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Bypass sanctions

A fleet of Chinese container carriers shuttles on Russian Arctic route

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an era is over

Finland mulls an end to Barents cooperation

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Varanger

Mayor wants to tear down Russian-initiated war monuments

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Militarism

Russia is mass producing new war memorials that glorify death for the motherland

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Climate change

Researchers struggle to register birds as geopolitics hinder border cooperation

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Ivan Pavlov

Doctors Without Borders forced to leave Russia

From Barents to Pacific

Two nuclear subs transferred under Arctic ice cap

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Traces of radioactive Cesium-137 measured along Norway’s border with Russia

Melting glaciers: lifeline or threat for Arctic fjords and coasts?

Fram Centre

Better understanding of icing is important for industry in the High North

Fram Centre

Cultural heritage in Svalbard – cleaning up after a century of coal mining

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"Severny Polyus"

"With the North Pole platform, Russia has returned to the Arctic for good"

New headquarters

Sweden will lead NATO troops in northern Finland

"Ocean-2024"

Russian forces launch supersonic missiles in short range from Norway's Vardø radars

cable cut

Military experts suspect sabotage at Andøya

Old Russian fishing village on the Barents Sea coast may get its destroyed churches rebuilt

The Barents Observer · На берегу Баренцева моря может появиться “Православная Териберка”

Russian active measures in Eastern Finnmark, Norway

Evan T. Bloom

A second Trump Presidency will impact the Arctic

Air attacks

"We are all afraid," woman in Olenegorsk says as Ukrainian drones attack local airbase

Teams up with Russia

Svalbard-research becomes more important for China, professor says

Under attack

Ukrainian drones are on the way. Murmansk again closes airspace

"Ocean-2024"

Ukrainian attack on Kola Peninsula comes as Russian Navy launches strategic exercise

Kola Peninsula

Governor: Murmansk is under drone attack

Winter season

Seven new direct flights connect Europe with Ivalo

400 warships

Admiral Moiseev launches massive Ocean-2024 strategic exercise

Rusich Group

Neo-Nazi mercenaries to help FSB guard border with Finland

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Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The front of the tidewater glacier in Magdalenefjorden, north on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Smeerenburgfjorden, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Walros on the beach in Smeerenburg, Amsterdam Island, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Glacier in the inner part of Magdalenefjorden, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Arctic Ocean north of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Smeerenburgfjorden, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Arctic fox. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Nordenskiöld Glacier, Billefjorden, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Walros, Amsterdam Island, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The Governor's cabin at Gravneset, Magdalenefjorden, is one of the northernmost buildings in the world. Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Ella Marie: Oppressed people should resist - I think it's good for the soul

Sámi artist and activist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen was one of the artists performing at the Riddu Riđđu festival in Manndalen in northern Norway, which took place July 10-13. The Barents Observer met with her during the festival to talk about what fuels her activism and the key issues she sees facing the Sámi People right now.