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Chukchi people
Chukchi, or Chukchee ( (plural), (singular)) are an indigenous people inhabiting the Chukchi Peninsula and the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean within the Russian Federation. They speak the Chukchi language. The Chukchi originated from the people living around the Okhotsk Sea.
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Eskimo
Eskimos or Esquimaux are indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia (Russia), across Alaska (United States), Canada, and Greenland.
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Evenks
The Evenks (Ewenti or Eventi) (autonym: Эвэнкил Evenkil; Evenki; ; formerly known as Tungus or Tunguz; ) are a Tungusic people of Northern Asia. In Russia, the Evenks are recognized as one of the Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, with a population of 35,527 (2002 Census). In China, the Evenki form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, with a population of 30,505, as per 2000 Census. There is also a small Evenki group of Manchu-Tungus origin in Mongolia, referred to as Khamnigan. The Evenki people are related to Altaic people of Eurasia.
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indigenous peoples
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Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada (Northwest Territories, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut), Denmark (Greenland), Russia (Siberia) and the United States (Alaska). The Inuit language is grouped under Eskimo-Aleut languages. An Inuk is an Inuit person.
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Inupiat people
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Koryaks
Koryaks (or Koriak) are an indigenous people of Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, who inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea to the south of the Anadyr basin and the country to the immediate north of the Kamchatka Peninsula, the southernmost limit of their range being Tigilsk. They are akin to the Chukchis, whom they closely resemble in physique and manner of life. Also, they are distantly related to the Kamchadal (Itelmens) on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Pen Hadow
Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow known as Pen Hadow, (born on the 26 February 1962), is a British polar adventurer and author. In 2003 he became the first person to walk the 478 miles, solo and unsupported, from the northern coast of Canada to the North Pole.
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Sadlermiut
The Sadlermiut (also called Sagdlirmiut, or Sallirmiut in modern Inuktitut spelling, from Sadlerk now Salliq, the Inuktitut name for the settlement of Coral Harbour, Nunavut) were an Eskimo group living in near isolation mainly on and around Coats Island, Walrus Island, and Southampton Island in Hudson Bay. They are sometimes thought to have been the last remnants of the Dorset culture as they had preserved a distinct culture and dialect from the mainland Inuit. However, their culture and local traditions seem to have combined elements of both the Dorset and Thule societies, which may indicate otherwise.
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Sami people
The Sami people, also spelled Sámi, or Saami (also known as Lapps, although this term is considered derogatory), are one of the indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia but also in the border area between south and middle Sweden and Norway. Their ancestral lands span an area the size of Sweden in the Nordic countries. The Sami people are among the largest indigenous ethnic groups in Europe. Their traditional languages are the Sami languages, which are classified as members of the Finno-Lappic group of the Uralic language family.
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Thule people
The Thule (, , or ) or proto-Inuit were the ancestors of all modern Inuit. They developed in coastal Alaska by AD 1000 and expanded eastwards across Canada, reaching Greenland by the 13th century. In the process, they replaced people of the earlier Dorset culture that had previously inhabited the region. The appellation "Thule" originates from the location of Thule (in 1953 relocated to Qaanaaq) in northwest Greenland, facing Canada, where the archaeological remains of the people were first found at Comer's Midden. The links between the Thule and the Inuit are biological, cultural, and linguistic.
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Alaska
Alaska () is the largest state of the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 698,473 residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2009, Alaska remains the least densely populated state of the U.S.
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Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat, "island") are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands, forming part of the Aleutian Arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, occupying an area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km²) and extending about westward from the Alaska Peninsula toward the Kamchatka Peninsula thus marking a line between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Gulf of Alaska. Crossing longitude 180°, they are the westernmost part of the United States (and by one definition the easternmost; see Extreme points of the United States). Nearly all the archipelago is part of Alaska and usually considered as being in the "Alaskan Bush", but at the extreme western end the small, geologically-related, and remote Commander Islands are in Russia. The islands, with their 57 volcanoes, are in the northern part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Alaska Marine Highway passes through the islands.
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Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest, and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, although some oceanographers call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea, classifying it as one of the mediterranean seas of the Atlantic Ocean. Alternatively, the Arctic Ocean can be seen as the northernmost lobe of the all-encompassing World Ocean.
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Arkhangelsk Oblast
Arkhangelsk Oblast (, Arkhangelskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, as well as the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea.
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Australia
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Barents Sea
Barents Sea (, ) is a part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and Russia. Known in the Middle Ages as the Murman Sea, the sea takes its current name from the Dutch navigator Willem Barents. It is a rather deep shelf sea (average depth and maximum depth ), bordered by the shelf edge towards the Norwegian Sea in the west, the island of Svalbard (Norway) in the northwest, and the islands of Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya (Arkhangelsk Oblast) in the northeast and east. Novaya Zemlya separates the Kara Sea from the Barents Sea. Significant fossil fuel energy resources exist in the Barents Sea region.
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Beaufort Sea
The Beaufort Sea () is the portion of the Arctic Ocean located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska and west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after Huguenot-Irish hydrographer Sir Francis Beaufort. The major Mackenzie River empties into the Canadian part of the sea, west of Tuktoyaktuk, which is one of the few permanent settlements on the sea shores.
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Bering Sea
The Bering Sea is a body of water in the Pacific Ocean that comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves.
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Bering Strait
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Canada
Canada () is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.
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Denmark
Denmark (; , , archaic: ), officially the Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: ) together with Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland (Jylland) and many islands, most notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Vendsyssel-Thy (commonly considered a part of Jutland), Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago. Denmark has long controlled the approach to the Baltic Sea; before the digging of the Kiel Canal, water passage to the Baltic Sea was possible only through the three channels known as the "Danish straits".
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Denmark Strait
The Denmark Strait (, , the latter meaning Greenland Sound) is a strait between Greenland (northwest) and Iceland (southeast). The Norwegian island of Jan Mayen is located northeast of the strait.
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Finland
Finland (pronounced ), officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden on the west, Norway on the north and Russia on the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.
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Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land, Franz Joseph Land, or '''Francis Joseph's Land' (Russian Земля Франца-Иосифа, Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa'') is an archipelago located in the far north of Russia. It is found in the Arctic Ocean north of Novaya Zemlya and east of Svalbard, and is administered by Arkhangelsk Oblast. Franz Josef Land consists of 191 ice-covered islands with a total area of 16,134 km² (6,229 mi²). It has no native inhabitants, but several settlements have been built by Russian settlers. They rely solely on walrus and seal meat.
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Greenland
Greenland ( meaning "Land of the Kalaallit people"; ) is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America. The largest island in Greenland is also named Greenland, and makes up most of the country's land area.
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Greenland Sea
The Greenland Sea is the northernmost part of the North Atlantic Ocean immediately south of the Arctic Ocean. It borders Greenland to the west, Svalbard archipelago to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland to the south.
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Iceland
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Ilulissat
Ilulissat ( from founder Jakob Severin) is a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland, located approximately north of the Arctic Circle. With the population of 4,546 as of 2010, it is the third-largest settlement in Greenland, after Nuuk and Sisimiut.
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Kara Sea
The Kara Sea (Russian: Ка́рское мо́ре) is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. It is separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya.
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Lapland (Finland)
Lapland (; ; ) is one of the Regions of Finland. The municipalities in the province cooperate in a Regional Council. It borders the Region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders to the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County and Troms County in Norway and to Murmansk Oblast in Russia. In some parts of the world, particularly Britain, Ireland and Finland itself, it is considered the traditional home of Father Christmas (Joulupukki).
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Lapland (Sweden)
Lapland (, Latin: Lapponia) is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, Norrbotten, Norway and Finland. About a quarter of Sweden's surface area is in Lapland.
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Laptev Sea
The Laptev Sea (Russian: мо́ре Ла́птевых) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is located between the eastern coast of Siberia, Taimyr Peninsula, the Severnaya Zemlya and the New Siberian Islands. Its northern boundary passes from the Arctic Cape to point with coordinates 79°N and 139°E and closes at the Anisiy Cape. The Kara Sea lies to the west, the East Siberian Sea to the east. The sea area is approximately 672,000 km². It is navigable during August and September.
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New Siberian Islands
The New Siberian Islands () are an archipelago, located to the North of the East Siberian coast between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Sea north of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.
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Norrbotten
Norrbotten (English meaning: North Bothnia) is a Swedish province (landskap) in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.
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North Pole
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets the Earth's surface. It should not be confused with the North Magnetic Pole.
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Norway
Norway (; Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk)), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.8 million. It is one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe. The majority of the country shares a border to the east with Sweden; its northernmost region is bordered by Finland to the south and Russia to the east; and Denmark lies south of its southern tip across the Skagerrak Strait. The capital city of Norway is Oslo. Norway's extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea, is home to its famous fjords.
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Norwegian Sea
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Nunavik
Nunavik () comprises the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Covering a land area of 443,684.71 km² (171,307.62 sq mi) north of the 55th parallel, it is the homeland of the Inuit of Quebec. Almost all of the 11,627 inhabitants (2006 census) of the region, of whom 90% are Inuit, live in fourteen northern villages on the coast of Nunavik and in the Cree reserved land (TC) of Whapmagoostui, near the northern village of Kuujjuarapik.
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Nunavut
Nunavut (from Inuktitut: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ) is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993. The creation of Nunavut – meaning "our land" in Inuktitut – resulted in the first major change to Canada's map since the incorporation of the new province of Newfoundland in 1949.
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Quebec
Quebec or ( ) is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.
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Russia
Russia (; ), also officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the United States by the Bering Strait. At , Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Severnaya Zemlya
Severnaya Zemlya (, Northern Land) is an archipelago in the Russian high Arctic at around . It is located off mainland Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula across the Vilkitsky Strait. This archipelago separates two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Kara Sea in the west and the Laptev Sea in the east.
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Siberia
Siberia ( ), is a vast region, constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union (USSR) from its beginning, as the preceding Russian Empire conquered it in the 16th century.
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Svalbard
Svalbard ( Spitsbergen) is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. Located north of mainland Europe, it is about midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude (and thus inside the Arctic Circle), and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the largest island, followed by Nordaustlandet and Edgeøya. The administrative center is Longyearbyen, and other settlements, in addition to research outposts, are the Russian mining community of Barentsburg, the research community of Ny-Ålesund and the mining outpost of Sveagruva. The archipelago is administrated by the Governor of Svalbard.
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Sweden
Sweden (pronounced , ), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: ), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and water borders with Denmark, Germany, and Poland to the south, and Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia to the east. Sweden is also connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.
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United States
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Wrangel Island
Wrangel Island (, ostrov Vrangelya) is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi Sea and East Siberian Sea. Wrangel Island lies astride the 180° meridian. The International Date Line is displaced eastwards at this latitude to avoid the island as well as the Chukchi Peninsula on the Russian mainland. The closest land to Wrangel Island is tiny and rocky Herald Island located to the east.
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Yukon
Yukon Territory or the Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in. The territory's capital is Whitehorse.
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Arctic Monkeys - RU Mine?
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- Duration: 3:44
- Published: 27 Feb 2012
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: ArcticMonkeys
Arctic Monkeys - RU Mine? Available to download from iTunes - smarturl.it On tour in North America with The Black Keys - starts Friday 2nd March 2012. All dates - www.arcticmonkeys.com
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To the Arctic Official Trailer #1- 3D Documentary Movie (2012) HD
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- Duration: 2:00
- Published: 02 Mar 2012
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: movieclipsTRAILERS
To the Arctic Official Trailer #1- 3D Documentary Movie (2012) HD A journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. "To the Arctic movie" "To the Arctic trailer" "To the Arctic HD" "To the Arctic documentary" "Greg MacGillivray" "Stephen Judson" "Meryl Streep" 3D IMAX documentary "the arctic" iceberg polar bear movieclips movieclipsDOTcom popuptrailer movieclipstrailers
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Exploring Oceans: Arctic
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- Duration: 4:29
- Published: 16 Mar 2009
- Updated: 10 Mar 2012
- Author: NationalGeographic
The coldest, windiest place on Earth holds 60 percent of the fresh water on the planet. Recent expeditions to the Weddell Sea produced more than 700 new species, including giant carnivorous sponges.
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Arctic Monkeys - 'Fluorescent Adolescent' (2007)
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- Duration: 3:16
- Published: 06 Jun 2007
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: DominoRecords
Great new video from Sheffield's finest! Enjoy the clowns! Domino Records Providing ear comfort since 1993... Check out Domino Records online: www.dominorecordco.com twitter.com www.facebook.com www.soundcloud.com www.myspace.com www.youtube.com ww.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com Domino Recording Company, an independent record label since 1993, is home to artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective, Franz Ferdinand, The Kills, Anna Calvi, Four Tet, Real Estate, Dirty Projectors, Wild Beasts, Francois & The Atlas Mountains, Clinic, About Group, Robert Wyatt, Owen Pallett, Cass McCombs, Villagers, Blood Orange, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Eugene McGuinness, Sons & Daughters, Stephen Malkmus, King Creosote, Twin Sister, The Count & Sinden, The Last Shadow Puppets, Max Tundra and more. Approaching 20 years since its inception, Domino Recording Company is now established as one of the UK's leading independents. Launched by Laurence Bell on the back of a £40 a week enterprise allowance scheme and sticking throughout to a commendable set of principles, Domino has long championed and nurtured the outsider whilst enjoying both critical and commercial success. Fifteen years since its inception Domino Recording Company is now established as one of the UK's leading independents. Launched by Laurence Bell on the back of a £40 a week enterprise allowance scheme and sticking throughout to a commendable set of principles, Domino has long championed and nurtured the outsider <b>...</b>
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Arctic Monkeys - You And I (feat Richard Hawley)
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- Duration: 3:45
- Published: 23 Jan 2012
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: ArcticMonkeys
You And I -- Richard Hawley & The Death Ramps. Available as a B-side to single 'Black Treacle' available on 7" and Mp3 Digital Download from www.arcticmonkeys-store.co.uk
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Arctic Monkeys - Black Treacle
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- Duration: 3:36
- Published: 05 Jan 2012
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: ArcticMonkeys
Arctic Monkeys -- Black Treacle. Directed by Focus Creeps. From the album 'Suck It and See', 'Black Treacle' is released on Monday 23rd January 2012.
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Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm (2007)
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- Duration: 2:56
- Published: 14 Mar 2007
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: DominoRecords
Video for the single 'Brianstorm'. First single to be released from forthcoming album Favourite Worst Nightmare, out April 2007. www.arcticmonkeys.com www.dominorecordco.com Domino Records Providing ear comfort since 1993... Domino Recording Company, an independent record label since 1993, is home to artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective, Franz Ferdinand, The Kills, Anna Calvi, Four Tet, Real Estate, Dirty Projectors, Wild Beasts, Francois & The Atlas Mountains, Clinic, About Group, Robert Wyatt, Owen Pallett, Cass McCombs, Villagers, Blood Orange, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Eugene McGuinness, Sons & Daughters, Stephen Malkmus, King Creosote, Twin Sister, The Count & Sinden, The Last Shadow Puppets, Max Tundra and more. Approaching 20 years since its inception, Domino Recording Company is now established as one of the UK's leading independents. Launched by Laurence Bell on the back of a £40 a week enterprise allowance scheme and sticking throughout to a commendable set of principles, Domino has long championed and nurtured the outsider whilst enjoying both critical and commercial success. Fifteen years since its inception Domino Recording Company is now established as one of the UK's leading independents. Launched by Laurence Bell on the back of a £40 a week enterprise allowance scheme and sticking throughout to a commendable set of principles, Domino has long championed and nurtured the outsider whilst enjoying both critical and commercial success. From the off <b>...</b>
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CBC LIVE: Arctic Air Set Tour with Adam Beach
Adam Beach and Pascale Hutton gave us a tour of the Arctic Air set in Vancouver. Take a peak behind the scenes at one of CBC's hottest shows.
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Subscribe ow.ly | Facebook ow.ly | Twitter ow.ly Release Date: 20 April 2012 Genre: Documentary Cast: Meryl Streep Directors: Greg MacGillivray Writer: Stephen Judson Studio: Warner Brothers Plot: A journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.
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HOME Making-Of : The Arctic
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- Duration: 2:03
- Published: 16 Apr 2009
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: homeproject
The most visible sign of the environmental damage caused by humans, the melting of the ice on the oceans and on land is a local and global problem. Arctic ecosystems, whose best known species is the polar bear, are under threat. Native peoples, particularly the Inuits, also see their living conditions worsen as the ice melts. The ice is a witness to the Earth's climatic evolutions and its disappearance will have consequences far beyond the polar regions. As the ice-cap melts, sea-levels will rise drastically altering coastlines all round the world. www.home-2009.com
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Deserted Arctic: Mysterious sands of Russia
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- Duration: 26:03
- Published: 05 Feb 2012
- Updated: 12 Mar 2012
- Author: RussiaToday
Watch more on RT's documentary channel rtd.rt.com The village of Shoina is situated beyond the Arctic Circle, 1400 kilometers north of Moscow. This tiny settlement is known for its sands, which appeared here over 50 years ago and have been waging a relentless offensive against humans ever since, depriving them of living space. How did they appear, and where else in Russia can you find unusual places like this? Solve the mystery, on RT. RT on Twitter http RT on Facebook www.facebook.com
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VHBL On Motorstorm Arctic Edge
wololo.net There you go. VHBL itself will come a bit later
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Arctic Monkeys - Evil Twin
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- Duration: 3:23
- Published: 27 Oct 2011
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: ArcticMonkeys
Arctic Monkeys - Evil Twin. Video directed by Focus Creeps. Exclusive b-side available on 7" vinyl & Mp3 Digital Download on Monday 31st October via www.arcticmonkeys-store.co.uk
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Arctic Monkeys - RU Mine? HD Lyrics [ Sub Español ]
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- Duration: 3:30
- Published: 27 Feb 2012
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: NSNmexicoFan
Comenta y suscribete :) Descargala aquí: www.mediafire.com LETRA: I'm a puppet on a string Tracy island, time-traveling diamond Coulda shaped heartaches Come to find ya fall in some velvet morning Years too late She's a silver lining lone ranger riding Through an open space In my mind when she's not right there beside me I go crazy cause here isn't where I wanna be And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?" Are you mine? Are you mine tonight? Are you mine? I guess what I'm trying to say is I need the deep end Keep imagining meeting, wished away entire lifetimes Unfair we're not somewhere misbehaving for days Great escape lost track of time and space She's a silver lining climbing on my desire And I go crazy cause here isn't where I wanna be And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?" Are you mine? Are you mine tonight? Are you mine? And the thrill of the chase moves in mysterious ways So in case I'm mistaken, I just wanna hear you say you got me baby Are you mine? She's a silver lining lone ranger riding through an open space In my mind when she's not right there beside me And I go crazy cause here isn't where I wanna be And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine?" Well are you mine? Are you mine? Are you mine tonight? are you mine arctic monkeys subtitulado <b>...</b>
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Arctic Vortex Shift/Europe Freezes
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- Duration: 5:51
- Published: 17 Feb 2012
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: MrCometwatch
Polar Drift Chart link on www.mrcometwatch.com - flare tracker http see videos in the top of the favorites
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Arctic Monkeys - Don Valley Bowl
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- Duration: 10:26
- Published: 19 Dec 2011
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: ArcticMonkeys
Arctic Monkeys - Don Valley Bowl, Sheffield - June 2011 - www.arcticmonkeys.com
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The Arctic Light
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- Duration: 3:22
- Published: 31 May 2011
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: TESOPHOTOGRAPHY
Follow Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow Twitter: twitter.com Follow Google+: plus.google.com Press/licensing/projects contact: tsophotography@gmail.com If you can not watch, or want higher quality watch: vimeo.com This was filmed between 29th April and 10th May 2011 in the Arctic, on the archipelago Lofoten in Norway. My favorite natural phenomenon is one I do not even know the name of, even after talking to meteorologists and astrophysicists I am none the wiser.What I am talking about I have decided to call The Arctic Light and it is a natural phenomenon occurring 2-4 weeks before you can see the Midnight Sun. The Sunset and Sunrise are connected in one magnificent show of color and light lasting from 8 to 12 hours. The sun is barely going below the horizon before coming up again. This is the most colorful light that I know, and the main reason I have been going up there for the last 4 years, at the exact same time of year, to photograph. Based on previous experience, I knew this was going to be a very difficult trip. Having lost a couple of cameras and some other equipment up there before, it was crucial to bring an extra set of everything. I also made sure I had plenty of time in case something went wrong. If you can imagine roping down mountain cliffs, or jumping around on slippery rocks covered in seaweed with 2 tripods, a rail, a controller, camera, lenses, filters and rigging for 4-5 hour long sequences at a time, and then having to calculate the rise and fall of <b>...</b>
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Arctic Monkeys - Black Treacle (Live Jonathan Ross Show)
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- Duration: 3:09
- Published: 28 Jan 2012
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: pkrips0791
Arctic Monkeys performing new single Black Treacle from their album 'Suck It and See' live on The Jonathan Ross Show 28th January 2012.
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Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See (Clean Edit)
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- Duration: 3:52
- Published: 17 Sep 2011
- Updated: 16 Mar 2012
- Author: DominoRecords
Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See - Released Monday 31st October 2011. Available on mp3 digital download and 7" vinyl - backed by exclusive new song 'Evil Twin'. Directed by Focus Creeps. For information on pre-orders and upcoming tour dates - www.arcticmonkeys.com
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"M1 Garand Arctic Ops" by Nutnfancy
Cold weather testing of the M1 Garand...in HD. In a perfect mountain basin we set up long engagement steel targets and wring out the M1 in the snow. Say hey again to BuggetNuster, long time friend and TNP crew, who helps me with this mission. Guns are CMP Service and Special Grade Springfield Armory M1s. The work is substantial setting up and making the shots in the wind and the deep snow. But it is an epic shoot with an epic gun in an epic place. We came away again in love with the M1 Garand and its capabilities.///////////////////Music licensed to TNP from El Dudio//////////////////Signed and numbered (50 worldwide) donation shell casings from this shoot availabe at : WWW.NUTNFANCY.BIGCARTEL.COM
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Arctic Report Card 2011
Arctic Report Card: Update for 2011 - Tracking recent environmental changes, with 23 essays on different aspects of the environment, by a team of 112 international authors, and independently peer-reviewed by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme of the Arctic Council. More information and PDF of entire report at www.arctic.noaa.gov
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2012 Arctic Cat Wildcat 1000 Sport UTV
Follow along as Arctic Cat shows us details of the Race-Inspired, Pure-Sport Wildcat 1000 ROV. With industry-leading suspension travel, 13 inches of ground clearance, a full-perimeter frame and the largest displacement engine in its class, the Arctic Cat Wildcat is a full-production version of what was previously re-served for off-road race vehicles. Video includes power and suspension comparisons to Polaris RZR XP and Can-Am Commander 1000. More Wildcat info at: www.UTVGuide.net
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Free To Play Weekly - (ep.39) Hawken, Arctic Combat & More
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- Duration: 6:06
- Published: 13 Feb 2012
- Updated: 13 Mar 2012
- Author: freemmogamer
www.mmobomb.com for the best free MMORPG and MMO Games. This week on Free to Play Weekly Web Fiesta was launched, Hawken will be free to play, Arctic Combat is here, New Gundams arrive in SD Gundam Capsule Fighter Online, Loong Dragonblood, sweet giveaways and much more. Free to Play Weekly is your weekly web show about free to play multiplayer online games from MMOBomb.com. - Free to Play Weekly on iTunes: www.mmobomb.com - Game of the Week: War Inc. Battlezone www.mmobomb.com Giveaways: War Inc. Battlezone 7-Day Booster Giveaway (and more) www.mmobomb.com Seven Souls Online Closed Beta Key Giveaway www.mmobomb.com More Giveaways: www.mmobomb.com - Free to play News www.mmobomb.com - Join our Community and get BombGold coins! www.mmobomb.com - Follow us! Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: www.twitter.com - Other Game News by ScrewAttack: www.screwattack.com FAQ: What are the name of the games in the intro? End of Nations, Raiderz, Black Prophecy, APB Reloaded, Firefall and Vindictus
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The Arctic ( or ) is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost. The area can be defined as north of the Arctic Circle (66° 33'N), the approximate limit of the midnight sun and the polar night. Alternatively, it can be defined as the region where the average temperature for the warmest month (July) is below ; the northernmost tree line roughly follows the isotherm at the boundary of this region.
Socially and politically, the Arctic region includes the northern territories of the eight Arctic states, although by natural science definitions much of this territory is considered subarctic. The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. In recent years the extent of the sea ice has declined. zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants, and human societies.
Etymology
The word Arctic comes from the Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikos''), "near the Bear, arctic, northern" and that from the word ἄρκτος (''arktos''), meaning bear. The name refers either to the constellation Ursa Major, the "Great Bear", which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere, or to the constellation Ursa Minor, the "Little Bear", which contains Polaris, the Pole Star, also known as the North Star.
Climate
The Arctic's climate is characterized by cold winters and cool summers. Precipitation mostly comes in the form of snow. The Arctic's annual precipitation is low, with most of the area receiving less than . High winds often stir up snow, creating the illusion of continuous snowfall. Average winter temperatures can be as low as , and the coldest recorded temperature is approximately . Coastal Arctic climates are moderated by oceanic influences, having generally warmer temperatures and heavier snowfalls than the colder and drier interior areas. The Arctic is affected by current global warming, leading to Arctic shrinkage and Arctic methane release.Due to the poleward migration of the planet's isotherms (about per decade during the past 30 years as a consequence of global warming), the Arctic region (as defined by tree line and temperature) is currently shrinking. Perhaps the most spectacular result of Arctic shrinkage is sea ice loss. There is a large variance in predictions of Arctic sea ice loss, with models showing near-complete to complete loss in September from 2040 to some time well beyond 2100. About half of the analyzed models show near-complete to complete sea ice loss in September by the year 2100.
Biota
Plants
Arctic vegetation is composed of plants such as dwarf shrubs, graminoids, herbs, lichens and mosses, which all grow relatively close to the ground, forming tundra. As one moves northward, the amount of warmth available for plant growth decreases considerably. In the northernmost areas, plants are at their metabolic limits, and small differences in the total amount of summer warmth make large differences in the amount of energy available for maintenance, growth and reproduction. Colder summer temperatures cause the size, abundance, productivity and variety of plants to decrease. Trees cannot grow in the Arctic, but in its warmest parts, shrubs are common and can reach in height; sedges, mosses and lichens can form thick layers. In the coldest parts of the Arctic, much of the ground is bare; non-vascular plants such as lichens and mosses predominate, along with a few scattered grasses and forbs (like the arctic poppy).
Animals
Herbivores on the tundra include the Arctic hare, lemming, muskox, and caribou. They are preyed on by the Arctic fox and wolf. The polar bear is also a predator, though it prefers to hunt for marine life from the ice. There are also many birds and marine species endemic to the colder regions. Other land animals include wolverines, ermines, and Arctic ground squirrels. Marine mammals include seals, walrus, and several species of cetacean—baleen whales and also narwhals, killer whales and belugas.
Natural resources
The Arctic includes sizable natural resources (oil, gas, minerals, fresh water, fish and if the subarctic is included, forest) to which modern technology and the economic opening up of Russia have given significant new opportunities. The interest of the tourism industry is also on the increase.The Arctic is one of the last and most extensive continuous wilderness areas in the world, and its significance in preserving biodiversity and genotypes is considerable. The increasing presence of humans fragments vital habitats. The Arctic is particularly susceptible to the abrasion of groundcover and to the disturbance of the rare reproduction places of the animals that are characteristic to the region. The Arctic also holds 1/5 of the Earth's water supply.
Paleo-history
During the Cretaceous, the Arctic still had seasonal snows, though only a light dusting and not enough to permanently hinder plant growth. Animals such as ''Chasmosaurus'', ''Hypacrosaurus'', ''Troodon'', and ''Edmontosaurus'' may have all migrated north to take advantage of the summer growing season, and migrated south to warmer climes when the winter came. A similar situation may also have been found amongst dinosaurs that lived in Antarctic regions, such as ''Muttaburrasaurus'' of Australia.
Indigenous population
The earliest inhabitants of North America's central and eastern Arctic are referred to as the Arctic small tool tradition (AST) and existed circa 2500 BC. AST consisted of several Paleo-Eskimo cultures, including the Independence cultures and Pre-Dorset culture. The Dorset culture (Inuktitut: ''Tuniit'' or ''Tunit'') refers to the next inhabitants of central and eastern Arctic. The Dorset culture evolved because of technological and economic changes during the period of 1050-550 BC. With the exception of the Quebec/Labrador peninsula, the Dorset culture vanished around 1500 AD. Supported by genetic testing, evidence shows that Dorset culture, known as the Sadlermiut, survived in Aivilik, Southampton and Coats Islands, until the beginning of the 20th century.Dorset/Thule culture transition dates around the 9th-10th centuries. Scientists theorize that there may have been cross-contact of the two cultures with sharing of technology, such as fashioning harpoon heads, or the Thule may have found Dorset remnants and adapted their ways with the predecessor culture. Others believe the Thule displaced the Dorset. By 1300, the Inuit, present-day Arctic inhabitants and descendants of Thule culture, had settled in west Greenland, and moved into east Greenland over the following century. Over time, the Inuit have migrated throughout the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Russia and the United States.
Other Circumpolar North indigenous peoples include the Chukchi, Evenks, Inupiat, Khanty, Koryaks, Nenets, Sami, Yukaghir, and Yupik, who still refer to themselves as Eskimo.
International cooperation and politics
The Arctic region is a focus of international political interest. International Arctic cooperation got underway on a broad scale well over ten years ago. The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), hundreds of scientists and specialists of the Arctic Council, the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and its regional cooperation have compiled high quality information on the Arctic.
Territorial claims
No country owns the geographic North Pole or the region of the Arctic Ocean surrounding it. The surrounding Arctic states that border the Arctic Ocean — Russia, Norway, the United States, Canada and Denmark (via Greenland)—are limited to a economic zone around their coasts.Upon ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a country has ten years to make claims to extend its 200 nautical mile zone. Due to this, Norway (which ratified the convention in 1996), Russia (ratified in 1997), Canada (ratified in 2003) and Denmark (ratified in 2004) launched projects to establish claims that certain Arctic sectors should belong to their territories.
On August 2, 2007, two Russian bathyscaphes, MIR-1 and MIR-2, for the first time in history descended to the Arctic seabed beneath the North Pole and placed there a Russian flag made of rust-proof titanium alloy. The mission was a scientific expedition, but the flag-placing raised concerns of a race for control of the Arctic's vast petroleum resources. (See Arktika 2007.)
Foreign ministers and other officials representing Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the United States met in Ilulissat, Greenland on May 28, 2008 at the Arctic Ocean Conference and announced the Ilulissat Declaration.
Scientific exploration
Since 1937, the whole Arctic region has been extensively explored by Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations. Between 1937 and 1991, 88 polar crews established and occupied scientific settlements on the drift ice and were carried thousands of kilometers by the ice flow.
Pollution
The Arctic is comparatively clean, although there are certain ecologically difficult localized pollution problems that present a serious threat to people’s health living around these pollution sources. Due to the prevailing worldwide sea and air currents, the Arctic area is the fallout region for long-range transport pollutants, and in some places the concentrations exceed the levels of densely populated urban areas. An example of this is the phenomenon of Arctic haze, which is commonly blamed on long-range pollutants. Another example is with the bioaccumulation of PCB's (polychlorinated biphenyls) in Arctic wildlife and people.
Climate change
The Arctic is especially vulnerable to the effects of global warming, as has become apparent in the melting sea ice in recent years. Climate models predict much greater warming in the Arctic than the global average, resulting in significant international attention to the region. In particular, there are concerns that Arctic shrinkage, a consequence of melting glaciers and other ice in Greenland, could soon contribute to a substantial rise in sea levels worldwide. Climate models give a range of predictions of Arctic sea ice loss, showing near-complete to complete loss in September anywhere from 2040 to some time well beyond 2100. About half of the analyzed models show near-complete to complete sea ice loss in September by the year 2100.
In September 2008, the extent of the summer Arctic ice cap was at a near-record low, only 9.01 percent greater than the record low in 2007, and 33.6 percent below the average extent of sea ice from 1979 to 2000.
As the volume of sea ice until recently could not be measured by remote sensing as easy as its extent, numerical models have been made to estimate the ice thickness field between known points, which then is summed up to yield ice volume. The resulting volume over time - plot reveals a much stronger loss of ice than ice extent studies suggest.
The current Arctic shrinkage is leading to fears of Arctic methane release. Release of methane stored in permafrost could cause abrupt and severe global warming, as methane is a potent greenhouse gas. On millennial time-scales, decomposition of methane hydrates in the Arctic seabed could also amplify global warming. Previous methane release events have been linked to the great dying, a mass extinction event at the boundary of the Permian and Triassic, and the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, in which temperatures abruptly increased.
Apart from concerns regarding the detrimental effects of warming in the Arctic, some potential opportunities have gained attention as well. The melting of the ice is making the Northwest Passage, the shipping routes through the northernmost latitudes, more navigable, raising the possibility that the Arctic region will become a prime trade route. In addition, it is believed that the Arctic seabed may contain substantial oil fields which may become accessible if the ice covering them melts. These factors have led to recent international debates as to which nations can claim sovereignty or ownership over the waters of the Arctic.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ''Arctic Report Card'' presents annually updated, peer-reviewed information on recent observations of environmental conditions in the Arctic relative to historical records.
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| Name | Richard Hawley |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth date | January 17, 1967 |
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Instrument | vocals, guitar |
| Genre | Alternative pop, chamber pop, rockabilly, country, crooner |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Label | Mute |
| Associated acts | Treebound Story, Longpigs, Pulp, The Feral Cats |
| Website | http://www.richardhawley.co.uk/ }} |
Richard Hawley (born Richard Willis Hawley, 17 January 1967, Sheffield, England) is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer. After his first band Treebound Story (formed while he was still at school) broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. He later joined the band Pulp, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker. As a solo musician, Hawley has released six studio albums.
Solo career
Impressed by a home demo of his songs, both Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey (a former classmate from Hucklow Middle School) urged Hawley to record his first eponymous mini-album, released in 2000. In 2001, ''Late Night Final'', named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets of the city, was released to positive reviews from the press, if unspectacular sales. Two years later Hawley released ''Lowedges'', named after a suburb of the city that the young Hawley had seen on the destination board of a bus. The ''NME'' called ''Lowedges'' the "first great album of 2003" and it topped an end-of-the-year poll held by Virgin Radio. Critical praise was widespread, leading many big names such as Coldplay, Radiohead and R.E.M. to enthuse about Hawley's work.After the demise of Setanta Records in 2004, Hawley eventually signed to Mute Records, a division of EMI. Legal wrangling delayed ''Coles Corner'', Hawley's fourth release, until September 2005. Again, Hawley mined the theme of his beloved home city, this time referencing the location where courting lovers meet. ''Coles Corner'' eventually gained a nomination for the Mercury Prize in 2006. Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, whose debut album won the prize, famously exclaimed "Someone call 999, Richard Hawley's been robbed!"
Hawley's 2007 album ''Lady's Bridge'' (again named with a Sheffield reference - Lady's Bridge is in the centre of Sheffield) was released in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2007. He performed a 16-date tour during September 2007 to promote the album. Merchandising on the tour included the usual t-shirts and posters, but also special edition bottles of Sheffield-made Henderson's Relish. The bottles featured the album's artwork, and a note that it gave extra flavour to meat, fish, soups, pies, casseroles and vegetables. Hawley previously used the relish to promote ''Coles Corner''.
On 14 January 2008, Hawley was nominated for his first solo Brit Award for Best British Male Performer. Hawley was a headlining act at the 2008 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim in Spain. Hawley claimed that it was the best festival audience he had ever played to. Hawley recently produced, with Colin Elliot, and contributed two songs to the album ''Made in Sheffield'', a compilation of songs by Sheffield-based songwriters for Tony Christie.
''Truelove's Gutter'', Richard's sixth studio album, was released on Mute Records on 21 September 2009. The album was nominated for, and won the Mojo record of the year.
His song "Don't Get Hung Up In Your Soul" was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week for 17 November 2009. and "Open Up Your Door" currently features as the soundtrack song to the Haagen-Dazs ice cream TV commercial in the UK.
Hawley's track "Tonight The Streets Are Ours" was chosen as the title track for the Oscar nominated 2010 Banksy film "Exit Through The Gift Shop" which premièred at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2010.
Session work
Hawley has also worked with several musicians, including Hank Marvin, A Girl Called Eddy, and Jarvis Cocker (and his Relaxed Muscle project). He played the guitar solo on All Saints' cover version of "Under the Bridge," and co-wrote Robbie Williams' song "Clean" from his debut album ''Life Thru a Lens''.Praise from R.E.M.'s Mike Mills led to him being approached to support the group on several concert dates in 2005. After contributing to Nancy Sinatra's 2004 self-titled album, Hawley supported her on a European tour in 2005.
In 1991, Hawley auditioned to be a guitarist in Morrissey's live band, but was rejected after he started singing "One Night" by Elvis Presley during his audition.
Hawley provided vocals for "Bad Woman," a B-side to Arctic Monkeys' single "Teddy Picker," released on 3 December 2007. He also co-wrote and provided vocals and guitar to the song "The Fix" on Elbow's Mercury Prize-winning 2008 album ''The Seldom Seen Kid''. Hawley also performed the song with the band at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2008, on ''The Culture Show'' in June 2008, at Elbow's homecoming gigs in Manchester in 2008, Wembley Arena in March 2009, Blackpool's Empress Ballroom in March 2009 and at the MEN Arena in September 2009. He reprised his collaboration with Elbow on 17 January 2009 for a special recording of ''The Seldom Seen Kid'' with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, which was subsequently released as a special edition CD and DVD set titled ''The Seldom Seen Kid Live at Abbey Road'' in March 2009.
Hawley's song "Baby, You're My Light" was included on the CD soundtrack for the 2008 film ''Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist''. Hawley himself made an appearance in the 2007 film ''Flick''.
The song "Roll River Roll" from the Lady's Bridge album was used as the Theme tune to the TV show "Getting On"
Hawley occasionally gigs with The Feral Cats, a side project that enables him to explore his interest in rockabilly music.
October 2009, Hawley was joined on stage by Lisa Marie Presley in London for an encore, she sang vocals on a song the pair have been working on called 'Weary'. Hawley wants to help Presley relaunch her music career, and the two have embarked on a songwriting partnership in which Lisa Marie writes the lyrics and Hawley the music. In a new interview Presley said that she is currently recording a new album in London.
Discography
Albums
Singles & EPs
Treebound Story singles
References
"I Remember" (1986) (FON)
External links
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| name | Adam Beach |
|---|---|
| birthname | Adam Ruebin Beach |
| birth date | November 11, 1972 |
| birth place | Ashern, Manitoba, Canada |
| yearsactive | 1990–present |
| spouse | Meredith Porter (1999, divorced 2002,2 children)Tara Mason (July 5, 2003, divorced 2007) |
| homepage | }} |
He is best known for his roles as Tommy on ''Walker, Texas Ranger'', Kickin' Wing in ''Joe Dirt'', Marine Private First Class Ira Hayes in ''Flags of Our Fathers'', Private Ben Yazzie in ''Windtalkers'', Dr. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) in ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'', Chester Lake in ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and Officer Jim Chee in the film adaptions of ''Skinwalkers'', ''Coyote Waits'', and ''A Thief of Time''.
Early life
Born in Ashern, Manitoba, Adam Beach grew up with his two brothers on the Dog Creek First Nations Reserve at Lake Manitoba. When he was eight, his mother, Sally Beach, who was eight months pregnant with a girl, was killed by a drunk driver. Eight weeks after her death, his alcoholic father, Dennis Beach, drowned. Since he was drunk at the time, it is unclear whether his death was an accident, or if he committed suicide. Beach and his two brothers initially went to live with their grandmother, who had spent her own childhood in one of the infamous Indian residential schools. He lived with his grandmother from age 8 to 12. Five years after their parents' deaths, the three brothers were taken to Winnipeg to live with an aunt and uncle; Agnes and Chris Beach (his father's brother). He refers to his uncle Chris as "dad".Beach attended a drama class at Gordon Bell High School. He began performing in local theatre productions, and eventually dropped out of school to take a lead role at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People.
Career
At age 18, Beach won a small role in the miniseries ''Lost in the Barrens'', based on the Farley Mowat novel. In the following years, he continued to work in local theatre and guest-starred on television shows like ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' and ''Touched by an Angel''. Shortly afterwards, Beach was cast as a regular on the television shows ''North of 60'' and ''The Rez''.After his performance in ''Dance Me Outside'' he starred in ''Smoke Signals'', which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He took a small role in Disney's ''Mystery, Alaska'' in 1999 and in 2000 accepted a role in the thriller, ''The Last Stop''. Beach then appeared in ''The Art of Woo'' and the 2001 hit ''Joe Dirt'' as Kicking Wing, a Native American fireworks salesman.
In 2002, ''Windtalkers'', starring Beach, came out in theatres. To prepare for this role, Beach spent six months learning the Navajo language. He was also able to use this skill in his next project, ''Skinwalkers'', directed by Chris Eyre, who gave him his breakout role in ''Smoke Signals''.
Between large-scale projects, Beach made small television appearances on such shows as ''JAG'' and ''Third Watch''. Also, in 2003, he returned to the character that he first portrayed in ''Skinwalkers'' in the movie ''Coyote Waits''. He also made a guest appearance in the hit show ''The Dead Zone'' as a Native shaman (in the episode "Shaman").
In 2006, Beach portrayed Ira Hayes in Clint Eastwood's feature film ''Flags of Our Fathers''. During the filming of this movie, both Beach's grandmother and his best friend died. Beach commented, "And if you add those up, there's a lot of emotion. When you're doing a movie, when you let go emotionally, there's nothing to grab onto," he said about the deaths. About playing the part, Beach said, "For me, playing Ira was a meaningful relationship. I would call it – trying to find out how he was, or how he thought and felt". The movie won two Academy Award nominations and Beach was nominated for multiple Best Supporting Actor honors.
In 2007, Beach starred in HBO Films' adaptation of Dee Brown's history, ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee''. In the film, Beach portrays the Sioux advocate, author and medical doctor Charles Eastman (Dakota name, Ohiyesa) and his changing understanding of Aboriginal-US relations during the period leading up to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
In addition to starring in the Canadian television series ''Moose TV'', Beach is executive-producing and starring in the movie ''Older Than America'', the independent feature filmed in Cloquet, Minnesota mostly on the Fond du Lac Ojibwe reservation. He also joined the cast of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Detective Chester Lake for the show's ninth season after guest-starring in season eight. However, in April 2008, ''TV Guide'' announced that he would not return for the show's tenth season.
In 2006, Beach unsuccessfully attempted to run for the leadership of his Lake Manitoba First Nation, but has stated he will try again during the next election.
Starting in 2009, Beach plays a supporting role on the HBO series, ''Big Love'' as a manager in an Indian casino with Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton).
On February 10, 2010 it was announced that Beach will portray Tommy Prince, the Canadian war hero, in an upcoming movie about his life. According to Bay Film Studios, the movie will be a "true account of Canada's most highly decorated First Nations soldier." Beach said he is honoured to portray Prince, calling him a positive role model for all First Nations.
Personal life
Beach has two sons, Noah (born 1996) and Luke (born 1998), with his first wife Meredith Porter. He also has one daughter, Phoenix, born October 2008 with partner Summer. Briefly dated Tania Jacko in 2010.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award| | Category | Film | Result | ||
| rowspan="2" | 1995 | American Indian Film Festival| | Best Actor | ''Dance Me Outside'' | < | |
| First American in the Arts Awards | Best Actor| | ''My Indian Summer'' | ||||
| 1998 | San Diego World Film Festival| | Best Actor | Smoke Signals (film)>Smoke Signals'' | |||
| rowspan="2">2006 | Broadcast Film Critics Association| | Best Supporting Actor | rowspan="2"Flags of Our Fathers (film) | Flags of Our Fathers'' |>< | ||
| Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actor | |||||
| 2007 | American Indian Film Festival| | Best Actor | ''Luna: Spirit of the Whale'' | |||
| rowspan="2">2008 | Golden Globe Award| | Best Actor — Mini-Series or Television Film | rowspan="2"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film) | Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee'' |> | ||
| Image Awards | Outstanding Actor | |||||
Filmography
| width="50px" | Year | Title | Role | ! Notes |
| 1990 | ''Lost in the Barrens'' | Hunting Party Member | ||
| 1993 | ''Spirit Rider''| | Paul LeBlanc | ||
| 1994 | ''Squanto: A Warrior's Tale''| | Squanto | Patuxet | |
| 1995 | ''''| | Billy Little Plume | ||
| 1995 | ''Dance Me Outside''| | Frank Fencepost | Ojibwa | |
| 1995 | ''My Indian Summer''| | Ben | ||
| 1996 | ''''| | Charlie | Ojibwa | |
| 1996 | ''Coyote Summer''| | Rafe Acuna | ||
| 1997 | ''Song of Hiawatha''| | Chibiabos | Seneca nation>Seneca | |
| 1998 | ''Smoke Signals (film)Smoke Signals'' || | Victor Joseph | Spokane (tribe)>Spokane | |
| 1999 | ''Mystery, AlaskaMystery, Alaska'' || | Galin Winetka | ||
| 2000 | ''''| | Jason | ||
| 2001 | ''Joe Dirt''| | Kicking Wing | ||
| 2001 | ''Now & Forever''| | John Myron | Cree | |
| 2001 | ''''| | Ben Crowchild | ||
| 2002 | ''Windtalkers''| | Private Ben Yahzee | Navajo people>Navajo | |
| 2002 | ''Skinwalkers (2002 film)Skinwalkers'' || | Officer Jim Chee | Navajo people>Navajo | |
| 2002 | ''Posers''| | Sinclair | ||
| 2003 | ''Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story''| | John Joseph Harper | Oji-Cree | |
| 2003 | ''''| | Randy | ||
| 2003 | ''Coyote Waits''| | Officer Jim Chee | Navajo people>Navajo | |
| 2004 | ''''| | Officer Jim Chee | Navajo people>Navajo | |
| 2004 | ''Sawtooth''| | Jim | ||
| 2005 | ''Johnny Tootall''| | Johnny Tootall | Nuu-chah-nulth people>Nuu-chah-nulth | |
| 2005 | ''Four Brothers (film)Four Brothers'' || | Chief | uncredited | |
| 2006 | ''Flags of Our Fathers (film)Flags of Our Fathers'' || | Ira Hayes | Pima | |
| 2007 | ''Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee'' || | Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) | Sioux | |
| 2007 | ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''| | Chester Lake (Law & Order)>Det. Chester Lake | Mohawk nation>Mohawk | |
| 2007 | ''Moose TV''| | George Keeshig | Cree | |
| 2007 | ''Luna: Spirit of the Whale''| | Mike Maquinna | Mowachaht-Muchalaht | |
| 2008 | ''Comanche Moon (TV miniseries)Comanche Moon'' || | Blue Duck | Comanche | |
| 2008 | ''Turok: Son of Stone''| | Turok | Voice role | |
| 2008 | ''Older than America''| | Johnny | Ojibwa | |
| 2008 | ''Help''| | Max | ||
| 2008 | ''Wapos Bay: The Series''| | Himself | Voice role | |
| 2009 | ''Warrior''| | Sgt. Major Duke Wayne | ||
| 2010 | ''Big Love''| | Tommy Flute | Blackfoot | |
| 2010 | ''''| | Mason | ||
| 2010 | ''Hawaii Five-0''| | Navy Seal Graham | Guest Star | |
| 2011 | ''Cowboys & Aliens (film)Cowboys & Aliens '' || | Nat Colorado | Supporting Role | |
| 2011 | ''Tommy Prince: Prince of the Devils''| | Tommy Prince | ||
| 2011 | Combat Hospital| | Snake Eater |
See also
References
External links
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| name | Jonathan Ross |
|---|---|
| birth name | Jonathan Stephen Ross |
| birth date | November 17, 1960 |
| birth place | Camden, London, England |
| nationality | British |
| occupation | Broadcaster, film critic |
| years active | 1987–present |
| spouse | |
| children | 2 daughters, 1 son |
| parents | Martha Ross }} |
Ross began his television career as a programme researcher, before débuting as a television presenter for ''The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross'' on Channel 4 in 1987. Over the next decade he had several radio and television roles, many through his own production company, Channel X. In 1995 he sold his stake in Channel X, and embarked on a career with the BBC. In 1999, Ross took over presenting the ''Film'' programme from Barry Norman, and also began presenting his own radio show, while two years later he began hosting ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''. For the chat show, Ross won three British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards for Best Entertainment Performance, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. By 2006 Ross was believed to be the BBC's highest paid star. In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting. Ross has been involved in controversies throughout his broadcasting career. As a result, in 2008 he wrote a semi-autobiographical work titled ''Why Do I Say These Things?'', detailing some of his life experiences.
Ross has been married to the author, journalist and broadcaster Jane Goldman since 1988; they have three children. Ross and Goldman have together established the television production company Hotsauce TV. Ross is known as an avid fan and collector of comic books and memorabilia, and has written his own comic book, ''Turf''. Ross is known for his distinctive voice, flamboyant style of dress, and his light-hearted banter. He is also known for his characteristic difficulty in pronouncing the sound 'r'.
Personal
Ross was born in Camden, London, England on 17 November 1960, a son of British actress and radio presenter Martha Ross. He grew up in Leytonstone and is the brother of journalist, television editor, and media personality Paul Ross; TV producer/actor Miles Ross; TV producer Simon Ross, and music industry professional Adam Ross. He was educated at Norlington School for Boys, a comprehensive school at the same time as his elder brother Paul, and at Leyton County High School for Boys, a comprehensive school. He also attended Southampton College of Art, now known as Southampton Solent University. He then studied Modern European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University of London.
Ross married author/journalist/broadcaster Jane Goldman, nine years his junior, in 1988, when Goldman was 18. They have since had three children: Betty Kitten (named after Bettie Page), Harvey Kirby (named after Jack Kirby, a comic book creator whom Ross especially admires), and Honey Kinney. The family lives in Hampstead Garden Suburb.
Ross and others have used his rhotacism for comic effect and he is sometimes known as "Wossy," including on his Twitter feed (@wossy).
Ross is known for owning exotic pets. He is a big music fan and the first band he saw live was punk rockers X-Ray Spex at Islington's Hope and Anchor pub in North London. He is a big fan of David Bowie, Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry, Queen (he was in the audience for Queen at Wembley), British punk rock, Spandau Ballet, Sparks, ''Star Trek'', ''Doctor Who'' (his favourite Doctor was Jon Pertwee), and comic books. Ross has even co-owned a comic shop in London with Paul Gambaccini and released ''Turf'', his first comic book, in 2010, with American artist Tommy Lee Edwards. He was also the visual inspiration for the main character in the comic book ''Saviour''. Ross is also greatly interested in Japan, presenting a BBC-TV series on many different aspects of Japanese culture, ''Japanorama'', for three series between 2002–07. He was a regular at London's ''Blitz'' club during the early 1980s (famous for the Blitz Kids). He is a fan and friend of the singers Morrissey and George Michael.
He is a close friend of comedian Ricky Gervais and bought him a kitten after Gervais' previous cat, Colin, had died. The cat's name is Ollie and was presented to him on an episode of Ross' talk show ''Friday Night With Jonathan Ross''. He was one of the special celebrity guests in the final episode of Gervais's second season of ''Extras'', in which Gervais's character, Andy Millman, and Ross were shown to be the best of friends after a fictional appearance on ''Friday Night With Jonathan Ross''.
He is also a friend of author Neil Gaiman, and he and his wife appear in Gaiman's short story "The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch", collected in ''Fragile Things''.
In 2005, Ross was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. He celebrated the news by playing "God Save the Queen" by the Sex Pistols on his Radio 2 show.
When talking to Colin Farrell on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' on 19 February 2010, Ross claimed not to have consumed alcohol for ten years.
Ross has attended a fund raiser for the James Randi Educational Foundation called ''The Amazing Meeting'' in London in 2009 and 2010. Interviewed by Rebecca Watson, Ross described himself as a big fan of James Randi and the other speakers – who were mainly prominent sceptics – and said that he and his wife had come to have a sceptical view of the world. Ross has been supportive of Simon Singh's efforts to defend an accusation of libel by the British Chiropractic Association and Ross has posed for the ''Geek Calendar 2011'', a fund raiser for the libel reform in the UK.
At a book signing event in Central London in September 2010, Ross stated that as a youngster he went to school in Leyton (Leyton Senior High School) and supports Leyton Orient F.C.
On 6 June 2011, it was announced that Ross' beloved pug Mr Pickle had been killed in an accident on board a train while Ross was filming a new travelogue show for ITV. Mr Pickle was well known to both viewers and listeners of Ross' TV and radio shows.
Career
Child actor
Following the acting lead of his mother, who appeared as an extra on television shows such as ''East Enders'', Ross appeared in television ads as a child actor. His first, for the breakfast cereal Kellogg's Rice Krispies, gave him his television debut in 1970, when he was 10 years old. He also appeared in an ad for the laundry detergent Persil.
Early career
Ross began his adult career as a researcher on the Channel 4 show ''Loose Talk''. After leaving this, he worked on various other shows before beginning another research job on ''Soul Train'', which became ''Solid Soul''. It is believed his first appearance on television was as an extra in the 1981 ''It Ain't Half Hot, Mum'' episode, ''The Last Roll Call''.
Channel X: 1987–95
Whilst on ''Solid Soul'', he met fellow researcher Alan Marke, and the two devised what would prove to be a breakthrough hit for Ross in 1987, ''The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross''.The pair based their concept on the successful American show ''Late Night with David Letterman'', and formed a new production company called Channel X, to produce a pilot. Ross was not originally slated as the show's host, but with little time to find one Jonathan Ross stepped in and made his television debut on the show in January 1987.
While the series was initially a co-production with Colin Calendar, ownership transferred to Marke and Ross, meaning that the latter retained a great deal of control as well as being presenter. The show proved popular for both Ross and for Channel 4, making him one of the major personalities on the channel.
A year later, his documentary series ''The Incredibly Strange Film Show'' introduced many to the works of cult filmmakers like Sam Raimi and Jackie Chan.
In 1989, he co-presented the biennial BBC charity telethon ''Comic Relief'', the same year he launched ''One Hour with Jonathan Ross'' a short lived chat show on Channel 4, most notable for the game show segment "Knock down ginger" which introduced comedians such as Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson to television.
In 1991, he presented the annual ''British Comedy Awards'' on ITV. He has presented the event each year since, but in 2008 announced he would be stepping down from the role following his suspension from the BBC. In 1992 he presented an interview with Madonna about her ''Erotica'' album and ''Sex Book'' promotion.
In 1993, he was the narrator for ''FIA Formula One 1993 Season Review'' video.
Ross has appeared in numerous television entertainment programmes on several channels throughout the 1990s and 2000s. He was a regular panellist on the sports quiz ''They Think It's All Over'', and hosted the panel game ''It's Only TV...But I Like It''. Other projects include the BBC joke-quiz ''Gagtag'', the Channel 4 variety show ''Saturday Zoo'', new-acts showcase ''The Big Big Talent Show'', and the ITV programme ''Fantastic Facts''.
In 1995 he left Channel X, despite its profitable nature. He was quoted in a 1998 article as stating:
Television 1995–2006
In 1995 he presented ''Mondo Rosso'', a programme about old ''cult'' films. He took over presenting of the Film programme, the BBC's long-running cinema review series, in 1999 after Barry Norman left the show. Ross himself has made a number of cameo appearances in films, playing himself in the Spice Girls' film ''Spice World'' (1997) and voicing the character of Doris in the UK version of ''Shrek 2'' (2004). He also played himself in ''Only Fools and Horses'', presenting ''Goldrush'', a fictional television quiz on which the main character, Del, was a contestant. In 2001 he voiced characters in two episodes of the animated comedy series ''Rex the Runt''. In the 30 October episode of ''Film 2006'', Ross also claimed that he had appeared as an extra in the 1981 film 'The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin', as an Israeli soldier raiding Entebbe Airport. He also appeared on the first pilot show for ''Shooting Stars'', acting as a team captain.
BBC Radio: 1999–2010
Ross began presenting a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2 in 1999. He has also presented radio shows for BBC Radio 1 and Virgin Radio (having previously worked on Richard Branson's earlier venture, ''Radio Radio''), as well as the now-defunct commercial radio network service ''The Superstation'', where his producer was Chris Evans.From 23 May 2009, Ross' BBC Radio 2 show was pre-recorded 24 hours before broadcast. This decision was made to make the show more watertight and, according to the press, to make sure any of Ross's off-the-cuff comments might be edited out.
Ross' show on Radio 2 last aired on 17 July 2010 when his contract at the BBC ended.
''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'': 2001–10
On 2 November 2001, Ross began presenting his chat show ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''.In 2005, Ross anchored the BBC television coverage of the Live 8 concerts. Later that year he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. He celebrated the news by playing "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols (which was banned by the BBC when released in 1977) on his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show. On 21 June 2006 Ross was made a Fellow of University College London, where he studied.
In early 2006, Ross announced that after eight years he was quitting his regular panellist seat on the sport/comedy quiz show ''They Think It's All Over'', stating:
However, after Ross' departure, only two more episodes of the show were made before it was cancelled.
In January 2006 he presented ''Jonathan Ross' Asian Invasion'', broadcast on BBC Four. The three-part documentary followed Ross as he explored the film industry in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, interviewing directors and showcasing clips. His interest in Asian culture and his self confessed love for anime and video games led him to making three series of BBC Three show ''Japanorama'', as well as producing another series for the same channel called ''Adam and Joe Go Tokyo'', starring Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish. He produced the latter programme through his own production company Hot Sauce.
In June 2006, a bidding war was sparked between BBC and other broadcasters for Ross' services. Although other broadcasters were unsuccessful in poaching Ross, it is believed that their bids were higher than the BBC during negotiations. ITV, who bid for Ross, poached chat host Michael Parkinson around the same time. Ross became the highest paid television personality in Britain, when a new BBC contract secured his services until 2010, for a reported £18 million (£6 million per year).
On 25 June 2006, he performed at the Children's Party at the Palace for the Queen's 80th birthday. In August 2006, Ross was enlisted to ask the first question since the transition from beta for the Yahoo Answers in UK and Ireland. On 16 March 2007, Ross hosted Comic Relief 2007 alongside Fearne Cotton and Lenny Henry. On 7 July 2007 Ross presented at the Live Earth concert.
Starting on 10 September 2007 he presented the BBC Four series ''Comics Britannia'', about the history of the British comic. This forms the core of a Comics Britannia season, which includes another documentary, ''In Search of Steve Ditko'', by Ross.
In May 2008, Ross won the Sony Gold Award "Music Radio Personality of the Year".
On 3 August 2008, on BBC1, he hosted ''Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army''.
In 2010, Ross took part in ''Channel 4's Comedy Gala'', a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.
On 7 April 2010, Ross' first comic book was published. Turf was written by Jonathan himself and drawn by artist Tommy Lee Edwards. In 2011, Ross wrote an introduction for ''The Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1'', a collection of work by the American comics artist featured in Ross' 2007 documentary.
In one of his last appearances on the show, Ross was bundled on repeatedly by Gary Lineker, Ross Noble, Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett & Tinie Tempah, after a performance of Gorillaz' iconic song "Clint Eastwood" & "On Melancholy Hill".
Leaving the BBC (2010)
On 7 January 2010, Ross confirmed that he would leave the BBC in July 2010, having decided not to renegotiate his contract. This would see him leave all his regular BBC roles, namely his Friday night chat show, Radio 2 show and a film review programme, although he would be continuing with some specials, such as Comic Relief and the BAFTA Awards.Explaining the decision, Ross said:
Although I have had a wonderful time working for the BBC, and am very proud of the shows I have made while there, over the last two weeks I have decided not to re-negotiate when my current contract comes to an end. While there, I have worked with some of the nicest and most talented people in the industry and had the opportunity to interview some of the biggest stars in the world, and am grateful to the BBC for such a marvellous experience. I would like to make it perfectly clear that no negotiations ever took place and that my decision is not financially motivated
The decision came a day after it was announced that Graham Norton had signed a two year deal with the BBC, and the BBC's media correspondent Torin Douglas speculated Norton would be a ready-made replacement for Ross's chat show role, while Mark Kermode of BBC Radio 5 Live was a potential successor in the film review role, but that "replacing Ross on radio will be harder". Ross last appeared on the film programme in Episode 10 of ''Film 2010 with Jonathan Ross'' aired on 17 March 2010. After Kermode publicly ruled himself out on 26 March, Claudia Winkleman was announced 30 March 2010 as his replacement as host of ''the Film programme'', who was to host Film 2010 from September 2010.
Ross's final ''Friday Night'' chat show episode aired on 16 July 2010, with David Beckham, Jackie Chan, Mickey Rourke and Roxy Music as guests. Ross ended the show with an affectionate tribute to his guests and to the audience, while mentioning that he had promised his friend Morrissey that he would remain composed and "wouldn't cry". His final Radio 2 show was broadcast the following day. Patrick Kielty initially took over Ross' Radio 2 slot from 24 July 2010 after which Graham Norton took over permanently.
2010 onwards (ITV and Cinemoi)
On 14 December 2010, Jonathan Ross announced his creative partnership with CineMoi, the UK's first and only independent French film channel. His deal with the company gives him a multi-faceted role as presenter, producer, creative director and shareholder in the company. A life long cinephile Ross has a unique perspective on French film and hopes to encourage 'first-timers' to explore a world of film that differs slightly from that of the regular Hollywood fare.On 19 December 2010, Ross presented a three hour Channel 4 list show, ''100 Greatest Toys'', with the broadcaster describing Ross as a "huge toy enthusiast with a private collection that would rival any museum's."
In 2011, he presented ''Penn & Teller: Fool Us'' on ITV, a collaboration with magicians Penn & Teller.
Ross's new chat show ''The Jonathan Ross Show'' began on 3 September 2011 on ITV1, drawing an audience of 4.3m viewers, compared to the 4.6m for his finale on the BBC show. The first series will run for thirteen weeks. Speaking about the new show, Ross said: "I am thrilled and excited that after a short break I will be rolling up my sleeves and creating a brand new show for ITV1."
Controversies
BBC contract
In April 2006, Ross, along with other BBC personalities, had details of his fees leaked to the tabloid press. It was claimed at the time, by a then unidentified BBC mole, that Ross earned £530,000 (equivalent to £10,000 per show) per year for hosting his Radio 2 show. While refusing to comment specifically on the leak in line with the BBC policy on the matter, Ross did hint during his radio show that the figure was exaggerated; in addition to this, any pay highlighted as being 'his' would actually be split between himself and his producer/co-presenter on the show, Andy Davies.
David Cameron interview
In June 2006, when Conservative Party leader David Cameron appeared on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'', Ross began a line of questioning relating to Conservative ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, culminating in the question "Did you or did you not have a wank thinking of Margaret Thatcher?". Ross was defended by the BBC publicly, but repeat showings of the interview have been banned.
Heather Mills comment
In 2006, Ross was criticised when he made a joke against Heather Mills, soon after she and Paul McCartney announced they were to divorce. He branded Mills, who only has one leg, a "fucking liar" and that he "wouldn't be surprised if we found out she's actually got two legs".
"1,000 journalists" comment
On 5 December 2007, Ross joked at the ''British Comedy Awards'' that his salary meant that he was "apparently worth 1,000 BBC journalists". His quip came shortly after the BBC had announced plans for more than 2,000 jobs cuts, and was condemned as "obscene" by the general secretary of the National Union of Journalists. Ross has denied this saying that he was commenting on a piece that was written in a newspaper about his salary being that of 1,000 journalists:"You know where that came from? The newspapers. After the fee was announced, they said, 'The BBC says he's worth 1,000 journalists', so on the Comedy Awards I made a joke that began, 'Apparently I'm worth 1,000 journalists according to the newspapers.' Every time it's quoted, is the word 'apparently' ever used? Which does change the meaning somewhat."
The Russell Brand Show and Andrew Sachs
Following a guest appearance by Ross on ''The Russell Brand Show'' broadcast on 18 October 2008, Ross was suspended for 12 weeks without pay by the BBC on 29 October, after a series of answer phone messages were left for 79-year-old actor Andrew Sachs regarding Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie, by Russell Brand and Ross, which were broadcast on the pre-recorded show. After little initial interest, a media story about the calls generated a high number of complaints. Brand resigned from the BBC, while Ross was suspended without pay. BBC director general Mark Thompson stated that Ross should take the disciplinary action as a "final warning". The BBC was later fined £150,000 by Britain's broadcast regulator for airing the calls.On 21 November 2008, the BBC Trust said that the phone calls were a "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification". The trust gave its backing to Ross's 12 week suspension but recommended that no further action be taken against him. He returned to work in January, and the first episode of a new series of ''Friday Night With Jonathan Ross'' with guests Tom Cruise, Stephen Fry and Lee Evans, and music from Franz Ferdinand, was broadcast on 23 January 2009.
Gwyneth Paltrow interview
The BBC Trust ruled that Ross’ interview with Gwyneth Paltrow, broadcast on 2 May 2008, breached editorial guidelines. They ruled that bad language in an episode of Ross's pre-recorded BBC1 chat show, ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'', in which the presenter told Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow he "would fuck her" was "gratuitous and unnecessarily offensive". The trust said it disagreed with the judgement made by BBC management that the episode should be broadcast uncensored, adding that the comment was made in an "overly sexual way" and that it had upheld a number of complaints made about the edition of ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''. The trust reminded BBC staff that "the casual gratuitous use of the most offensive language is not acceptable on the BBC in accordance with the BBC's existing guidelines and practices", adding that "this particularly applies in entertainment programmes".
''Hannah Montana'' comment
On 13 May 2009, Ross was accused of homophobia after a comment he made on his radio show. In which he said,
If your son asks for a ''Hannah Montana'' MP3 player, then you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption in later life, when they settle down with their partner.
An incorrect version of this quote was also circulated, in which Ross was accused of saying:
If your son asks for a Hannah Montana MP3 player, you might want to already think about putting him down for adoption before he brings his … erm … partner home.
Ofcom received 61 complaints following the comment. A representative from the BBC defended Ross saying the comment was made "purely in jest" and that "Jonathan is not homophobic in any sense and never meant for his comments to be taken seriously." On 7 July 2009, Ofcom ruled that Ross did not breach the broadcasting code. They wrote in their opinion that "the comment was clearly presented as a joke intended to make light of the reactions that some parents may have if their child chooses a toy that is very widely recognised to be designed and marketed for the opposite sex" and that the nature of the joke and tone and manner in which it was presented "made clear that it was not intended to be hostile or pejorative towards the gay community in general." Stonewall criticised the ruling; saying "the fact that a comment is light-hearted does not absolve it from perpetuating the stereotypes that lead to homophobic bullying."
Video games
| Year | ! Video game | ! Role | ! Notes |
| 2007 | ''Halo 3'' | UNSC Marine | |
| 2010 | ''Fable III''| | Barry Hatch |
Honours and Awards
2006, made a Fellow of University College, London (UCL), into which his alma mater, SSEES, had been absorbed.
References
Further reading
External links
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