The last remaining private bidder in last year’s ANWR lease sale pulls out
The last remaining private company that bid in last year’s controversial Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lease sale has pulled out
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Arctic
German icebreaker back from research trip to better understand Arctic ice
Scientists on the German icebreaker Polarstern returned from a seven-week research trip this month, before the boat heads to the
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Amid war, sanctions, Moscow says Russian Arctic shipping will thrive
A new government plan for the Northern Sea Route includes unprecedented investments in new ships, infrastructure and natural resource development.
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Northern Fleet kicks off large Barents-Arctic naval exercise
Surface warships, submarines and aviation are involved in waters from the Kola Peninsula to Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya.
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Assertive Moscow outlines push into central Arctic Ocean
Russia’s newly adopted Marine Doctrine has a high stress on Arctic waters and the shelf north of the country’s 200
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Tree hugging championships set for August 20 in Arctic Finland
The third annual tree hugging championships in Arctic Finland takes place on August 20, and organizers say they’re looking forward
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Turkish companies to help rescue LNG project in Arctic Russia
Big western companies are pulling out of Novatek’s grand Arctic LNG 2 project. Turkish companies, among them Karpowership, appear ready
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Arctic warming twice as fast as previously thought, says Finnish study
The results of the study suggest that the Arctic region is more vulnerable to global warming than has previously been
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Russia warns of rocket splashdown north of Svalbard
Watch out on August 9th as Russia is to launch a cluster of satellites, including one for Iran aimed to
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Especially warm and rainy July for Arctic Finland
Lapland, the northernmost region of Finland, experienced an especially warm and rainy July this year, says the Finnish Meteorological Institute
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Levels of ‘forever chemicals’ in Antarctica are increasing says study
Fluorinated ‘forever chemicals,’ known as such because that do not naturally break down in the environment, are increasing in one
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Blog: Shetland races to build a sub-Arctic spaceport
On the United Kingdom’s northernmost island, the new space race is getting under way. AAs part of my lifelong odyssey
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Blog: Wildfires and ice – heatwaves put spotlight on the Arctic
Rarely have I heard the Arctic being mentioned so often in the media as in this hottest of summers. I
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Deep crisis looms, but here comes Russia’s biggest ever Arctic oil project
The state company managed by Putin’s long-time ally Igor Sechin has spud the first wells and started construction of oil
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In Canada’s north, environment-minded Pope gets climate change close-up
Pope Francis’s visit to Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut draws attention to a focal point for global climate change, with
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