Fiber optic cable survey in Canada’s High Arctic gets review board approval

The survery is part of a plan to connect 14,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable from Japan eastward through the Arctic to Norway or Finland.

By David Lochead, Nunatsiaq News January 6, 2023
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Preliminary work that could potentially lead to a fiber optic cable in the High Arctic does not require a review to proceed, the Nunavut Impact Review Board has recommended.

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