A pipeline spill in northern Alberta just south of the Northwest Territories border has resulted in some 60,000 barrels of oil, salt water and other industrial byproducts being released into the sub-Arctic muskeg, the northern term for low-lying boglands

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The spill was first reported by the pipeline's owner, Houston-based Apache, on Jun. 1. But because of the remoteness of the location, the spill's size was not immediately reported to Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board.