More from: Arctic

The Norwegian Coast Guard is in need of better systems of communications in the Arctic. Old geostationary satellites could be the solution.
May 30, 2016
Sweden’s largest icebreaker will be plowing through the frozen waters of the eastern Arctic Ocean later this summer in part to help a Canadian research team map the limits of their nation’s continental shelf.
May 30, 2016
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump pledged Thursday to push aggressively for more oil drilling if he becomes president, including on federal lands in Alaska.
May 28, 2016
The sea bottom along Norway’s border to Russia will this summer be object to comprehensive geological and biological mapping by Norwegian researchers.
May 26, 2016
Alaska moved significantly closer to seeing a new Arctic icebreaker Tuesday as a Senate appropriations subcommittee added $1 billion to a bipartisan funding bill for a Navy-built ship.
May 26, 2016
Leading seafood suppliers and fishing companies have struck a deal that will protect waters around Svalbard from expanding cod trawling.
May 25, 2016
Even though no one yet is offering to spend money to build a full-service U.S. Arctic port, some steps could — and should — be taken in the next few years to prepare for the potential onslaught of new maritime traffic in the Bering Strait and waters further north, a new federal report says.
May 25, 2016
The Murmansk governor becomes part of the Presidium of the Russian Government Arctic Commission.
May 24, 2016
While the Northwest Passage is a long way away from becoming a commercially viable maritime shipping route, even a moderate increase in shipping through Canada’s Arctic waters has the potential to change Ottawa’s relationship with its Asian trading partners, especially China, argues a newly released paper.
May 19, 2016
The international situation is not appropriate for an Arctic Summit to be held as part of Finland’s upcoming chair in the Arctic Council, President Sauli Niinistö tells Barrack Obama.
May 16, 2016
The High North is an area where NATO and Russian interests meet, the Norwegian PM underlined during her visit to Washington DC.
May 16, 2016
Relations with Russia was main focus, but meeting in the White House on Friday, the leaders agreed to strengthen work on the environmental challenges facing the Arctic.
May 14, 2016
Ottawa’s efforts to map the Central Arctic Ocean in an attempt to present a scientific case for Canada’s claim to the North Pole are a monumental waste of taxpayers’ money, says one of the country’s leading experts on international law and the Arctic.
May 10, 2016
Canada plans to submit its Arctic continental shelf claim in 2018 and it is expected to include the North Pole, overlapping with both Russian and Danish submissions that also claim ownership of the planet’s northernmost point, according to Canadian officials.
May 06, 2016
Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to pull the plug on its offshore oil exploration program in Alaska’s Arctic waters could have the unfortunate effect of shifting the nation’s gaze away from Arctic issues, according to the State Department’s top Arctic official.
May 06, 2016
The new Russian research institute on the Arctic archipelago will house up to 100 people.
May 02, 2016
The European Space Agency launched its latest satellite at the start of the week.
April 29, 2016
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
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 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
Blames the Independent Barents Observer for reporting about North Pole military drill that triggered Norwegian authorities to implement new flight rules too rigorous to follow.
April 27, 2016
As Canada prepares to host the next round of discussions on preventing unregulated fishing in the central Arctic Ocean, experts are urging circumpolar nations and major fishing nations to make sure that “fisheries don’t come before science.”
April 27, 2016
The Arctic sea ice is melting at previously unseen speed, and scientists have lost a key tool for valuable climate data.
April 26, 2016
Climate change means melting ice will make it possible for cruise ships to go through the Northwest Passage in a few months, but Michael Byers says such voyages carry risks and are bad for the environment.
April 25, 2016
A coalition of international environmental groups is calling on the International Maritime Organization to prohibit the use of heavy fuel oil in Arctic waters.
April 21, 2016

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