More from: Arctic

VICTORIA ISLAND, Canada: It hasn’t been an easy day for Nunavut hunters Colin Amegainek, Ryan Angohiatok and Roland Emingak.
December 14, 2016
Stakes in licenses covering more than 700,000 square kilometers of Arctic waters, multi-billion dollar investments and a comprehensive cooperation agreement with state company Rosneft.
December 13, 2016
«This is very interesting», the Russian Prime Minister says after talks with Finland’s Juha Sipilä.
December 09, 2016
More than a year ago, five Arctic nations signed a declaration pledging to keep their fishing fleets out of the international waters in the Arctic Ocean, an area increasingly ripe for exploitation as summer sea ice diminishes — and perhaps increasingly vulnerable with so little known about its ecology.
December 08, 2016
Seismic censors are being installed near key industrial sits and infrastructure objects.
December 07, 2016
High focus on the Northern Sea Route, the delineation of the continental shelf and the role of international law.
December 02, 2016
Reciprocity is often said to be keyword in understanding Russian foreign policy. “When you don’t visit me, I will not visit you.”
November 22, 2016
Militarization and offshore oil development notwithstanding, major new areas of Russian Arctic lands are being subjected to enhanced environmental protection.
November 18, 2016
From Svalbard to the New Siberian Islands. The Russian and Norwegian Arctic has never been this warm in November.
November 18, 2016
In the future, North Pole tourists should travel through Khatanga, the settlement on the Taymyr peninsula, regional authorities say.
November 17, 2016
A new deal signed by several of the country’s biggest fish companies is to help protect vulnerable Arctic sea bed against trawling.
November 16, 2016
Extreme rains and strong winds hit the Arctic archipelago with unprecedented force.
November 08, 2016
The region of Norrbotten intends to take on a stronger role in Arctic affairs.
November 07, 2016
The Arctic archipelago shows increasing signs of climate imbalance.
November 03, 2016
«It would be a great loss not only for the University of Tromsø, but for all of northern Norway», a professor says.
October 26, 2016
Almost 30 percent of the visitors to Russian archipelagos of Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land are from the the People’s Republic of China.
October 25, 2016
A coalition of environmental groups is calling for a permanent voice for Arctic Indigenous communities at the world body that regulates the global maritime industry.
October 21, 2016
They will depart in November and sail without escort from Russian icebreakers, the Norwegian yard says.
October 21, 2016
The Norwegian government buys a 218 square km privately-own plot and puts a stop to a possible foreign acquisition in the archipelago.
October 21, 2016
But the Norwegian Foreign Minister has no plans himself to visit Moscow.
October 19, 2016
Polar explorer Gilles Elkaim intended to cross the Arctic Ocean in complete autonomy for two years. Today, his expedition ship «Arktika» was tugged by local Norwegian authorities to Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
October 19, 2016
Moscow invites New Delhi to joint oil and gas projects in Arctic waters.
October 18, 2016
Arctic Council members met in Moscow this week, and experts agree that Russia’s growing rift with the West has not put a stopper in on-going cooperation to protect the Arctic. But increasing tension could jeopardize the project – and the future wellbeing of the threatened area.
October 14, 2016
Hydrographers from the Northern Fleet are putting new sites and structures on the map.
October 13, 2016
Under growing risk are buildings and infrastructure, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations says.
October 13, 2016

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