The supermajor said on Wednesday that it voluntarily contributed more than 8625 square kilometres of offshore permits in the waters of Baffin Bay, near Lancaster Sound.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada subsequently released the permits to the Canadian government, thereby facilitating a marine conservation initiative.
A federal proposal for a national marine conservation area in Lancaster Sound currently includes 44,500 square kilometres of marine territory that encompasses most of Lancaster Sound, which is the eastern entrance to the Northwest Passage and is home to belugas, narwhals, seals, walrus and many other Arctic animals.
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