Posts Tagged ‘ arctic ’

ctrp320 The Arctic as a Personal and Global Challenge

ctrp320 The Arctic as a Personal and Global Challenge

November 23, 2009

He does what? - People often ask whenever I mention Lewis Gordon Pugh. He swims the arctic, I tell them again.  Why? - is always the next question. When you sit across from Lewis Gordon Pugh for just a few minutes, you understand why immediately.  You also understand you're in...

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Inuit Sovereignity

Inuit Sovereignity

August 27, 2009

"Do you fear an arms race over the arctic?" the host of The Current Podcast asked an Inuit representative during a recent episode. The gentlemen spoke at length about the problems of the Inuit population in the high arctic and his concerns about the Canadian federal government doing military...

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Scandinavian Arctic Path

Scandinavian Arctic Path

July 19, 2009

My good friend and fellow personal publisher Raymond had a post earlier this month on the topic of Norway that caught my attention.  In it he spoke about the melting of the arctic ice, a topic I've followed for the past few years, and the strange prospects for Scandinavia...

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bmtv71 Canadian Military Show

bmtv71 Canadian Military Show

January 17, 2008

Over the past 2 years, as part of the new cold war over who owns the arctic, the Canadian government has chosen to use its military to show how serious they are about defending their claim. Through a series of missions and exercises that involve land, sea, and...

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Video of my Talk at 24C3

January 5, 2008

Here is a link to the video of my speech at the 24C3. It is about an hour including questions, if you're curious what I said and what it was like, watch some of it. If you like the first minutes, watch the rest. I won't be putting this...

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