In an effort to save costs researchers have discovered that they can do polar bear count by using satellite imagery instead of conventional aerial surveys an achieve similar results.
Read More »NASA has released the following animation which shows how the winds of a large Arctic cyclone broke up the thinning sea ice cover of the Arctic Ocean in early August 2012. According to NASA the storm likely contributed to the ice cap’s shrinking to the smallest recorded extent in the past three decades.
Read More »Yesterday the Ottawa Citizen reported that the Department of National Defence has plans for a $1 billion Arctic Surveillance Satellite Network follow-on program to the yet to be built RADARSAT Constellation Mission.
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In the past, Apollo astronauts prepared for their trips to the Moon by studying Moon-like geology here on Earth. Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will train for future international missions to the Moon or Mars as he joins an expedition next week to look for a new impact meteorite crater in the Arctic.
Read More »This animation provided by the German Space Agency (DLR) shows Arctic ice cover from 1978 to 2010. The past five years have seen the lowest Arctic sea-ice extent since satellite measurements began in the 1970s.
Read More »Northern communities will benefit from Canada’s research into plant-based, closed life support systems that are being developed for space, according to Alan Scott, Research and Development Coordinator at COM DEV.
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