Federal government needs to protect Lancaster Sound
PM Harper planned to create the Arctic's first national marine conservation area in Lancaster Sound in 2007, then angered local residents by scheduling oil-related seismic testing in the region.
At the eastern edge of the Northwest Passage, two glacier-capped islands mark the entrance to one of the greatest ecosystems in the Northern Hemisphere. This is Lancaster Sound, a migration route for 85 per cent of the world's narwhal, as well as home to beluga whales, walrus and seals. Its rich ...
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