High Arctic Research Station
Cambridge Bay will be the location of Canada's new High Arctic Research Station, as was announced by Prime Minister Harper on 24 August 2010. This station will be built as an integral part of Canada's Northern Stategy and serves political purposes, such as asserting Canada's sovereignty in the high north, as much as concrete research objectives. Cambridge Bay was chosen after a feasibility study that also included Pond Inlet and Resolute Bay as potential locations. It will be a year-round, multidisciplinary facility exploring the cutting-edge of Arctic science and technology issues; opening is foreseen in 2017. Total costs are as yet unknown, but pre-construction design alone is budgeted at 18 million (Canadian) dollars.
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