Sports Beat: Sunny daze Jul 2, 2009
This isn t the Yukon or Baffin Bay. What happen to the lazy days of July or the dog days of August. (Weymouth News, MA)
Pocket eying Colorado market Jun 22, 2009
It didn t cost that much to add a cell tower and provide coverage on Baffin Bay, says Jim Mickey, chief operations officer for Pocket. But that was important to the recreational hunters and fishers. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Polar bears' greatest peril: Global warming Mar 20, 2009
Mr. Ugarte said scientists disagree over why people in the settlements around Baffin Bay and elsewhere have reported an increase in polar bear sightings in recent years. One explanation may be that the local bear population is robust. (International Herald Tribune)
'Arctic unicorns' in icy display Feb 11, 2009
Every year, thousands of narwhal use these narrow fissures to travel thousands of kilometres, from the south of Baffin Bay to the high Arctic fjords ... " Thanks to their elusive nature, narwhal can prove difficult to study and there is still much to learn about these Arctic mammals. Mads Peter Heide-Jorgensen, from the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, said the purpose of the creatures' summer migration remained a mystery. He explained: "The interesting thing is that these creatures... (BBC News)
The last great oil frontier? Mar 22, 2008
The best oil potential may be in the Pechora Sea, Baffin Bay and on the North Slope, although several other basins could become attractive. But we are getting here into guesswork, albeit of an informed sort. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Mario Aguilar | Green Valley NewsDan Lambertson, music teacher extraordinaire at Continental School, has brought a new love of music to the students from first to eighth-grade. Feb 15, 2008
Bombay, Cape May, Mandalay, Baffin Bay, Baghdad, Leningrad, Ashkabad, Trinidad, L.A., Norway, Paraguay, Monterey, Singapore, Ecuador, Bangalore, Baltimore. These are places in the world. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Polar bear population on thin ice Nov 27, 2007
At least one the Baffin Bay population is the victim of severe overhunting on the Greenland side of the polar bear's range. Of the three that are increasing, the Viscount Melville and McClintock Channel populations are on the rebound only because of the Canadian Inuit's voluntary decision to severely reduce their harvest. (Toronto Star)
Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage Sep 16, 2007
Humble Oil and Refining Co.'s icebreaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, and the Canadian Ministry of Transport's newest icebreaker, the Loius S. St. Laurant, crunch through the snow covered ice of northern Baffin Bay on May 22, 1970. The Manhattan is completing its second Arctic voyage to collect data for use in determining the economic feasability of transporting Alaskan crude oil through the ice-covered Northwest Passage to the U.S. East Coast. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
Scientists Project Huge Loss of Sea Ice Sep 7, 2007
In contrast, Canada's Baffin Bay and Labrador showed little predicted change. There was less confidence for winter ice, but the models also predict a sea ice loss of more for the Bering Sea off Alaska's west coast, the Sea of Okhotsk east of Siberia and the Barents Sea north of Norway. (Forbes)
More rain on the way Aug 17, 2007
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the lower and middle Texas coast from Baffin Bay to Port O Connor. An inland Tropical Storm Warning is in effect from 5 a.m. until 4 p.m. Central Standard Time Thursday. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Reeling in a customer requires a fishing 'trip' Aug 17, 2007
Following my keynote presentation, Dona Escue, executive director of the association, and "Red" Akin of Red's Refrigeration and A/C were kind enough to take my daughter and me on a guided fishing trip in Baffin Bay just off North Padre Island, courtesy of Capt. Kevin Akin, owner of CK Guide Service. We fished all day and night on a two-bedroom, one-bath floating cabin anchored in the bay. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
State fishing reports released for week of Aug. 8 Aug 10, 2007
News: The Sealy News Online, Sealy Texas. Serving Sealy and Austin County, Texas, since 1887. (Sealy News, TX)
Oceanographers attempt whale of a study Apr 30, 2007
" Laidre and Heide-Jorgensen completed the first part of their expedition last summer, when they tagged three whales along the coast of Greenland's Melville Bay. Late last month, they traveled to Baffin Bay for the more arduous part of the experiment, which involves venturing out onto sea ice to collect samples from narwhals hundreds of miles offshore. Another scientist from the University of Washington, along with an Inuit hunter from North Greenland and a filmmaker who is producing an... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Imagine a world without polar bears Apr 25, 2007
In 2005, the World Conservation Union, Polar Bear Specialist Group, concluded that five populations of polar bears are declining: southern Beaufort Sea, Western Hudson Bay, Norwegian Bay, Kane Basin and Baffin Bay. Andrew Derocher, former head of the Polar Bear Specialist Group, stated, "Without stabilizing the climate by taking serious and urgent action on climate change, I don't see a future for polar bears at all.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Scientists equip narwhals as arctic oceanographers Apr 21, 2007
The whales are collecting data about Baffin Bay, their winter habitat between northeast Canada and Greenland. Baffin Bay joins with the Arctic Ocean to the north and west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Davis Strait ... 1 miles to feed on Greenland halibut, a deep-water flatfish living on bottom of Baffin Bay. (Scientific American)
Unicorns of the sea help track warming Apr 21, 2007
The narwhals dive as deep as one mile to feed on bottom fish and already have provided the first winter temperature measurements in Baffin Bay between Canada and Greenland ... Currents that flow through Baffin Bay moderate the weather in northern Europe by bringing warmer waters north ... When scientists flew over central Baffin Bay earlier this month, they found only open water. (MSNBC -- Environment)
The great polar bear flap, the silly season is upon us Mar 19, 2007
These are in locations where temperatures have been falling (such as in Baffin Bay). Two populations, 13. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Tidal Mega-Power and Hydrogen Production in Northeastern Canada Feb 14, 2007
Giant icebergs of over 100-ft submerged depth are typically found in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait that is to the west of Greenland and are brought south by the Labrador Current. The tidal currents that enter Hudson Strait can carry giant icebergs westward into the strait. (Energy Pulse, CO)
H. STERLING BURNETT: Polar bear counts are increasing, not declining Jan 28, 2007
4% of the total number of bears are decreasing, and they are in areas where air temperatures have actually fallen, such as the Baffin Bay region. By contrast, another two populations 13. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Cold front grips county Jan 23, 2007
The National Weather Service at Corpus Christi issued a gale warning at 9:46 a.m. Monday from Baffin Bay to Matagorda Ship Channel. Small craft advisories were in effect through Tuesday morning. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
