The Arctic Council, and international forum made up of the world’s eight northern countries, wrapped up their two-day meeting in Salekhard, Russia on Thursday.
Deputy head of the state nuclear company admits year-round shipments on the Northern Sea Route will hardly be possible without an additional number of super-powerful LK-60 icebreakers.
Both the "Arktika" and "Sibir" have been on sea trials in the Gulf of Finland this week, while construction work on the "Ural", "Yakutia" and "Chukotka" continue according to schedule.
In the face of slow transportation developments in the Arctic and the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 crisis, Russian ambitious transportation priorities and goals stay unwavering.
Following Disneynature’s upcoming film documenting the dramatic climate changes at Svalbard, families with children are now offered a high-class voyage to the Arctic archipelago.
The route from St. Petersburg to Bangladesh via Murmansk and Vladivostok is about 3,200 nautical miles longer than sailing the cargo via the Suez Canal. Even the route around Africa would have been faster.
A cold wind brought snow to all inland areas above the Arctic Circle in Finland, Norway and Sweden. With temperatures down to minus 17℃ last night and continued subzero forecast, winter season kicks off earlier than usual.
The Arctic Circle Assembly, one of the biggest northern-themed conferences in the world, is gearing up for its four-day, in-person gathering starting October 14 in Reykjavik.
A cruise ship in distress in freezing cold Arctic waters off Svalbard is the nightmare scenario for rescue services. On Friday, search- and rescue capacities from Longyearbyen were tested in a mass evacuation.
After Russia's warmest-ever summer, the Northern Sea Route is almost ice-free. But only few shipmasters set course for the Arctic shortcut between Europe and Asia
The Reykjavik-based Arctic Circle Assembly will next month mark the start of a busy season for stakeholders and policymakers in the circumpolar north to reconvene. Such non-digital venues are more important than you think, especially in the Arctic.
As a cause of the rapid melting of the Arctic Sea ice, polar bears at Svalbard have undergone a shocking loss in genetic diversity, a Norwegian study shows.
