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Barents Sea

Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Russian military engineering troops sent to restore Murmansk railway connection

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 at 14:35 — Last Updated: Monday, July 6, 2020 at 12:48
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It was in early June the railway bridge across the Kola River collapsed as the spring flood destroyed one of the pillars

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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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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway Politics 

Migrants arrested in Barents Sea as they try to reach Norway, Russian security services video

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 14:31
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The small rubber boat was supposed to bring them to Norway’s northern shores, but their dream of Europe ended dramatically

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Experts discuss plan to lift nuclear waste from Russian Arctic seabed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 9, 2020 at 11:54
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Experts are discussing the framework for safe lifting of dumped reactors from four submarines and uranium fuel from one icebreaker

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

Norway’s Equinor to drill new Arctic well in Barents Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 10:32
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The company intends to add resources to its Johan Castberg project. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has approved Equinor’s well drilling

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (USA) Politics USA 

U.S., Norwegian aircraft fly mission over Barents Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 11, 2019 at 10:33
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Three U.S. B-52 strategic bombers; P8 maritime patrol aircraft, tankers and a RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft were flying over the Barents

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Environment (Russia) General Russia Science 

Russian Navy maps large area of Arctic seabed

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 11:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 11:28
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Research vessels operated by Russia’s Northern Fleet have this summer mapped several thousand square kilometers of the Arctic shelf. A

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General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Norway to open new rescue base in Arctic to deal with rising ship traffic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 16:08 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:23
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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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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Last Soviet nuclear-sub reactor lifted onshore

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 16:34
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The Barents Sea is safer as the era of storing radioactive reactor compartments on water comes to an end. On

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Another dry well for Norway’s Equinor in promising Arctic area

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2019 at 10:40
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Equinor drills its second dry well in the license area located on 74 degrees North, near the border to Russia.

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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Barents Sea cod catch should be cut, researchers say

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 14:31
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“The stocks in the Barents Sea are smaller than before.” The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russia’s Northern Fleet holds exercise in Barents Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 13:38 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 13:40
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Over 15 surface vessels, several submarines and support ships, as well as aircraft and helicopters, take part in the Northern

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway Politics 

Norway, Russia team up for search and rescue exercise in Barents Sea

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 11:15
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Both countries have separated military exercises going on, but when Exercise Barents 2019 kicks off on Tuesday it benefits safety

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Cod moving further north as climate changes in Arctic Europe

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 11:30 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 11:40
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Researchers have never before seen spawning cod in the area of Jan Mayen, east of Greenland. “This is new knowledge

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Greenpeace activists board oil platform in Arctic Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 29, 2019 at 10:25
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Four representatives of Greenpeace jumped onboard oil rig West Hercules as it was being made ready for the drilling of

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