The United States said Monday it will work with Canada in the next few weeks to delineate the outer limitis of the Arctic's continental shelf, a region believed to cotain vast oil and gas reserves.

Coast guard and transport officials will have to consult regularly with Inuit communities in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories to ensure the new regime is effective, says Canada's national Inuit org.

Calgary-Northwest Territories Premier Floyd Roland said Sunday the federal government needs to expand Arctic sovereignty efforts, pointing to the Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline as one of several key projects that could strengthen Canada's stake in the North.

Construction has started on a large-scale upgrade to Arctic research facilities in Resolute.

As part of his efforts to promote a national energy policy to help secure economic and national security for the country, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich has outlined Alaska's energy priorities, including increased development of Alaska oil and gas resources, in a letter to President Barack Obama.

New rules for ships entering Canada's Arctic mean more work for officers at the Canadian Coast Guard station in Iqaluit, CBC News reports.

Two Russian tankers are travelling the Northern Sea Route.

Shell continues with offshore environmental baseline studies in Alaska, primarily in the Chukchi Sea, while it waits to see what the U.S. government future plans for offshore drilling are...

The federal government's tough new rules regulating Arctic shipping have drawn fire from the largest international association of maritime cargo carriers, which describes the mandatory registration system introduced by Canada on July 1 as "drastic" and a potential threat to the long-standing "right to innocent passage" on the world's oceans.