Polar bears greatly exposed to toxic chemicals in eastern Barents Sea
Polar bears following the sea ice in hunt for seals have a 30-35% higher concentration of perfluoroalkyl substances compared to
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Longread – The quest to turn Norway’s Arctic coast into Northern Europe’s wind power hub
The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held
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Video game based on “Kursk” submarine disaster to be released this fall
To be released in October, Kursk will be the “first ever” fully fledged adventure-documentary game. It is August 2000 and
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Norway scrambles F-16 as Russian aircraft train over Kola Peninsula and Barents Sea
Russian MiG-31 interceptors and Su-24 bombers are training aerobatics and aerial reconnaissance in the skies of Northwestern Russia. The training
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Northern Barents Sea warming at alarming speed
Scientists link the sharp increase in ocean temperature to a recent decline in sea ice import. Around Svalbard, this July
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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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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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