Signs of Climate Change on the Northwest Passage
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A sea at the top of the world figures in today’s Geo Quiz. We’re tracking a Canadian sailor who’s heading through the Northwest Passage. An ice free route across the northern reaches of Canada opened up a few years ago for the first time in memory.
Scientists say Arctic ice is retreating because of climate change. Sailor Cameron Dueck wants to see how climate change is affecting Arctic communities. So he set sail in June from Vancouver with a crew of three others… headed all the way for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Now, he’s just rounded Point Barrow, the northern most point of Alaska. And is heading east past Prudhoe Bay and across the sea that lies north of Canada’s Northwest Territories.
We want you to name THAT SEA.
Cameron promises to email us some pictures of this sea, but don’t hold your breath.
“There’s one small problem, we umm, our computer got soaked by seawater, so we’re having to swap computers around and tuck, so we have no email at the moment.”
We’ll talk to Cameron by satellite phone and get his location…
The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Beaufort Sea, the part of the Arctic Ocean that’s located north of the Northwest Territories, and Alaska. Anchor Katy Clark speak with Canadian sailor Cameron Dueck about a 40-foot sailing yacht as he attempts an 8,000 mile trip (west to east) through the Northwest Passage.
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