In a presentation for the President, two young students describe how new islands are appearing along the coast of Novaya Zemlya as the archipelago’s great glaciers are retreating.
Two men with close ties to the Ministry of Defence are charged with theft of almost 3 billion rubles in connection with the building of new Arctic Navy bases.
Autonomous vessels in convoys following nuclear powered icebreakers will improve efficiency of shipping along the Northern Sea Route, a study by Russian nuclear researchers says.
While rapid climate change is opening up growing portions of the Arctic to more ship traffic and economic activity, it’s also making navigation in northern latitudes more risky and treacherous, experts warn.
Despite growing tensions between Russia and NATO in Eastern and Northern Europe, the eight Arctic nations are pushing ahead with an ambitious program to deepen the collaboration of their coast guards in the north.