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Icy floating lab watches in Arctic
Canada uses a vast historic ice island near 250 miles northwest of the Magnetic North Pole as a sovereign platform for seabed hydrocarbon and marine life research with 1.6 million in federal support. Led by 62 year old geologist Robert Christie, the project eyes US and Soviet participation and joint research from Resolute base and airfields in Alaska and Siberia.
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Hobson
Canada
Magnetic North Pole
Arctic Ocean
Canada Basin
Robert Christie
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Arctic
Christie
Earth
Baffin Bay
Davis Strait
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Soviet Union
Pacific Ocean
U.S
Pierre Lapointe
Ottawa
Resolute
Northwest Territories
The
Geological Survey of Canada
John Kiefenbaker
Alaska
Siberia