Russian nuclear-powered cargo ship en route around Scandinavia
The world’s only nuclear-powered merchant ship left St. Petersburg on Tuesday and is now underway to Arkhangelsk where it will
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Plenty of more oil in Barents Sea, says Norwegian petroleum authority
New field discoveries have been scarce, but the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate still believes that there is more than 3 billion
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What Russia’s $300B investment in Arctic oil and gas means for Canada
North could suffer from increased traffic, potential spills Last month, the Russian government pushed through new legislation creating $300 billion
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Inuit in Canada, Alaska and Greenland found international business association
A new alliance made up of Inuit business representatives from across North America has formed to create the International Inuit
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Reconciliation means doing business differently in Canada, northerners say
Reconciliation mean doing business differently in Arctic Canada, and taking an win-win approach to development, a Canadian Arctic conference heard
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Air links between Canada, Alaska, Greenland & Siberia could be building blocks for economic development says Quebec Inuit leader
Direct air links between Arctic Canada and Inuit regions of Alaska, Greenland and Russia could be important building blocks for
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Circumpolar partnerships will be increasingly important for Canada’s North, Ottawa Arctic conference hears
As climate change puts international attention on the North, circumpolar partnerships will have an increasingly important role to play when
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Moscow outlines €210 billion plan for Arctic oil
A new tax regime for the Russian Arctic is to provide for an unprecedented wave of investments in icy drilling.
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Russian company VostokCoal abandons major coal mining project in Arctic tundra
Vostok Coal is giving up its great Arctic project. The buyer of the vast coal reserves of the Taymyr Peninsula
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Canadian mining company Baffinland faces millions in liens over stalled expansion project in Arctic
Construction companies are taking steps to make sure they’ll get paid for work they did for Baffinland’s Mary River Mine.
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Russian company Gazprom finds more gas than expected in future Arctic field
The Kruzenshternskoye field holds up to 2 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, the company says. The field that is
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Chinese tourists cancel trips to Canada’s Northwest Territories amid coronavirus outbreak
Tour operators and hotels in Yellowknife are being hit with a number of cancellations from Chinese tourists in the wake
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New tourism investment brings hope to Russian city as main smelter closes down
Nornickel might invest up to 10,5 billion rubles (€153 million) in the development of a tourism cluster in Pechenga, the
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Russia approves airport plans to serve new Arctic natural gas project
The runway in Utrenny will serve workers commuting to Novatek’s new Arctic natural gas project. Russian state consultants have approved
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More shippers and shipping companies boycott Arctic sea routes, but it isn’t solving the problem, experts claim
Three of the world’s top five shipping companies and a growing number of consumer goods producers have promised to stay
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