 Business Booming in Arctic Recent discoveries of oil, minerals, and diamonds in Arctic areas, and a growing interest in Arctic tourism, are bringing many non-indigenous people to the Arctic to live or visit. • The largest oil field in North America was discovered in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay area in 1968, and additional petroleum discoveries have more recently been made on Alaska's North Slope. • Diamonds were recently discovered in the Canadian Arctic. Today, diamonds are a billion-dollar export - making Canada the third largest diamond producing country in the world. • Tourism is a recent development for the Arctic. Visits to the far north have increased considerably during the last 15 years, with up to one million tourists annually.
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DICTIONARY: Just "double-click" any unlinked word on this page for the definition from Merriam-Webster's Student Electronic Dictionary at Word Central. |
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ARCTIC LIBRARY & GLOSSARY: Check this section for an index of the rest of the things you really need to know about the Arctic. |
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ARCTIC MAPS & WEATHER REPORTS: Maps of the Northwest Passage, explorers' routes, iceberg sources, Nunavut, the Arctic by treeline, temperature... |
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ARCTIC LINKS: Even more information! Links to sites related to the Arctic and "Iceberg: the Story of the Throps and the Squallhoots". |
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GUIDE TO ARCTIC SUNRISE & SUNSET: How much sunlight or darkness is there in the Arctic on each day of the year? |
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