Denmark and Canada settle border dispute over island near Greenland
A decades-old dispute between Denmark and Canada over the border of Hans Island, a small island in the Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Ellesm...
Seal-tourism: On Canadian ice with the baby harps
Whale watching is a well known part of High North tourism, where thousands sail out each year from various ports in the North Atlantic hoping to see t...
Iceland’s first lady gives Icelandic lessons to a Canadian audience
Eliza Reid, Iceland’s first lady visited her native Canada recently where she made an appearance on Toronto’s City TV morning show. She casually spoke...
Norway secures return of polar explorer’s boat
A Norwegian group has been given the green light to salvage explorer Roald Amundsen’s sunken ship from Canadian waters.
Vikings Explore Hudson Bay
Viking exploration of Hudson Bay will continue in 2013 when descendants of the first Viking voyagers to reach North America 1,000 years ago sail into ...
Ban on seal products extends further
The World Trade Organisation has been reassured by Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus that they will impose a ban on the import and export of seal skins f...
Giant Greenland ice slab heads for Canada
A slab of ice the size of Bermuda, which broke off a Greenland glacier in August last year, is making headway towards Canada.
Plane stopped in Sweden after ‘vengeful ex bomb hoax’
A jilted lover may have caused an emergency landing in Stockholm this week after she supposedly phoned police and said her ex-boyfriend was flying wit...