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Silverpit crater seismic map Author: Phil Allen (Production Geoscience Ltd) and Simon Stewart (BP), compliments of Wikimedia commons

Inuit in Canada’s North are
claiming victory, after a Nunavut judge blocked scientists from
conducting seismic tests in Lancaster Sound. Local residents say the
testing would have negatively affected marine life in the region, and
that the Inuit community wasn’t properly consulted beforehand. Chris
Hannay speaks with Okalik Eegeesiak, president of the Qikiqtani Inuit
Association, the group that sought the injunction.

You can see the complete episode here: TGM #203 – Looking for hydrocarbons in all the wrong places (August 20, 2010)