1.   At first glance, the Northwest Territories route, which would follow the Arctic coast to the Mackenzie River delta and south to Alberta, makes more sense.

2.   Polar bears, a protected marine mammal, hibernate in higher numbers in the refuge than anywhere else along the Arctic coast.

3.   With the Russian icebreaker fleet immobilized by lack of fuel, the shipping lanes along the Arctic coast are freezing shut.

4.   Norway has expressed concern that the waste could be transported by ship near its Arctic coast.

5.   Russian authorities may have lost track of similar strontium batteries powering navigational beacons on the Pacific and Arctic coasts.

6.   The skiers, all women experienced in Arctic trips, were to be taken by plane to the village of Khatanga on the Arctic coast.

7.   The tundra parcel is located between the Brooks Range and the Arctic coast.

8.   The village of Kaktovik lies on the flat, frozen tundra of the Arctic coast, thousands of miles from the courtrooms of Tallahassee and Washington, D.C.

9.   The women were to be taken by plane to the village of Khatanga on the Arctic coast Friday.