Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2009

Canada, Russia, the US, Denmark [via Greenland] and Norway want a piece of it. Tags: canada norway national security us russia arctic. AND the Arctic is getting even more accessible due to global warming (knew it would be good for something!) Will control of the Arctic become another national security issue?

Norway 100

Norway Russia Denmark Canada 100

Critter News

MARCH 16, 2009

A limit on the hunting of polar bears by sportsmen and native Arctic people will top the agenda at an international summit in Norway tomorrow, seen as vital to the survival of the predator. In Norway, stalking is banned.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears Bears Hunters Norway 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2011

That’s about 400 hundred people in Canada, 2600 in Greenland, 2500 in Svalbrad (Norway), and 700 or so in Russia. As best as I can calculate only about 6200 people live further north than me (and you would not believe how much time I spent today trying to figure out that little number).

Norway 151

Norway Russia Canada Shelters 151

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

David Tomlinson If you are American then you will no doubt know Perdix perdix as the Gray Partridge , an introduced game bird now widespread on the prairies of Canada and the northern states of the USA. EBA2 goes on to say that the “Grey Partridge has undergone one of the steepest declines of all European farmland birds”.

Hungary 167

Hungary Eggs Fox India 167