The Arctic Passage
Description
Each year the number of ships traversing the Northwest Passage rises, raising concerns among local and indigenous communities. As this program illustrates, the trend shows no sign of stopping, since what were once extremely dangerous waters are becoming more and more accessible to global commerce. Ports such as Churchill, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and Murmansk, near Russia's border with Norway and Finland, expect to see business and maritime activity grow for years to come. But with the increases in traffic come higher risks-in particular for the Inuit, who have called the Arctic home for thousands of years and are troubled by escalating threats to their traditional way of life.
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1 44 min
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- Nature (209)
- Power resources (209)
- Natural resources (402)
- Climatic changes (510)
- Energy conservation (87)
- Conservation of natural resources (540)
- International relations (610)
- Environmental policy (316)
- Human ecology (350)
- Air (201)
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