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Jillian Kestler-D’Amours is a freelance journalist based in Toronto. She previously worked as a staff reporter at The Toronto Star and a web producer at Al Jazeera English. Follow her on Twitter, @jkdamours.
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Under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization, countries are looking at ways to limit the use of thick, viscous heavy fuel oils in Arctic waters.
Thick, multiyear sea ice pushed from the High Arctic to the coast of Newfoundland created havoc with fishing vessels, prompting a Canadian icebreaker to scrap some of its research plans.
These big, blubbery beasts are sensitive souls that dislike being disturbed by people. Unfortunately for them, warming Arctic temperatures are bringing more shipping and tourism to their home waters.
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