Moscow say’s it won’t lower ambitions in Arctic
The capacity of seaports along the Northern Sea Route will reach 83 million tons in 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri
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Arctic
U.S. nominates Alaskan as first Arctic ambassador
U.S. President Joe Biden has unveiled the nominee for the newly created position of Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs, with Alaskan
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Baffinland critical of report that says shipping to blame for narwhal displacement
Report leaves out key information, says Baffinland spokesperson A new report predicts there will be almost no narwhal left in
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Profit drops for Nornickel in Arctic Russia
Nornickel still earns very big money, but war-related sanctions and reorientations of sales to new markets were factors causing net
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Activists halt logging again at Lapland site in Arctic Finland
A group of protesters disrupted logging operations at Aalistunturi in Kolari, Finland, on Sunday. According to the Forest Movement (Metsäliike in
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Land forces at Kola, Russia reduced to one-fifth, Norwegian Intelligence says
“The land forces on Kola are reduced to a fifth of their original numbers before the invasion of Ukraine,” says
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Mission impossible: Will Tom Cruise get heli-filming permission at Svalbard?
Spectacular Arctic winter scenery is what the producers of the next Mission: Impossible will get when filming at Svalbard in
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Construction starts at new Murmansk LNG hub
War and international sanctions notwithstanding, the Russian natural gas company forges ahead with the development of its grand Arctic projects.
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BLM proposes allowing ConocoPhillips to drill most of its Arctic Willow project
The Bureau of Land Management announced Wednesday that it is inclined to allow ConocoPhillips to develop Willow, the company’s proposal
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Blog: Moving North – Arctic Frontiers in a changing world
Tromso is living up to its image as Norway’s Arctic capital, as I step off the plane into a flurry
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Fish diversity increasing in northern waters as oceans warm: study
The diversity of fish species in northern seas has increased by more than 60 per cent in recent decades due
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Forest conservation activists return to Lapland logging site
Some ten activists belonging to the same group, the Forest Movement, were detained by police last week. Some 10 activists
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Blog: Arctic Sweden—Kiruna pivots from underground to outer space
On January 13, 2023, mainland Europe’s first spaceport opened in the Swedish Arctic city of Kiruna–better known for iron ore
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Captains battle thick sea ice in Arctic Russia, despite possible record warmth
Ship captains are battling with major volumes of sea-ice across the Russian far north. But the troubled navigation notwithstanding, temperature
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Greenland’s temperatures warmest in last 1000 years, says study
The temperatures in north-central Greenland are the warmest they’ve been in the last 1,000 years, says new data released this
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