The Bank of Canada will begin circulating the new $50 bill – Canada’s first polymer Automatic Banking Machine (ABM) bank note – on Monday, March 26.
The new $50 note will feature the CCGS Amundsen, a research ice-breaker used by the University of Manitoba’s Arctic researchers. The bank note will be featured at an official event […]

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Her Excellency Else Berit Eikeland, Norwegian Ambassador to Canada, will visit the University of Manitoba to discuss Norway’s High North Strategy and to open a photo exhibit of famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.
On October 26, 2011, Her Excellency will open an exhibit featuring stunning photos from Amundsen’s stay with the Inuit at Gjoa Haven. The […]

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Prominent international scientists have gathered in Winnipeg and will share their preliminary findings from the largest Arctic climate change study ever conducted in Canadian history at a press conference tomorrow.
University of Manitoba professor and Canada Research Chair in Arctic System Science David Barber, the lead investigator of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead System study, which began […]

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Arctic sea ice has duped satellites into reporting thick multiyear sea ice where in fact none exists, a new study by University of Manitoba researcher David Barber has found.
In 2008 and 2009 satellite data showed a growth in Arctic sea ice extension leaving some to reckon global warming was reversing. But after sailing an ice […]

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The University of Manitoba-led project that gained worldwide appeal and interest will be one of the highlights of a conference in Europe Feb. 25, 2009 as International Polar Year (IPY) wraps. An IPY committee will release its State of Polar Research report at that time to summarize all the IPY studies, one of the largest […]

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The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra’s composer-in-residence Vincent Ho has been commissioned to compose a 30-minute symphony based on his upcoming trip aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen, which is in the Beaufort Sea.
Ho’s journey is being watched by Lucette Barber, co-ordinator of the Schools on Board outreach program based at the University of Manitoba.
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A National Geographic story on Arctic warming includes the University of Manitoba’s Dr. David Barber.
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