9 Apr: As part of a training exercise,
a Russian airborne unit lands at the
North Pole. (Barents Observer)
2 Apr: The National Snow and Ice Data
Center announces that average ice extent in March was 14.8 million square
km, 730,000 sqare km below the 19812010 average. (Guardian)
18 Apr: The first tanker with oil
from the Prirazlomnaya platform
in the Kara Sea departs to bring
its cargo to market. (Voice of Russia)
2 Apr: Nunavut launches a program to
bring “tele-psychiatry” to remote communities. (Huffington Post)
11 Apr: Shipping company Fednav pioneers the use of drones
as navigation