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Barneo moves operations from Longyearbyen to Franz Josef Land

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

Experts call for collaboration on Arctic fisheries research

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

Key tool to observe Arctic ice shrink lost

The Arctic sea ice is melting at previously unseen speed, and scientists have lost a key tool for valuable climate data.
April 26, 2016

Arctic cruises are risky business: expert

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

Ban use of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic by ships: environmental groups

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

A century later, the Brusilov expedition claims new victims

Three people died in a helicopter crash during an expedition to find a schooner lost in the Kara Sea in 1914.
April 21, 2016

Siberian rivers key in acidification of Arctic waters, new study finds

Consequences for marine ecosystems in the entire Arctic Ocean could be extensive, research leader Igor Semiletov says.
April 20, 2016

Polar bears forced to swim long distances as Arctic ice melts

Scientists are sounding the alarm over the discovery that many polar bears in the Canadian Arctic are making marathon swims of several days in search of stable ice as the Beaufort Sea melts with climate change.
April 20, 2016

Top of the world sees yet another heat record month

Planet earth, and particularly the Arctic, is heating up with average temperatures never seen before for the 11th month in a row.
April 18, 2016

Lavrov: Russia to increase safety on Northern Sea Route

Russia intends to increase safety of the Northern Sea Route by restoring infrastructure, including military infrastructure, that has been almost completely lost in the 1990s, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.
April 15, 2016

Every fourth on Svalbard is a foreigner

The overall population on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has not changed much during the last years, but the components of it certainly have.
April 12, 2016

Arctic tests for new icebreakers

Russia’s new diesel electric icebreakers will be tested in harsh ice conditions on Northern Sea Route.
April 06, 2016

Barneo ice floe cracking up

The ice floe where Russia's ice station Barneo is under construction has cracked up, and technicians are now looking for a new place to put up camp.
April 05, 2016

Longer life for icebreaker “Vaygach”

The nuclear icebreaker “Vaygach” will get its lifetime extended to 2023, when new icebreakers will be ready for operations in the Arctic.
April 04, 2016

Dramatic warm winter leaves record low sea ice extent

Influx of warm Atlantic waters from the Norwegian Sea and warm winds from the south to the Kara and Barents Sea have forced the ice edge northward.
March 29, 2016

Ice camp Barneo-2016 in the pipeline

Russia has started preparation for this year’s Bareno camp close to the North Pole, the annual temporary base for scientific research, Arctic expeditions and tourism.
March 29, 2016

Arctic remains refuge of friendly US-Russia relations

In 1987, in the glow of glasnost, then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev detailed his vision of an Arctic that would be a “zone of peace” where nations cooperate to protect the environment and promote sustainable development.
March 29, 2016

In U.S.-Nordic meeting, a touch of the Arctic

President Obama invites five Nordic state leaders to the White House.
March 21, 2016

New satellite gives new insights to sea level rise, ice cover

An European Space Agency earth observation satellite launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk a few weeks ago is already sending important information back to earth.
March 17, 2016

Nobel Peace Prize winners call for halt in Arctic drilling

Six female prize winners point a warning finger against Norway; oil exploration in the Arctic must stop.
March 17, 2016

International Arctic ice station next year

Scientists from several countries could be spending next winter doing research from a drifting ice floe in the Arctic.
March 16, 2016

World’s first polar class megayacht

Crystal Cruises sets sail in 2018 with this new purpose-build Polar Code vessel able to crush through medium first-year ice.
March 16, 2016

How many observers can Arctic Council handle?

Sixteen governments, nongovernmental organizations and regional groups – some closer to the tropics than to the Arctic Circle – are seeking to join in the Arctic Council family as formally designated observers.
March 16, 2016

Oil spill response exercise off Svalbard

The Norwegian Coastal Administration and the Governor of Svalbard are planning a large oil spill exercise off Svalbard this autumn.
March 15, 2016

Obama, Trudeau announce plans to fight Arctic oil and gas pollution; Alaskans criticize lack of input

March 14, 2016

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