Volunteers take action to clean Svalbard’s plastic-riddled beaches
23 people, two days and 1,5 tons of plastic waste. Locals at Svalbard take action for a cleaner Arctic. Where
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Barents Sea
Norway to build three large Coast Guard ships for Arctic
With a length of 136 meters, the three will be the largest Coast Guard vessels sailing the European Arctic. Norway’s
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Tourists back from North Pole delayed by Russian naval exercise near Murmansk
Maybe not the best PR for Murmansk port as tourist destination. After posting photos of the waiting aircraft at Murmansk
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Norway grants drilling rights closer to protected Arctic waters
Norway issues several new oil licenses north of the 74th parallel. “The opening of new exploration acreage is a precondition
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Lower Barents Sea cod and haddock quotas, scientists advise
Norwegian and Russian marine researchers for the third year in a row recommend reducing the catch of Northeast Arctic cod.
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Russia’s Northern Fleet launches surprise, large-scale exercise in Barents Sea
Russian navy kicks off largest naval maneuver in 10 years in a surprise exercise aimed to counter a massive enemy
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Russian rescue sub dives 500 meters during test run
Russia’s Northern Fleet trains rescue diving northwest of Hammerfest, in Northern Norway. “At a depth of half a kilometre, the
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Beauty spot in Arctic Norway set to become Barents oil terminal
Majority in Norway’s Standing Committee on Energy and Environment rules in favour developing the Johan Castberg oil field in the
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Will Russia ask Norway to cut crab fishing in Arctic fjord?
As Russia prepares an overhaul of its lucrative crab quotas, Fishery Agency leader Ilya Shestyakov sends a signal to neighbouring
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In Arctic Norway, seabirds build nests out of plastic waste
Now, concentrations of plastics are comparable or even higher in the Arctic than in more industrialized and urban areas, a
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Norway keeps eye on Russia’s floating nuclear power plant as it heads for Arctic
The controversial Russian installation will spend the next two weeks along the Norwegian coast. The “Akademik Lomonosov” is followed with
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Drilling in Norwegian Barents postponed due to dangerous gas
No drilling in 2018 as risk of toxic and flammable hydrogen sulfide in the ground needs to be checked out.
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Russia’s Northern Fleet drills submarine hunt in Barents Sea
Two of the largest navy vessels based on the Kola Peninsula, “Vice Admiral Kulakov” and “Severomorsk” sailed into the Barents
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Northern Fleet submarine claims Russian record in undetected tracking of enemy sub
Filmed back in port at the naval base Gadzhiyevo north of Murmansk, crew member Aleksandr Brazgun tells to military TV
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Norway says Russia’s mock attack on Arctic radar troubles stability in the North
A year ago, on March 24 2017, nine Russian aircrafts were simulating an attack on Norway’s radar station in Vardø.
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