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Long format – Rescue services in Arctic Norway not ready for Svalbard cruise boom

19 June 201921 June 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments cruise ships, search and rescue, Svalbard, tourism

“We will never be able to have a 100 percent rescue preparedness around Svalbard,” says Bent-Ove Jamtli, Director of the

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Low oil pressure caused Viking Sky engine failure says Norwegian authority

29 March 201929 March 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, environment, maritime safety, Nord University, Polar Code, preparedness, Red Cross, search and rescue, shipping, tourism, weather

Norway’s Maritime Authority (NMA) says low oil pressure caused the engine failure that stranded the Viking Sky in stormy waters

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The Viking Sky incident – A wake-up call for the Arctic cruise industry?

26 March 201929 March 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments climate, environment, maritime safety, Nord University, Polar Code, preparedness, Red Cross, search and rescue, shipping, tourism, weather

When the Viking Sky, with 1,373 people on board, sent out a mayday Saturday afternoon after engine trouble stranded the

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Murmansk-Norway border traffic suffers major drop

4 February 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, Finnmark, Murmansk, Storskog, visas

Russian New Year celebrations, which run until mid-January, are normally a busy time for cross-border shopping. Not so this year.

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Russian visa applications in Norway hit 10-year-low

28 January 201928 January 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, China, Murmansk, Schengen, visas

More than three times more Chinese were granted visa by Norway than Russians, in 2018. Cross-border traffic from Russia to

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Bodies of three skiers killed in avalanche recovered in Arctic Norway

17 January 201917 January 2019 Yle News 0 Comments avalanche, Blåbærfjellet, skiing, Tamok, Troms

The bodies of two skiers were found under a mass of snow near the top of a Norwegian fell on

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Police release names of skiers killed by avalanche in northern Norway

8 January 2019 Yle News 0 Comments avalanche, Blåbærfjellet, skiing, Tamok, Troms

Police in northern Norway on Monday announced the names of three Finns and one Swede who died under an avalanche

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Nowhere to run for bank robber in Arctic Svalbard

25 December 201821 December 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Banks, crime, justice, Longyearbyen, Svalbard

There were few ways to escape for the man who robbed the bank in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Friday. He threatened with

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Blog – When a town in Arctic Norway transforms into “the world’s northernmost Chinatown”

8 November 201813 November 2018 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Arctic railway, Barents Spektakel, China, Kirkenes, mining, Polar Silk Road, rail, Rune Rafaelsen, tourism, transport

Sitting on the rocky coastline of the slate gray Barents Sea, the hilly city of Kirkenes, Norway is located at

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Video – Arctic LGBT communities meet in northern Norway for Pride parade

1 October 2018 The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments gay, gay pride, Kirkenes, LGBT, Saami, Sami

Russian, Norwegian, Sámi and Finnish LGBT communities met in Kirkenes, Arctic Norway for the second year in a row

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Immigration curbs population decline in Norway’s northernmost county

27 August 201827 August 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments citizenship, Finnmark, Honningsvåg, immigration, Kirkenes, population, statistics, Vadsø

Norwegians, especially the youngsters, move south. Foreign citizens though, have more than doubled the last ten years. Vadsø, Honningsvåg and

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Roald Amundsen’s Maud back home 100 years after setting sail from Norway

21 August 2018 Emily Blake, CBC News 0 Comments Cambridge Bay, history, Maud, Navigation, North Pole, Northwest Passage, Nunavut, Roald Amundsen

One hundred years after a wooden ship set sail from Norway with the hopes of reaching the North Pole, the

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Longread – The quest to turn Norway’s Arctic coast into Northern Europe’s wind power hub

13 July 201813 July 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Berlevag, Davvi, energy, Finland, Finnmark, fuel, hydrogen, Infrastructure, Kjøllefjord, Raggovidda, Rastegaisa, reindeer, reindeer herding, Renewables, Sami, ST1, Varanger Kraft, wind power

The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held

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Swedish musher wins Finnmarksløpet

19 March 201820 March 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Alta, dogsledding, Finnmarksløpet, Kirkenes, mushing, Petter Karlsson

Petter Karlsson from Slussfors, northern Sweden came first to the finish line in Europe’s longest dogsled race. The race is

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Europe’s longest dogsled race lead by four-time Iditarod champion

14 March 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Alta, Dallas Seavey, dogsledding, Finnmark, Finnmarksløpet, Iditarod, Joar Leifseth Ulsom, Kirkenes, mushing

39 mushers from 10 countries are racing through 1,200 kilometers of snow and cold in Finnmarkløpet, the world’s northernmost dog

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