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Norway to open new rescue base in Arctic to deal with rising ship traffic

7 October 2019 16 h 08 min — 11 October 2019 13 h 23 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, search and rescue, tromso

Search-and-rescue efforts in the European Arctic will with the new helicopter base be strengthened as industry, tourism and military all

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Population declining in Arctic Norway

26 August 2019 14 h 55 min — 26 August 2019 14 h 57 min Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments demography, depopulation, Finnmark, Nordland, Troms

Shrinking population also in cities like Tromsø, Harstad and Mo i Rana during first half of 2019. Population is down

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

19 June 2019 11 h 37 min — 21 June 2019 10 h 19 min 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 2019 14 h 14 min 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 2019 15 h 54 min — 29 March 2019 14 h 38 min 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 11 h 57 min 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 2019 16 h 26 min — 28 January 2019 16 h 32 min 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 2019 14 h 48 min — 17 January 2019 14 h 49 min 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 10 h 24 min 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 2018 8 h 00 min 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 2018 16 h 57 min — 13 November 2018 9 h 39 min 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 14 h 37 min 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 2018 13 h 49 min — 27 August 2018 14 h 07 min 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 12 h 09 min 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 2018 15 h 27 min — 13 July 2018 15 h 31 min 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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