"I didn't see one cube of ice!"

A commercial ship travels through the Northwest Passage...
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/11/28/nwest-vessel.html

New rifts form on Antarctic ice shelf

Well, ice shelves are breaking in Antarctica too...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/antarctic.ice.shelf.collapse/index.html

Gorbachev-Children ceremony - Nov. 21, 2008

Mikhail Gorbachev listens to children presenting findings of the 2008 Arctic expedition:
more photos at:http://www.sagaxexpeditions.com/2US%20-%204.5%20-%20Russia%20Photos-Videos.html
and videos at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FO1hYmqKPo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvRvr6p5gkk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmcCefS_528
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B956u8QM8IY

Greenlanders vote on expanding autonomy

Greenlanders vote on expanding autonomy on Tuesday. A 'Yes' (likely), will mean more interest in oil and minerals exploration revenues in the future, to compensate for Denmark assistance which would likely decrease with autonomy...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greenland_referendum

Gorbachev honors Arctic Young Ambassadors

Moscow - November 21, 2008 – President Mikhail Gorbachev honors participants of the Pax Arctica Arctic expedition 2008 with Young Ambassador Award. From Left to Right: Beth Idlout, Aïnhoa Hardy, Flaam Hardy and President Mikhail Gorbachev (at the Gorbachev Foundation). More photos and details tomorrow...

http://gci.ch/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=374&Itemid=1

Moscow under snow!

The Pax Arctica team has arrived in Moscow last night.
Three children from the 2008 Arctic expedition, including Beth, all the way from Resolute Bay, are now in Moscow.
Together with a few sponsors of the expedition (Groupe UFG, KDS, Rabobank), they will be presenting the results of our findings to President Mikhail Gorbachev this afternoon.
We will report later on today.

Relocating an entire sinking nation... :(((

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/maldives.president/