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REGION FOCUS NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada:

The Path to the Arctic hen Newfoundland and Labrador is described temperatures south of 60 degrees – colder than waters near as the ‘path’ to the Arctic, it is done so using the Norway and in parts of Alaska, Greenland and Iceland. While

W fullness of the word, from the province’s strategic the water isn’t technically ‘in the Arctic,’ the existing condi- location to its world-class Arctic-related expertise, infrastruc- tions are Arctic in nature, providing a unique place to develop ture, and facilities. As Canada’s most easterly province, ex- solutions to arctic challenges.

tending north to the edge of the Arctic, Newfoundland and Newfoundland and Labrador is self-described as the world’s

Labrador is ideally located along international shipping lanes cold ocean laboratory, with a vibrant ocean technology sec- and northern sea routes to connect with markets in the Arctic, tor providing global guidance on all matters Arctic. It is also

Canada, the United States, Central and South America, Eu- home to growing sectors such as oil and gas, shipping, educa- rope, and Asia. tion and training, and research and development, as well as

Surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and uniquely posi- traditional sectors such as mining and commercial