Arctic Research News Archive
![The research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/CCGS_Amundsen-1200x800-150x150.jpg)
CBC: No timeline yet on Churchill rail repairs as natural resources minister visits community
July 3, 2018 —
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr is visiting Churchill for a series of meetings on climate change and its impact on arctic waters and ice.
![David Capelle sampling water // Photo: L.Dalman](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/D.Capelle-sampling-water-L.Dalman-150x150.jpg)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
From the field: Hudson Bay research with BaySys Team 4
June 8, 2018 —
Post-doc fellow David Capelle is having a fruitful time in the field working with his advisor Tim Papakyriakou, and filed a report on his research investigating carbon cycles in Hudson Bay
![CCGS Amundsen-Photo University of Lethbridge](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/CCGS-Amundsen-Photo-University-of-Lethbridge-150x150.jpg)
Wpg Free Press: Manitoba MP attending Churchill summit to carve out town’s role once railway repaired
June 8, 2018 —
A team of University of Manitoba scientists are aboard the CCGS Amundsen icebreaker, led by David Barber
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Nunavut News: Chester teens drill for science
May 25, 2018 —
A group of 12 students from grades nine through 11 at Victor Sammurtok School had a unique opportunity with the arrival of a pair of Winnipeg scientists in Chesterfield Inlet earlier this month.
![university of manitoba explorer covered in frost in the arctic](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Barber2-150x150.jpg)
U of M’s Arctic expertise sought by Senate of Canada
April 19, 2018 —
David Barber tells Senators to expect ice-free summer in Arctic by 2030
![Julienne Stroeve](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/stroeve-1-150x150.jpg)
New research chair will help forecast the future of climate change in Canada
March 29, 2018 —
U of M's sea ice research team has recruited Dr. Julienne Stroeve with her expertise on complex Arctic systems
![A crab fishing boat trapped in the multiyear sea ice off the Newfoundland coast. Credit: David G. Barber.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sea-ice-photo-4-Credit-Emilie-Goulet_DSC_2620-copy-150x150.jpg)
Arctic sea ice becoming a spring hazard for North Atlantic ships
March 19, 2018 —
More Arctic sea ice is entering the North Atlantic Ocean, making it increasingly dangerous for ships in late spring, suggests new research
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
The story of rocks
October 19, 2017 —
New exhibit at the Cretaceous Menagerie in the Wallace Building uniquely pairs Inuit carvings with the rock types from which they are made
![Aurelie Delaforge is a PhD student in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fullsizeoutput_170e-150x150.jpeg)
Monster discovered in Canadian Arctic
October 19, 2017 —
Graduate student Aurelie Delaforge discovered Canada’s first scientifically sound monster lurking under ice
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NY Times: Canadian Town, Isolated After Losing Rail Link, ‘Feels Held Hostage’
August 31, 2017 —
"We can expect more of this — one-in-100-year flood events"