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In June 2008, The Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources visted the communities of Norman Wells and Yellowknife, NWT, in order to learn about the effects of climate change and resource extraction in the Western Arctic.
Photos courtesy of Tom Smith, office of The Hon. Tommy Banks.