It must be able to carry at least 100,000 tons and sail across the icy waters of the Northern Sea Route, says deputy head of the Russian state nuclear power company.
After the floating dock SD-50 sank at Roslyakovo yard north of Murmansk last fall “Sevmorput” now had to sail all around Scandinavia to St. Petersburg to find a dock large enough.
This Arctic beauty spot will remain exactly that; a beauty spot.
State experts approve VostokCoal’s plans to export millions of tons of black rocks from the Taymyr Peninsula, but the grand project might not materialize.
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A new research report shows that the Arctic is under threat and may suffer negative impact if plastic enters the food chain.
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One hundred fifty years have passed since the birth of Johan Hjort (1869-1948). Best remembered for his groundbreaking theory from 1914 on the natural fluctuations of fish stocks, Hjort paved the way for materials and methods that are used to this day, not least in climate studies.
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A cold wind gust hits our small aluminium boat, and we crash into another rolling wave. Spray splashes up but, for once, the cold, salty drops are welcome. Everyone in the fieldwork team is sweaty and breathless but very much alive. That was a close call, but we made it!
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Yunarmiya, the «youth army» established by the Russian Ministry of Defense, recruits more youngsters in the border towns of Nikel and Zapolyarny.
Painted in the Russia’s flag’s tricolor, the new «Arktika» sailed out to the Gulf of Finland on Thursday for a two-days test voyage.
The fire on "Admiral Kuznetsov" at yard No. 35 started during welding work in one of the engine rooms.
The anti-aircraft missile system will over the next years be deployed in all the country’s Arctic divisions, Northern Fleet Head Commander Aleksandr Moiseev says.
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Plans for the Republic of Santa Claus theme park north of Rovaniemi include a giant transparent dome with round-the-year artificial snowfall and northern lights, gingerbread houses, a tall Christmas-tree formed hotel and the world’s biggest sauna village.
Murmansk and Barentsburg could become vital ports for a new series of Russian medium-sized luxury ships aimed for grabbing a share of the booming Arctic expedition tourist market.
SeaDream’s new ship will be the most luxury expedition experience ever seen along the ice-edge north of Svalbard.
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The Arctic countries take major steps to prepare strategies and share information to improve preparedness in case of radiological and nuclear incidents.
Russia's remote Yamal region might in the course of the next 3 years see its oil and gas production grow with more than a third.
The capital of northern Finland adds another €200,000 to the second phase of the project aimed at linking Europe with Asia via a fiber cable along the Northern Sea Route.
The Federal Security Service claims the arrested man is a supporter of the Right Sector extremist organization.
The new route is the first long distance to Rovaniemi and the local tourism hope it will bring more visitors from the Middle East.
Russia’s new - and most advanced - nuclear powered submarine is one of the vessels continuing shootings.
Utilization of stripping gases generated during storage and reloading of LNG will not be practical for gasification of the Murmansk region, according to a new report.
From here we will see and manage everything on the Northern Sea Route, managing authority Rosatom says.
President Putin assembles his top military aides to discuss the development of the Navy and Northern Fleet.
Mining and metallurgy company Nornickel and oil producer Gazprom Neft strike deals with nuclear power company Rosatom over use of icebreakers.
Norwegian oilmen had great hopes for the new and pristine acreage in the Barents Sea, but failed to make discoveries. Russia’s national oil company Rosneft might now seek to take over some of Equinor’s role in the area.
Five individuals are arrested as U.S authorities crack down on the planned shipment of a new turbine to offshore Arctic platform Prirazlomnaya.
Last year’s detention of a Russian parliament employee overshadows cooperation between the two countries’ legislative assemblies, Foreign Relations Committee leader Konstantin Kosachev underlines.
The new special purpose vessel will serve the new icebreakers and the floating nuclear power plants and possible other reactor installations
The decision to build one more office complex for the security service comes only three years after the Stalin-styled new headquarters opened.
With weapons on the shoulders, infantry solders learn how to traverse Arctic borderlands with dogs.
The «Kapitan Dranitsyn» is bringing equipment, supplies and 95 researchers to the «Polarstern» as part of great international research expedition MOSAiC.
Protests from the indigenous Sami people, local fishermen and environmental groups were turned down by the government.
A total of 15 top ice-class carriers are now shuttling to the remote Arctic terminal in the Yamal Peninsula.
The Kinzhal missile was launched from a MiG-31K taking off from Olenegorsk airbase on the Kola Peninsula.
The Tor-M2DT has been officially handed over units in the Northern Fleet’s motorized infantry units in Pechenga.
The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) has reportedly endorsed key parts of the country’s positions.
Moscow highlights the Arctic as territory of dialogue, but a recent court order might indicate that not everyone is welcomed to that dialogue.