Military, shipping and polar cooperation – Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Special Features
Japan wants wind power from Arctic Norway
The Japanese market eyes opportunities for import of clean energy from Finnmark. Japan is interested in having long-term connections with
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Norway surpasses Russia as top gas supplier
For the first time since 2012, Norway has surpassed Russia as the largest supplier of gas to Western Europe. During
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Controversy over possible agriculture and environment ministry merger in Finland
Finland’s Prime Minister-elect Juha Sipilä dropped a hint recently that his proposed coalition is considering merging Finland’s Ministry of Environment
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Polar Code approval is timely for busy Bering Strait
The Bering Strait, the narrow chokepoint between the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, has been a watery crossroads for millennia. Skin boats
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Putin signs law against “undesirable” NGOs
Persons working inside Russia for foreign organizations or firms listed as “undesirable” can get hefty fines or get sentences of up
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Arctic Challenge Exercise begins over North Sweden
The Arctic Challenge Exercise, one of the biggest military plane exercises of the year, began Monday in the north of
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‘Epic’ flooding on Alaska Highway hinders Arctic oil operations
DEADHORSE — Unprecedented flooding continues to interfere with daily operations on the North Slope oil patch after surging waters wiped away
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Alaska, Washington senators file bill to build Arctic icebreakers
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., have introduced a billthat would authorize the Navy to build up to six icebreakers for
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Ice-Blog: Will Paris conference help the Arctic?
Things are hotting up on the international climate talks front, with one event after another telling us how important it
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New security landscape in the Arctic
The ice melting in the Arctic has devastating effects on polar bears and wildlife in general, but it also opens up
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Study finds lower cancer rates among indigenous Sámi
According to a doctoral dissertation to be published by the University of Helsinki, the indigenous Sámi people of Northern Finland
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IMO completes Polar Code, regulating Arctic and Antarctic shipping
Starting in 2017, it will be illegal for shippers to dump oil, oily waste or noxious materials into Arctic or
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Blog: Shell wins approval to continue the ‘depletion business’ of the Arctic
This week, the Obama administration conditionally approved Shell’s exploration plans this summer in the Chukchi Sea, off Alaska. The Bureau of
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Shell’s Chukchi exploration plan wins federal approval
Federal regulators on Monday approved Royal Dutch Shell’s plan to resume oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean three years after a series of mishaps,
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