Arctic Monitor 102 • 25 January 2012 Arctic Fresh Water Bulge Emerging A team of British scientists using European Space Agency data have detected a dome of fresh water in the western Arctic Ocean ranging some 8,000 cubic kilometres. Norway Weighing Chinas Role In Arctic Council Reports emerge that Norway is considering blocking China's candidacy for observer status at the Arctic Council in the wake of diplomatic tensions following the award of a Nobel Peace Prize to a Chinese activist. Related story: China, India Enter Heating-Up Arctic Race In Other News Size and Seed Dispersal Key To Survival Of Arctic Plants Facing Climate Change Cairn Energy To Team Up With Statoil In Exploration Of Canada's Baffin Bay In Absence Of Sea Ice, Polar Bears In Canada Eating Duck Eggs Canadian Military Convoy Begins Arctic Trek Plan To Bring Fiber Optic Cable to Arctic Canada U.S., Canada Complete Joint Project To Map Arctic Ocean Shelf Nome, Alaska Fuel Transfer Flowing Smoothly So Far What If A Cruise Ship Wrecked In Alaska? Unusual Spike In Arctic Snowy Owl Migration Arctic Methane Out-Gassing on the East Siberian Shelf: A Primer Russian Report Finds Country Warming At Twice Global Rate World's Largest Nuclear Icebreaker Sails From Murmansk To Finland Lukoil Opens Office In Norway Norway's Offshore Attracts Record Interest From Oil Companies Norway Signs Contract For Barents Seismic Data Poll Finds Norwegians Support Oil Industry Solar Power At The Arctic Circle Iceland Study Says Climate Change Impacts Similar Across Ecosystems European Environment Agency Establishes Further Links With Arctic Interview NOAA Interviews Editor Of 2011 Arctic Report Card Opinion Russia Blasting Into Fragile Arctic In Search Of Oil Film Meryl Streep To Narrate "To The Arctic 3D" 1919 Film Gives Insight Into Life In Canadian Arctic

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