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Novaya Zemlya

Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

February Arctic sea ice at a record low in 2018

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 14:54
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A wedge of open water formed north of Svalbard and well into the Arctic Ocean in late February, satellite images

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Business General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Russia 

Russia: Better weather forecasts needed to increase Arctic shipping

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 15:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 15:59
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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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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russia: Northernmost mine to be powered by nuclear reactors

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 26, 2018 at 12:00
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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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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 16, 2018 at 10:18
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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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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 11:57
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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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Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Putin nationalizes Arctic petroleum shipments

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 20, 2017 at 09:19
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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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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Russian soldiers to collect waste at nuclear test site on Novaya Zemlya island

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 14:30
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94 soldiers from the 12th Main Directorate fly to Novaya Zemlya to collect scrap metal at the nuclear weapons test

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russia builds Arctic air defense shield

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 19:54 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 20:36
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It will protect the country against attack from the north. A new Arctic air defense division will be established in

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This old hunting cabin on the Vaygach island in the Russian Arctic could be subject to protection. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
Culture Culture (Russia) General Russia 

Russia’s Arctic culture heritage sites get protection

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 15:48 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 20:45
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This abandoned polar hydrometrological station at Cape Menshikova on Novaya Zemlya can be declared a culture heritage site as Arkhangelsk

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