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The unique vessel is to make its maiden voyage into icy waters in the course of Russia's chairmanship period in the Arctic Council.

Top officials in Moscow are at odds over the projected construction of a major fleet of search and rescue vessels for the Northern Sea Route.

A new development program for national park Russkaya Arktika includes a staff boost of 30 percent and the opening of 9 new museum sites for visiting tourists.

The Arktika has for the first time escorted a ship to the LNG terminal in Sabetta.

The unprecedented low levels of Arctic sea-ice this summer enabled survey ship Professor Logachev to smoothly study vast areas of seabed as part of the Arctic Connect project.

Increased shipping in the Arctic leads to bigger risk of pollution unless the International Maritime Organization (IMO) takes action and ends the use of dirty shipping fuel.

Lifting the instruments out of the ice-covered waters was a demanding job, but the scientists now have a year of collected data important for understanding the Arctic Ocean climate changes.

The diesel-engined Viktor Chernomyrdin has officially entered service in the Baltic Sea. It might never be seen in Arctic waters.

KV Svalbard is called in to recover three moored instruments vital for measuring temperatures throughout the Arctic Ocean. The job was supposed to be done by the the United States' Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Healy, now at repair after suffering a fire and propulsion failure in August.

Minister of the Far East and Arctic Aleksandr Kozlov leaves no doubt that shipments on the Northern Sea Route will reach 80 million tons in 2024. Far from all government colleagues agree.

Strong voices argue that the Severnaya Zemlya should be named after the last ruler of the Russian Empire.

With ice edge at record north this autumn, the distance to the top of the world wasn’t too difficult for nuclear-powered Arktika on her maiden voyage.