More from: Arctic

Norway's high-profile conference on Arctic issues for 2021 moves from the venue in Tromsø to a digital platform.
September 07, 2020
The polar bear attacked the man at the campsite just next to the airport in Longyearbyen.
August 28, 2020
While low-laying islands in the Pacific Ocean disappear under rising seas, geographers have to redraw Arctic maps as land previously hidden underneath ice-covered waters pops up.
August 21, 2020
Loose and weak ice with lots of melt ponds, partly open water, and no signs of multiyear ice. The powerful photos from the MOSAiC expedition reaching the North Pole on August 19 show the dramatic impact of climate changes.
August 20, 2020
Three lawsuits with total claims of close to one billion ruble (€11,5 million) are in pipe as two state owned structures battle over Russia's new fleet of troubled nuclear-powered icebreakers.
August 18, 2020
"Combining the economy and the environment towards low-carbon choices is also an opportunity in the development of the Arctic regions,” Foreign Minister Haavisto said.
August 13, 2020
One crew member on board the Norwegian Coast Guard's KV Andenes tested positive and the 61 others will be quarantined when the ship arrives at Ramsund naval base.
August 12, 2020
The Arctic could be completely ice-free in summers by 2035, according to a new study that compared present-day conditions with those about 130,000 years ago.
August 12, 2020
It is one of the world's most powerful icebreaking vessels, but Russia's "Viktor Chernomyrdin" might end up serving only in Baltic waters.
August 12, 2020
The ship will be the first of its kind that sails across the Northern Sea Route
August 10, 2020
The Arctic is being challenged like never before by climate changes, geopolitics and hunt for natural resources. Debating it in large crowds, though, will have to wait. The October Arctic Circle, Assembly in Reykjavik is postponed till 2021.
August 10, 2020
Large territories of rivers, streams and tundra lands are covered by more than 20 thousands tons of diesel oil from a reservoir owned by company Nornickel. The catastrophe was reported to the authorities only two days after the spill and nobody really knows how to clean up.
June 04, 2020
New temperature maps for the endless stretches of Russian Arctic lands bear witness of unprecedented warming.
May 25, 2020
Thousands of tons of river ice are pushing through the Siberian waterway towards the Arctic Ocean almost two weeks earlier that normal.
May 13, 2020
The world's coldest country is not as freezing as before.
March 10, 2020
Data from the past five years show that the Barents waters have became colder and more icy.
March 04, 2020
Research vessels operated by Russia’s Northern Fleet have this summer mapped several thousand square kilometers of the Arctic shelf.
October 24, 2019
Goods volumes are expected to reach 29 million tons in course of 2019, says leader of Russia’s Northern Sea Route Administration.
October 04, 2019
The establishment of a special customs regime around the remote archipelago would boost visits, says Aleksandr Kirilov.
September 25, 2019
Just few days before international Arctic expedition MOSAiC crossed into the waters south of Franz Josef Land, the Northern Fleet held a major shooting exercise in the area.
September 24, 2019
The turbines built near the windy coast of the Barents Sea will account for a major share of the green power produced by Russia over the next decade.
September 23, 2019
The installation at Cape Chelyuskin is reported to cost 1.2 billion rubles
September 17, 2019
The Raggovidda wind park in Berlevåg, Arctic Norway, teams up with Luxembourgian investors and boosts green generation. Some of it will be used to produce hydrogen.
September 16, 2019
Final preparations in the remote Arctic town that will host the floating nuclear installation.
September 06, 2019
The top of the world saw record-beating average temperatures flashing through all three summer months.
September 05, 2019

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