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It’s a wrap for Canadian Coast Guard’s 2023 season in Arctic

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at 15:22
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The Canadian Coast Guard’s operational season in the Arctic is done for 2023, the agency said on Monday. “The CCG

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In chilly return to past, Putin names new icebreaker “Stalingrad”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 10:36
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The projected nuclear-powered icebreaker was originally to be named Kamchatka. But the Kremlin now appears to have intervened and renamed

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Moscow cuts funding for icebreakers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 13, 2023 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:06
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Slashed investments and a spike in construction costs will lead to a significant delay for Russia’s expanded fleet of nuclear

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China’s icebreaker Xuelong-2 is sailing to the North Pole

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 18, 2023 at 13:30
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In cooperation with researchers from Russia and Thailand, Arctic experts from the Chinese Polar Institute are sailing 15,500 nautical miles

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New Arctic industry gives boost in icy shipments

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 11:48
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Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers made a total of 435 ship escort operations in the first half of 2023. New industrial projects

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Third Chinese polar icebreaker will carry deep-sea submersibles

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 10:21
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Third Chinese polar icebreaker will carry deep-sea submersibles It features a bow that reminds of Russia’s new giant Leader-class super-icebreakers.

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Russian VTB bank to finance the construction of icebreakers

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 19, 2023 at 11:19
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By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer  Amid sanctions, the importance of the Northern Sea Route rises. The Russian-sanctioned bank

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Heavy lift carrier enters icy Arctic waters en route from China to Murmansk

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 16, 2023 at 13:38
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The more than 200 meter long Pugnax sails through the Bering Strait and westwards on the Northern Sea Route. On

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New Russian storage vessel for spent nuclear fuel designed for Arctic sea-ice

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 11:05
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Nuclear power company Rosatom signs construction contract with the Baltic Yard in St.Petersburg. The 158 meter long and 22,661 ton

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Russia’s new Navy icebreaker steers clear of Arctic waters

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 09:22
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The 85 meter long, 6000 ton heavy vessel in late January started its voyage towards Kamchatka where it is to

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Ice-cold gloom for Russia’s new super-powerful icebreaker

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 31, 2023 at 11:05
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Budgets are massively overrun and it is not clear when the 120 MW nuclear-powered vessel will be ready for sailing.

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Old icebreakers eye upgrades for Murmansk-Vladivostok tourism

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 16:00
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As international cruise liners pull out of the Russian Arctic amid Ukraine war, a domestic initiative launches month-long voyages along

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Russia grants funding for Arctic nuclear waste ship

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 11:30
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Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed the decree granting 12,4 billion rubles to build a transport- and maintenance ship

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Sweden’s icebreaker season starts with trip from arctic city of Lulea

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, December 23, 2022 at 17:09
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Sweden’s icebreaker season is underway, starting with the first vessel departing from the northern city of Lulea, a city just

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Canadian Coast Guard winds up its 2022 Arctic season

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, December 16, 2022 at 15:45
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The Canadian Coast Guard has wound up its 2022 Arctic operational season, the agency said on Thursday.  “The Canadian Coast

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