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Svalbard Governor orders war-glorifying cross demolished. Russian official protests on behalf of the entire orthodox world

The seven-meter-high orthodox cross erected in August is of importance for the entire Christian world and a tribute to those Russians who discovered Svalbard, according to Ildar Neverov, director of Trust Arcticugol.
October 17, 2023

Moscow cuts funding for icebreakers

Slashed investments and a spike in construction costs will lead to a significant delay for Russia's expanded fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers.
October 13, 2023

Climate change brings cloudberry to Svalbard

After an exceptionally warm summer, ripe cloudberries are for the first time documented at 78° North. 
October 03, 2023

USCG Healy docks in Tromsø after joint voyage with Norwegian Coast Guard northeast of Svalbard

The US Coast Guard vessel sailed in formation with Norway’s KV Svalbard from the ice-covered waters near Russia’s Franz Josef Land en route to conduct joint exercises in the Barents Sea.
October 01, 2023

Russian Arctic regions strengthen bonds with Beijing

Following Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow in March this year, a series of meetings have been held between north Russian governors and representatives of Chinese business and governance.
September 20, 2023

Ahead of meeting with Kim Jong Un, Putin praises Soviet Politburo leader at naming ceremony for Arctic tankers

Vladimir Putin attended the naming ceremony of icebreaking gas carrier "Aleksei Kosygin," soon to start shuttling on the Northern Sea Route.
September 12, 2023

Retreating sea ice in Arctic affecting zooplankton behaviour

Scientists studying Arctic sea-ice retreat have discovered surprising impacts on microscopic aquatic organisms, suggesting potential ecosystem changes in the coming decades.
September 06, 2023

Arctic Council charting way forward to resume work says Norwegian SAO

Norway remains committed to restarting the work of the Arctic Council, with a focus on reactivating its expert teams, according to the forum’s Senior Arctic Officials chair.
September 06, 2023

Putin's yacht escaped through Northern Sea Route. Almost at the same time, route operator Rosatom closed down its online ship tracker

According to Aleksei Navalny's team of investigators, Vladimir Putin sent his much beloved Graceful through the icy and remote Arctic waters in order to save it from arrest.
September 01, 2023

French cruise ship makes rendezvous with Russian nuclear icebreaker near North Pole

In thick Arctic sea-ice, 150 meter long icebreaking cruise vessel Le Commandant Charcot makes acquaintance with Russia's 50 Let Pobedy.
August 20, 2023

China's icebreaker Xuelong-2 is sailing to the North Pole

In cooperation with researchers from Russia and Thailand, Arctic experts from the Chinese Polar Institute are sailing 15,500 nautical miles on an expedition to the top of the world.
August 17, 2023

Bishop Iyakov, who backs Putin’s war, raised giant cross at Svalbard without Norway’s knowledge

"The bishop is sending a message to the home audience that Russian settlements on Svalbard are “holy lands” and belong to the Russian cultural and spiritual sphere," says Kari Aga Myklebost, Professor in History at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
August 12, 2023

A month after they set out on Arctic voyage, two Russian oil tankers still battle with sea-ice

The ships that are loaded with more than 200,000 tons of oil might have been surprised by ice pack in the East Siberian Sea.
August 11, 2023

After ten days aground in Franz Josef Land, researchers are evacuated from wrecked ship

Divers found damages to the hull of the research ship, and Arctic expedition was aborted.
August 07, 2023

Less than a year after launch, Russia's newest nuclear icebreaker sails back to St. Petersburg yard

As Russia lacks big floating docks up north, the giant “Ural” icebreaker has to sail all around Scandinavia to Kronstadt Marine Yard for repair and inspection of the hull and propeller system.
July 28, 2023

Ship with Russian university students goes aground in remote archipelago Franz Josef Land

Research vessel Mikhail Somov got stuck in shallow waters as it was sailing to a nearby meteorological station. On board are 91 people.
July 25, 2023

Bird flu outbreak hits Barents Sea coast

Reports are coming in about hundreds of dead birds from Hammerfest in the west to Murmansk in the east.
July 15, 2023

Longyearbyen warmer than Paris

Hottest day ever recorded on Planet Earth was July 4. And no surprise, the Arctic feels the heat.
July 05, 2023

Old nuclear ship sails into Barents Sea with subsidized cargo for the Far East

For the fourth year in a row, Rosatom engages the world’s only remaining civilian reactor-powered cargo vessel for cargo transport from St. Petersburg to Petropavlovsk in Russia’s Far East via the Northern Sea Route.
June 30, 2023

Third Chinese polar icebreaker will carry deep-sea submersibles

The icebreaking multifunctional research ship is expected to be delivered in 2025 and will sail both Arctic and Antarctica
June 28, 2023

Arkhangelsk ship packed with students spurs controversy in Norway

Permission to use an onboard grab to sample a few bottom sediments on the seafloor east of Svalbard triggers media headlines in Norway.
June 27, 2023

Russia plans Svalbard science complex in cooperation with "friendly states"

The new science and research center will be built on the same model as the hyped Snowflake station to appear on the Yamal Peninsula.
June 12, 2023

Two icebreakers escort gas tanker in first summer shipment on Arctic route

Ice lies thick on the water as nuclear powered icebreakers "Sibir" and "Arktika" escort LNG carrier "Fedor Litke" into the Vilkitsky Strait en route to a Northeast Asian port.
June 09, 2023

Unique Russian-Norwegian medical evacuation in the High Arctic

Flying out of Longyearbyen, the medical evac chopper safely picked up a crew member from the Arctic research vessel "Severny Polyus" near the North Pole. This was the world's northernmost evacuation of a patient ever.
June 07, 2023

U.S. set to open sole diplomatic post above Arctic Circle

The U.S. will establish a diplomatic post in the Arctic Norwegian city of Tromsø, something that will “deepen [U.S.] engagement in the High North,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Thursday.
June 02, 2023

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