This year’s last transit shipment underway on Northern Sea Route
Few days after several ships were rescued out of the sea-ice, nuclear icebreaker Yamal prepares for escort of heavy loads
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East Siberian Sea
Early freeze takes shippers by surprise on Northern Sea Route
An early freeze has taken shippers by surprise and a big number of vessels are in danger of getting stuck
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Ships set out on trans-Arctic voyage as spring comes to Northern Sea Route
Accompanied by nuclear powered icebreaker Yamal, LNG carrier Nikolay Urvantsev moves eastwards in this year’s first transit shipment on the
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Ecosystems shifting in Russia’s Arctic waters, scientists find
Species that previously were non-existent in Russia’s remote and icy Arctic waters are now found in big numbers. The researchers
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Russian Navy maps large area of Arctic seabed
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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Venta Maersk container ship successfully breaks through ice on Northern Sea Route
With a speed of 11 knots the Venta Maersk sailed through the most difficult part of the Northern Sea Route,
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Russian and American scientists team up to study Arctic Russia’s weakening sea ice
More than 50 oceanographic researchers are on board Russia’s polar research flagship Akademik Tryoshnikov as it makes its way towards
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Russian floating nuclear power plant to be towed through Arctic ice
The world’s first ever installation of its kind will be towed several thousand kilometers through Arctic ice before it reaches
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Ice-locked ships start moving after 5 months of captivity in Russian Arctic
With the break-up of ice in the Russian east Arctic comes freedom for three ships and their crews. The icebreaker
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100 sailors trapped in ice near Russian Arctic outpost
The historic convoy to Pevek did not have a lucky outcome. Three vessels, among them an icebreaker, might not get
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