Norway to open new rescue base in Arctic to deal with rising ship traffic
Search-and-rescue efforts in the European Arctic will with the new helicopter base be strengthened as industry, tourism and military all
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Barents Sea
Last Soviet nuclear-sub reactor lifted onshore
The Barents Sea is safer as the era of storing radioactive reactor compartments on water comes to an end. On
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Another dry well for Norway’s Equinor in promising Arctic area
Equinor drills its second dry well in the license area located on 74 degrees North, near the border to Russia.
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Barents Sea cod catch should be cut, researchers say
“The stocks in the Barents Sea are smaller than before.” The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
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Russia’s Northern Fleet holds exercise in Barents Sea
Over 15 surface vessels, several submarines and support ships, as well as aircraft and helicopters, take part in the Northern
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Norway, Russia team up for search and rescue exercise in Barents Sea
Both countries have separated military exercises going on, but when Exercise Barents 2019 kicks off on Tuesday it benefits safety
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Cod moving further north as climate changes in Arctic Europe
Researchers have never before seen spawning cod in the area of Jan Mayen, east of Greenland. “This is new knowledge
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Greenpeace activists board oil platform in Arctic Norway
Four representatives of Greenpeace jumped onboard oil rig West Hercules as it was being made ready for the drilling of
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Russia says it held naval drill near Norwegian waters
The Northern Fleet’s press service says the largest missile cruisers, long-range bombers, anti-submarine aircraft, helicopters and fighter jets took part
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US, Russian bombers fly missions on same day near Norwegian airspace
Both the American B-52 and the Russian Tu-160 are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. In February US President Donald Trump
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Norwegian trawler arrested in northwest Russia for illegal fishing
The Arctic Swan was fishing off the coast of the Kola Peninsula when it was detained by the Russian Coast
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Arctic Norway: temperatures on Svalbard have been above normal for 100 straight months
“Some months have seen temperatures in the area around Longyearbyen with as much as 12-14 degrees [Celsius] over normal,” says
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Russia, Norway find common ground on Barents fish
We consider the interaction between our countries on regulation of joint fish stocks an example for all other coastal states,
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Norway expands Arctic drilling while promising emissions cuts
Amid growing protests against Arctic drilling, the Norwegian government proposes 48 new oil blocks in the Barents Sea The center-right
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Blog – How a Norwegian coastal ferry service went global
It’s been a while since I wrote, and I have a lot of catching up to do. Aside from scrambling
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