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New icebreaker has major importance for Northern Sea Route, says Rosatom

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 14:54 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 14:59
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The “Ural,” Russia’s third vessel of the powerful LK-60 class, makes its maiden voyage to its home port of Murmansk.

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As EU oil ban approaches, a Russian tanker tests Arctic route to China

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 10:04
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The 257 meter long oil tanker “Vasily Dinkov” sails the Northern Sea Route to the Chinese port of Rizhao. The

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Ice conditions on Northern Sea Route may pose navigation challenges this season

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 11:18
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Last year’s early freeze triggered a critical situation with more than 20 vessels stuck in thick ice. This year, the

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Blog: Arctic Circle—The outside world keeps walking in

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Monday, October 31, 2022 at 08:35
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This year’s Arctic Circle Assembly was a near-return to normal operations following previous postponements and restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet the event could hardly

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Russia must shift towards the East, says Minister of the Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 11:02
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“We should not only get new partners, but undertake a paradigm shift,” says Aleksei Chekunkov. Natural resources from the Arctic

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Deep crisis looms, but here comes Russia’s biggest ever Arctic oil project

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 15:13
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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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Blog: Blowback – The Ukraine Conflict and Arctic Security

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 15:21
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The illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February will result in aftershocks throughout Europe and the global community for

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Blog – Pole to Pole: India’s Arctic White Paper

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 16:00
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India was one of the five Asian governments which were accepted by the Arctic Council as formal observers in 2013,

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Canada RCI Science Science (Canada) 

Moose on the Mediterranean? Research sheds new light on where moose once roamed

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 12:46
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If you’re trying to survive an ice age — why not decamp to Italy? That’s what moose seem to have done thousands

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Arctic Science Ministerial postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 08:21 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 08:22
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The third Arctic Science Ministerial, scheduled to take place this November, has now been moved to 2021 because of the

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Arctic shipments to Asia grow as LNG carriers shuttle to eastern markets

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:34 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:45
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Shipments on the Northern Sea Route continues to increase despite of pandemic and world economic meltdown. In the first half

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

New Barents Sea port and 500 km railway link will connect Asia to Russian Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 10:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 11:05
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Russia pushes for more of the global cargo flow to go north. A new year-round port near Indiga in the

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“It’s important to be aggressive about our human rights,” international Inuit leader tells Montreal conference

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 15:45 — Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 10:28
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With international interests increasingly active in the Arctic, it’s more important than ever that Inuit stand up for their human

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Major step towards a Europe-Asia Arctic cable link

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 13:54 — Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 14:37
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Japanese and Nordic partners team up with Russia’s telecom giant MegaFon taking the proposed Arctic fiber optic project a major

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Alaska drilling, China, and the Arctic Council handover to Iceland : Northern news to watch for in 2019

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 4, 2019 at 09:00 — Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2019 at 13:17
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All year long, Eye on the Arctic brings you news, and newsmakers, from around the North. But as 2019 gets

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