The Clipper Adventurer which has hit a rock near Kugluktuk, Nunavut on Aug. 27 will be towed to nearby Cambridge Bay.

No sun, but lots of charm, tourism promoters say.

China can make a valuable contribution in the Arctic region, Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in a speech at the China Institute of International of International Studies Forum in Beijing this week— and he said China should be an observer in the Arctic Council.

A 150-square-kilometre sweep of the Queen Maud Gulf seabed near Nunavut's O'Reilly Island yielded no sign of his ill-fated vessels.

But, as emergencies go, there was little official assistance.

The Amundsen, a Canadian Coast guard icebreaker, took part in a rescue of nearly 120 passengers on board a cruise ship, the Clipper Adventurer.

Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper was in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. on Aug. 26.

"Tourists want to go where no man has gone before."

Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper inspects Operation Nanook— and then joins the Inuvialuit drummers and dancers.

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation violated a new Alaska state law by not requiring the ships receiving the new three-year permit to upgrade their wastewater treatment systems to the best-available technology, they say.

Russia has proposed setting up an open travel zone along with the creation of the Beringia Park.