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Environmental groups welcome ban on dirty fuel by Arctic cruise operators

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 11:24 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 15:09
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A coalition of environmental and conservation groups working on more environmentally sustainable shipping practices in the Arctic says it welcomes

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BUSINESS Business Canada Countries Featured Featured • Zone 3 General 

Inuit association in Canada’s eastern Arctic to levy fees on tourism operators

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 15:04 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 10:20
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The rise of tourism in Canada’s eastern Arctic, particularly from cruise ships, has prompted the regional Inuit association to start

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BUSINESS Business Countries Featured Featured • Zone 2 General Russia 

Cancelled Norwegian cruises to Arctic Russia: competitor denies any involvement

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 14:46
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“I can say without reservation that neither I nor anyone else at Poseidon Expeditions had any contact with officials at

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BUSINESS Business Countries Featured Featured • Zone 2 General Russia 

Russian Arctic National Park director aims to boost tourism

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 27, 2019 at 11:20 — Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2019 at 11:22
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The establishment of a special customs regime around the remote archipelago of Franz Josef Land, in Arctic Russia, would boost

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Countries Environment ENVIRONMENT Finland General 

Climate activists block cruise ship in Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 13:47
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Cruise ship visitors were delayed in Helsinki on Wednesday evening after climate activists blocked the MS Queen Elizabeth at Hernesaari

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Countries General POLITICS Politics Russia 

Norwegian cruises to Arctic Russia cancelled due to low ice class: Murmansk minister

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 14:55 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 15:06
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Meanwhile, a competing cruise liner founded by a Russian business man sails the same waters with a vessel holding lower

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BUSINESS Business Countries General Russia 

Russia cancels Norwegian cruise ship’s Arctic expeditions

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 12:27 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 15:04
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The two high-profile voyages had been planned for years with prestigious support from regional authorities in Murmansk. 250 passengers will

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BUSINESS Business Countries General Russia 

Luxury cruise ship leaves Alaska toward Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 15:58
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The Silver Explorer gets escort by a Russian icebreaker as it launches its ice edge cruising through Russian Arctic waters.

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BUSINESS Business Canada Countries General 

Hybrid Norwegian cruise ship to sail through Northwest Passage

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, July 12, 2019 at 12:14 — Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2019 at 11:13
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A Norwegian cruise ship named after one of the country’s most famous polar explorers, Roald Amundsen, who became the first

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BUSINESS Business Countries Finland General 

Giant cruise ships bringing tourists in record numbers to Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 15:29
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Helsinki is expecting a record summer as far as the number of both visiting ships and passengers. Altogether 309 international

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BUSINESS Business Countries General Highlights Norway 

Antarctic-to-Arctic ultra-luxury cruise announced for 2022

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 24, 2019 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2019 at 16:26
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SeaDream’s new ship will be the most luxury expedition experience ever seen along the ice-edge north of Svalbard. The brand

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BUSINESS Business Canada Featured General Highlights 

Small community in Arctic Canada disappointed by cruise ship cancellations, says mayor

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 12:10
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The cancellation of two luxury cruise ships that were supposed to land in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), this week is

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Longyearbyen is the largest settlement on Svalbard. (iStock)
BUSINESS Business Featured General Norway 

Tourism on the rise in waters around Svalbard, Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 7, 2017 at 14:01
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17 passenger vessels are Monday sailing in the waters around Svalbard. Next year will be even more crowded. While southern

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BUSINESS Business Featured Finland General 

Helsinki, Finland set to become world’s busiest sea passenger port

Yle News
Posted: Friday, August 4, 2017 at 15:24
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Port of Helsinki CEO Kimmo Mäki says that once the year’s data is in, Helsinki may reach top of the

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alaskas-cruise-industry-just-keeps-getting-bigger
BUSINESS Business Featured General USA 

Alaska’s cruise industry just keeps getting bigger

Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 12:59
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The cruise industry in Alaska is getting bigger, in more ways than one. The state is seeing larger ships traverse its waters,

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