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		<title>Critical Habitat Designation for Polar Bears Debated in Alaska</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Administration is fully committed to the protection and recovery of the polar bear.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Reviews Cruise Ship Discharges in Alaska</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/environment/epa-reviews-alaska-cruise-ship-discharges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cruise Ship Discharge Assessment Report is the first national account made by the agency on discharge standards utilized in Alaska waters. ]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Discoveries: Images from Voyages of Four Decades in the North</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arctic Discoveries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Circumpolar North]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Bockstoce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Exploration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Based on his experiences in Alaska and the circumpolar north reaching back to the early 1960&#8242;s, John Bockstoce has arranged many of his photographs into chronological themes that detail Alaska, the North Pacific, Canadian Arctic, and North Atlantic. Arctic Discoveries presents these photographic themes based on Bockstoce&#8217;s travels working as a historian and archaeologist in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time is Short to Comment on Proposed NOAA Arctic Vision and Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marine Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arctic Alaska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest Passage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Arctic is experiencing some of the world’s most dramatic and rapidly evolving effects from climate change. Increasing air and ocean temperatures, thawing permafrost, loss of sea ice, and shifts in ecosystems are evidence of widespread and dramatic ongoing change. Critical environmental, economic, and national security issues are emerging that affect lives and livelihoods in coastal communities and inland areas across the region. NOAA’s diverse capabilities to address these emerging issues are the backbone of the strategy.]]></description>
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		<title>Reduction in Southeast Charter Halibut Catch Proposed</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/reduction-southeast-charter-halibut-catch-proposed/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/reduction-southeast-charter-halibut-catch-proposed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Recreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Wild Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Fishing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The number of halibut caught by the charter fishing industry in Alaska has become the subject of intense debate during the last few years, especially in the southeast part of the state. NOAA’s Fisheries Service is proposing new limits on the number of halibut that can be taken by anglers on charter boats in southeast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Directives Issued for Arctic Region Policy</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/presidential-directives-issued-for-arctic-region-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/presidential-directives-issued-for-arctic-region-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arctic Alaska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arctic Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arctic Shipping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In closing hours of the Bush Administration, new National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directives were issued that address arctic region policy for the United States. A key statement found in the documents reinforces the notion that the United States is an Arctic nation. ]]></description>
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		<title>Halibut Olympia Recipe: Cooking with Alaska Pacific Halibut is Seafood at its Best</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/halibut-olympia-recipe/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/halibut-olympia-recipe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Halibut]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh Alaska seafood is probably one of the best reasons to live in the Great Land and Pacific halibut is a regional favorite. Locals become especially spoiled with the availability of fresh caught fish and the remarkable difference it holds over the frozen product. There are many ways to prepare halibut. Throwing a thick steak [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stabilizing Greenhouse Gasses Could Slow Loss of Arctic Sea-Ice and Benefit Polar Bears</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/stabilizing-greenhouse-gasses-could-slow-loss-of-arctic-sea-ice-and-benefit-polar-bears/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/stabilizing-greenhouse-gasses-could-slow-loss-of-arctic-sea-ice-and-benefit-polar-bears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arctic Alaska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polar Bear]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Efforts to stabilize greenhouse gas emission levels combined with reductions in other stress factors related to Polar bears, like pollution, tourism and hunting, could help preserve the species.]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Region Underprepared for Maritime Accidents</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/arctic-region-underprepared-for-maritime-accidents/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/transportation/arctic-region-underprepared-for-maritime-accidents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arctic Shipping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest Passage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the seasonal transit of the Northwest Passage becoming a reality, an increase in Arctic shipping traffic is inevitable. The energy, shipping and cruise industry all see opportunities for their operations in the Arctic Ocean.]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of Wild Seafood Sustainability Certification Programs</title>
		<link>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/wild-seafood-sustainability-certification-programs/</link>
		<comments>http://infoaboutalaska.com/marine-ecosystems/wild-seafood-sustainability-certification-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sorum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marine Ecosystems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Wild Seafood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Fishing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several Alaska fisheries, like those directed at the five species of Pacific salmon are certified as sustainable by a group known as the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and bear an ecolabel that can easily be recognized by seafood consumers.]]></description>
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