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Finnish company joins mining project in Russian High Arctic

11 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments mining, Novaya Zemlya, Outotec, Pavlovsky, Rosatom

Mining technology company Outotec will take part in the development of the Pavlovsky zinc and lead mine in Novaya Zemlya,

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Bear ‘invasion’ in Arctic Russia: media too quick to blame climate change, experts say

14 February 201915 February 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Belushya Guba, climate change, journalism, media, Novaya Zemlya, polar bears, wildlife

Photos and videos of the more than fifty polar bears walking around the houses in Belushaya Guba have gone viral

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Russian Arctic town overrun by polar bears

11 February 201914 February 2019 Chris Brown, CBC News 0 Comments Belushya Guba, climate change, Novaya Zemlya, polar bears, sea ice, wildlife

People in Russia’s eastern Arctic are scrambling to come up with a plan to take back their community after it

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December sea ice levels in Arctic Europe at record low

10 December 201814 December 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Barents Sea, climate change, COP24, emissions, global warming, Greenland, Kara Sea, Katowice, Novaya Zemlya, Poland, sea ice, Svalbard

It is December and European Arctic waters are free of ice way north of Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya. Norwegian Ice Service,

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Large ore mine to be developed in remote Russian Arctic

27 November 201827 November 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments lead, mining, Novaya Zemlya, Pavlovsky, zinc

As project planning of the new Pavlovsky ore processing plant and seaport proceeds, regional authorities say there will be plenty

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As funds run low, Kremlin seeks help from big business for grand Arctic projects

26 September 201825 September 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Northern Latitudinal Passage, Novaya Zemlya, rail, transport, Vladimir Putin, Yamal-Nenets

As the Russian treasury is running out of money, government appeals to the country’s biggest industrial companies for funding to

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Russian troops undertake exploration of large Arctic island

12 June 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, exploration, history, military bases, military exercises, Novaya Zemlya, Russia

Five 30-ton heavy ATVs are making their way around the Novaya Zemlya (Russian Arctic) as part of a major exploratory

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Teen researchers tell Putin Russia’s ice sheet is quickly melting

1 May 20181 May 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Artyem Makarenko, climate change, environment, Franz Josef Land, glaciers, global warming, ice, ice sheet, islands, Novaya Zemlya, Roskosmos, Russia, Russian Geographical Society, Science, Valeria Saenko, Vize glacier, Vladimir Putin

In a presentation for the Russian President, two young students describe how new islands are appearing along the coast of

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Major corruption case clouds Russian base projects in Arctic

20 April 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment business, Cape Schmidt, construction, justice, law, military, military base, Novaya Zemlya, Rusalians Stroy, Russia, Russian Ministry of Defence, Russian Navy, Siberia, trial, Wrangel Island

Two men with close ties to the Ministry of Defence are charged with theft of almost 3 billion rubles in

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February Arctic sea ice at a record low in 2018

7 March 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Bering Sea, climate change, europe, Fram Centre, Nansen Legacy, National Snow & Ice Data Center, North America, Novaya Zemlya, sea ice extent, Svalbard

A wedge of open water formed north of Svalbard and well into the Arctic Ocean in late February, satellite images

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Russia: Better weather forecasts needed to increase Arctic shipping

6 March 20186 March 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Forum, Bering Strait, Gulf of Ob, icebreakers, Ministry of Natural Resources, Norilsk Nickel, Northern Sea Route, Novaya Zemlya, Roshydromet, Sabetta, shipping, transportation, Yamal LNG

A quickly growing number of ships are confronting the thick ice and tough climatic conditions on Russia’s Northern Sea Route,

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Russia: Northernmost mine to be powered by nuclear reactors

26 February 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments ATOMECO, lead, natural resources, NIKIET institute, Novaya Zemlya, nuclear power, Pavlovsky mine, Rosatom, zink

Rosatom considers to take use of small-scale nuclear reactors for the projected Pavlovsky mine in Novaya Zemlya. The proposal was

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Novaya Zemlya is top priority in 2018 for Russia’s Northern Fleet

16 February 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments geography, Northern Fleet, Novaya Zemlya, Russian Armed Forces, Russian Geographical Society

Expeditionary forces will make comprehensive explorations of the country’s biggest Arctic archipelago. It covers a strictly militarised territory of more

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As ice layers get thinner, ship sets another Arctic speed record in Russia

17 January 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Agency of Maritime and River Transport, Baltic Winter, Bering Strait, Christophe de Margerie, Heino Winter, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, Novaya Zemlya, Vilkitsky Strait, Yamal LNG

It was a year with remarkable growth in Russian Arctic shipping. In the course of 2017, as much as 9,737

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Putin nationalizes Arctic petroleum shipments

20 November 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arkhangelsk, Bering Strait, Murmansk, natural resources, Northern Sea Route, Novaya Zemlya, transportation

Only Russian vessels will soon be allowed to ship oil and gas along the Northern Sea Route. In Thursday’s meeting

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