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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Laptev 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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Nuclear-powered gold mine coming to Russia’s Arctic Coast
The Kyuchus field will be one of Russia’s biggest gold mining projects. Its development includes the building of a nuclear
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Rosneft surveys oil potential in eastern Arctic waters of Russia
Several survey vessels are mapping the petroleum potential of the Laptev Sea and a drillship is on its way to
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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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Russia to build new military base in east Arctic
As the Northern Fleet unfolds a series of exercises in Russian east Arctic waters, Head Commander Nikolay Yevmenov announces the
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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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Russia holds surprise drill in east Arctic ahead of giant war games
A group of at least eight ships sails into east Arctic waters at the same time as a major unannounced
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Russian Navy sends clean-up team to Arctic trash dump
Russia’s Northern Fleet sends an ecological clean-up team to Kotelny island to collect and crush oil drums dumped during the
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Oil company Rosneft applies for new licence to drill along Laptev Sea coast
Oil company Rosneft intends to extend its Arctic drilling program in the remote Gulf of Khatanga. The state company wants
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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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Rosneft discovers more than 80 million tons of oil in new offshore Arctic well
It is the first ever well drilled in the Laptev Sea and drilling results show significant resources. According to Rosneft,
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