Trude Pettersen

Future Novatek location changes status

As part of preparation for future oil and gas activities, two settlements outside Murmansk will loose their status as closed territories.
May 04, 2016

New weapons to be showcased in Victory Day parade

Russia’s Northern Fleet will be showing some of its newest weaponry in the Victory Day parade in Murmansk.
May 03, 2016

Images of Svalbard first back from Europe’s newest satellite

The European Space Agency launched its latest satellite at the start of the week.
April 29, 2016

Nuclear container ship ready for Northern Sea Route

The world’s only nuclear-powered container ship “Sevmorput” is getting ready to transport building materials to Russia’s new military base on Kotelny Island.
April 29, 2016

Faroe Islands and Murmansk to cooperate on aquaculture

Faroese companies are interested in developing aquaculture and fish processing in Murmansk.
April 28, 2016

Arctic gas flaring source to black carbon pollution

Flaring of waste natural gas from industrial oil fields in the Northern Hemisphere is a potential source of significant amounts of nitrogen dioxide and black carbon to the Arctic, a new NASA study shows.
April 28, 2016

UN to consider Russia’s claim to shelf this summer

If the claim is fully accepted, Russia will get the right more than 1 million square kilometers of the Arctic seabed, including the North Pole.
April 28, 2016

EU responses to challenges in the Arctic

EU seeks to bolster its profile in the Arctic. Today a proposal for an integrated policy focusing on climate change and the environment, sustainable development and international cooperation on regional issues was presented.
April 27, 2016

Northern Fleet pilots training on Crimea

Planes from Air Wing Kuznetsov have arrived in Crimea for training on Nitka, Russia’s only training facility for aircraft carrier pilots.
April 27, 2016

Russian paratroopers trained on North Pole

Some 100 paratroopers from the Airborne Troops based in Pskov and a unit from the CSTO Collective Rapid Response Force from Belarus jumped onto the ice on Thursday.
April 26, 2016

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