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Frank Bakke-Jensen from Båtsfjord on the coast of the Barents Sea has broad experiences in Arctic politics.

«... will give us more soldiers ready for combat on shorter notice,» says Minister of Defense Ine Eriksen Søreide.

Details from a Defense Ministry report show that Moscow is not happy with Norway’s attempt to establish absolute national jurisdiction over Svalbard and its shelf.

«KNM Helge Ingstad» sails to Longyearbyen to show presence and ensure Norway’s sovereignty of the Arctic archipelago.

From the Baltic to the Barents Sea, to the far eastern Arctic base of Kotelny - lethal fire power is in the air.

Locals in nearby Norwegian settlements report sounds of massive bombardment as more than 600 soldiers from Russian Arctic forces engage in an exercise parallel to the Zapad-2017.

Coast guard vessel «Polyarnaya Zvezda» sails 5,300 nautical miles in its first major patrol voyage along Russia’s Arctic coast.

Navy vessels put ashore a group of Arctic soldiers at Cape Chelyuskin, 77° North.

Russia’s Northern Fleet continues its comprehensive Arctic voyage with a string of exercises on the closed and militarized archipelago of Novaya Zemlya.

The «Ilya Muromets» will set course towards Russia’s northern Navy base of Severomorsk in the course of fall.

The warships will be more heavily armed than any other surface vessels in the Russian Navy.

Remember the huge circular impact zone in the forest outside Arkhangelsk last August? Well, now it is confirmed to be the first test launch of Russia’s new Yars-M intercontinental ballistic missile.