian oil exports through Arctic shipping corridors.