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28 new ships by 2022:
28 (and counting) new expedition ships capable of sailing Arctic waters are coming to the market over the next four years.
Prices start at 7,675 rubels, less than 1,000 kroner, for a one-way ticket.
72-hours visa-freedom and new multi-million cruise port are of little help. Murmansk gets only half the number of port calls this season compared with 2015.
Been there, seen that: 600 tourists pay up to $43,000 each to crush through the ice towards the top of the world before it melts away.
At least six vessels to get new gas-powered engines supported by batteries. Environmentalists call for other Arctic cruise-liner to follow.
Flying to 41 regional airports in Norway, Widerøe har for before Second World War connected the remotest corners of Norway. In April, the airline gets its first jet.
Bigger plane with extra seats makes NextJet’s route between Oulu, Luleå and Tromsø more attractive.
Airport operator Finavia is launching a major investment programme in northern Finland. It aims to raise the number of passengers using airports in Lapland and nearby Kuusamo to two million annually by 2030. That’s up from the 1.3 million people who passed through the region’s airports.
Nordavia launches the first direct flight between the Russian north and the Norwegian capital.
Starting in Norway, the voyages to Franz Josef Land have to make port calls in Murmansk both in and out of Russian waters.
With tens of small airports and many short-haul flights, northern Norway is ideal for introduction of electric passenger aircrafts.
Siste/ mest lest
Northern Russia could again be connected with Norway as Nordavia draws a new route map from Murmansk.
Cruise liner announces first purpose built luxury cruise vessel to put the top of the world on its itinerary.
Visitors from the People’s Republic pour in, but the Arctic region of Murmansk won’t benefit, says controversial Member of Parliament Vitaly Milonov.
Snow is more popular than ever. About 600 charter flights are landing at Finland’s three northernmost airports in the months ahead.
Plans for direct routes from Asia to Arctic Norway will be put on halt.
Lindblad Expeditions' new cruise vessel, to be built in Norway, gets very high ice class for access deep into polar regions.
Finland launches mobile app making your drive through Lapland much safer.
Rovaniemi, capital of Finnish Lapland, has just 60,000 permanent residents but attracts half a million visitors a year, with double-digit growth for a third year running – with most tourists arriving during the winter.
Regional carriers Nordavia and Red Wings join forces, become Russia’s 10th biggest air company.
Rovaniemi, Kittilä and Ivalo set new passengers record. And that is before the Santa Claus and skiing season starts.
The new route will connect northern Norway with Finnair’s Asian network.
From October, international charter traffic can only in exceptional cases land at Svalbard.
King Crab safari in Norway's northern waters is a fantastic tourist experience, says Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
Cruise ships will make 360 port calls to Northern Norway and Svalbard this season bringing in some 100,000 passengers.
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed Norway that Orenburzhye airlines is ready to start flights. Aviation authorities at Tromsø airport, though, haven’t been contacted.
Saariselkä ski resort in Finnish Lapland still has 50-100 cm snow.
Tens of thousands of visitors from Asia and Europe are about to fly in to Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland.
With ice on the rivers, the interest in going for fly fishing on the Kola Peninsula is limited.
Norwegian Government gives priority to extension of the runway at Kirkenes airport.
Long Read: Sailing Arctic frontiers
It‘s a paradox, but global warming opens more Arctic waters for vessels with tourists who want to see the sea ice before it vanish. Russia's Franz Josef Land sails up as the new highlight destination.
Soviet era air traffic agreement forces Norwegian Air Shuttle to fly south of Russian airspace on routes to Asia.
They are now the biggest group of foreign travellers in the Russian Arctic region, almost twice as many as the ones from neighbouring Nordic states.
Tromsø-based start-up airline FlyViking presents wide range of possible routes.
2016 was a record-setting year for the tourism sector in Finnish Lapland. More visitors, especially from Asia and the UK, boosted tourism in Finland’s far north by more than 10% last year.