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Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site

16 July 201916 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, energy, Gazprom, Kara Sea, Murmansk, Novatek, offshore drilling, oil, Rosneft, Russia

A fleet of supply ships surround the Chinese rig “Nan Hai Ba Hao” as it gets ready to spud a

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Mining boom to drive economic growth in northern territories beyond rest of Canada, report says

12 July 2019 Ryan Patrick Jones, CBC News 0 Comments economy, employment, jobs, mining, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, Yukon

Economic growth in the territories will outpace the rest of Canada over the next two years, driven by the strength

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Hybrid Norwegian cruise ship to sail through Northwest Passage

12 July 201915 July 2019 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments cruise ships, cruises, Hurtigruten, Northwest Passage, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, tourism

A Norwegian cruise ship named after one of the country’s most famous polar explorers, Roald Amundsen, who became the first

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Russia considers building its own fleet of Arctic cruise ships

11 July 201911 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barentsburg, cruise ships, Franz Josef Land, tourism, United Shipbuilding Corporation

Murmansk, in northwest Russia, and Barentsburg, on Svalbard, could become vital ports for a new series of Russian medium-sized luxury

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Helsinki-Tallinn tunnel deal set to be inked with Chinese construction company

9 July 20199 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments China, Helsinki, Infrastructure, Peter Vesterbacka, roads, Tallinn

The Finland to Estonia undersea rail tunnel project led by businessman Peter Vesterbacka has taken a step forward. He announced

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Business is good for Russian nickel giant Nornickel

9 July 20199 July 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Kola Peninsula, mining, Norilsk Nickel, Nornickel

Nornickel makes big money and has tripled payouts to its shareholders over the last three years. The annual General Meeting

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Finland’s cities benefiting from domestic tourism trend

8 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments flight, rail, tourism, travel

Finnish tourists are increasingly choosing to holiday in Finland, according to preliminary data released by tourist offices in the cities

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LNG-reloading operations end in Norway’s Arctic waters

8 July 20198 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, Honningsvåg, LNG, Novatek, shipping

Several million tons of liquified natural gas were reloaded in course of few months in the waters outside Honningsvåg, northern

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Chinese drilling rig returns to Arctic Russia

5 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, China, energy, gas, Kara Sea, LNG, oil

It is the third year in a row that drilling rig Nan Hai 8 arrives in Murmansk to prepare for

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Floating nuclear power plant will be key to Northern Sea Route, Russia’s Rosatom says

4 July 20194 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Akademik Lomonosov, energy, floating nuclear power plant, nuclear, nuclear power

The Akademik Lomonosov has been officially handed over to the Russian state nuclear power company. The construction and testing of

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Business boom follows glacier’s retreat in Portage, southcentral Alaska

4 July 20195 July 2019 Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, glaciers, Portage, tourism

Portage Glacier Cruises, south of Anchorage in southcentral Alaska, recently marked its 30th anniversary of shuttling visitors by boat to

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Japanese companies buy stake in Russian Arctic LNG project

2 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic LNG-2, energy, gas, Japan, LNG

Companies Mitsui and JOGMEC acquire a 10 percent share in Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2. The deal gives the two Japanese

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Finnair gets domestic competition with Norwegian’s new Helsinki-Vaasa route

1 July 201928 June 2019 Yle News 0 Comments airlines, Finnair, flight, Helsinki, Norwegian Air Shuttle, travel, Vaasa

Norway-based budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced it will roll out regular flights between Helsinki and Vaasa, a city

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Small town in Arctic Russia to become Northern Sea Route shipping hub

26 June 201926 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments coal, Dikson, energy, Infrastructure, Northern Sea Route, oil, shipping

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signs the decree that is to turn the remote Arctic settlement of Dikson, in the

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Nuclear waste company plans major investment at disposal site in southwest Finland

25 June 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Eurajoki, nuclear, nuclear pwoer, nuclear waste, Olkiluoto

Nuclear waste firm Posiva is to spend some 500 million euros on a production facility for spent fuel handling at

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