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Heidi Andreassen is Norwegian leader for the Young Innovative Entrepreneurs project where business people across the borders in the Barents Region are teaming up. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Ruble crash will have a huge negative impact on cross-border trade”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 16:33 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 21:37
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Barents entrepreneurship expert Heidi Andreassen believes trade and investments across the borders in the north are in jeopardy as Russia’s

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) talks to Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin in 2011. (Maxim Shemetov / AFP / Getty Images)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Seismic mapping of Russian Arctic will continue — Rosneft

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 16:27 — Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014 at 20:42
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The state-owned oil company in 2015 intends to conduct seismic mapping of seven fields in the Pechora Sea. During a public

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Russian bank notes. (iStock)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Russia warns of recession in 2015

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 14:30
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Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development has revised down its economic growth forecast for 2015 and warns that the economy will

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Greenland at a crossroads. (Mia Bennett)
Blog Denmark/Greenland General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) Special Features 

Blog: Greenland, Alaska elections bolster Arctic resource extraction

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 16:16 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
1 Comment

Voters in Greenland and Alaska went to the polls last November, electing politicians from parties in favor of natural resource

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The GSP Saturn drilling rig arrives in the port of Murmansk after an accident occurred November 7 during the towing of the rig from its exploratory drilling location in the Pechora Sea in Arctic Russia. (Gleb Paikachev/Greenpeace)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia Special Features 

Serious damage to drilling rig in Arctic Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 14:45 — Last Updated: Friday, November 21, 2014 at 17:45
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The Gazprom Neft operated “Saturn” drilling rig lost one of its lifeboats and   had its helipad destroyed by an

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(Harald Pettersen / Statoil via Scanpix Norway /AP)
Business Business (Norway) General Norway Special Features 

Statoil ends disappointing Arctic campaign

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 14:04 — Last Updated: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 19:17
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Statoil has completed its extensive 2013-2014 exploration program in the Barents Sea, with fewer commercial discoveries than the company had

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Tourists frolic amidst the geothermal steam of the Blue Lagoon. Reykjavik, Iceland. (Mia Bennett)
Blog General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Blog: From Arctic Circle 2013-2014, a big drop in the price of oil

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 19:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
2 Comments

I’ve arrived in Iceland for the Arctic Circle 2014 assembly. I expressed some reservations about the conference program yesterday, but it should still be

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Reykjavik, Iceland, shown here in a 2013 file photo, plays host to the second Arctic Circle Assembly this month. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News)
General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) Special Features 

Iceland conference draws on hopes, concerns for changing Arctic

Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 14:36 — Last Updated: Monday, November 3, 2014 at 21:16
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland — As winter closes its icy grip on the Arctic for another year, world leaders from around the

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska asks feds for transfer of 19,322 disputed acres in Arctic

Dermot Cole, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 19:26
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When U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower inked the declaration under which the 49th state joined the union, no one thought

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Composite image of night lights above 60°N (with the Arctic Circle also included for reference), as imaged in April and October 2012 with SUOMI NPP’s Day/Night Band. (Data downloaded from NASA Earth Observatory / Cryopolitics)
Blog Environment Environment (Iceland) General Iceland Special Features 

Blog: NASA satellite imagery reveals the Arctic at night

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 15:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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In winter, the Arctic is considered to be a dark and dreary place save for when the northern lights shimmer

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Presumed Route of Polar Discovery tanker carrying oil from Alaska to South Korea. The brown line denotes the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, while lines in the sea denote commercial shipping. Data from the European Commission. (Cryopolitics)
Blog Business Business (USA) General Special Features USA 

Blog: Alaska ships its first oil to Asia in a decade

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014 at 15:28 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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On September 26, ConocoPhillips‘ Polar Discovery departed the Valdez Marine Terminal in Alaska for Yeosu, South Korea. Valdez is where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline,

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Norway’s Minister of foreign affairs Børge Brende speaks at the Brookings Institution June 16, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / FP/Getty Images)
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

No Norwegian services to Russian Arctic offshore oil

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 14:09 — Last Updated: Friday, September 26, 2014 at 21:10
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Norway’s foreign minister Børge Brende says Norway joins the restrictive measures against Russia introduced by EU earlier in September. The

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The potential routings of the Arctic Energy Gateway, along with pipelines and railroads in the northern part of the globe. Notice the sheer lack of either infrastructure north of the Arctic Circle. (Cryopolitics)
Blog Business Business (Canada) Canada General Special Features 

Blog: With Keystone XL delay, Alberta, Canada looks North

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 13:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:33
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Keystone XL, the $5.4 billion, 1,897-kilometer pipeline that would transport crude oil from the Alberta tar sands across the border

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The Prirazlomnaya offshore platform. (Gazprom)
Business Norway Society (Norway) 

In time of sanctions, Prirazlomnaya seeks Russian suppliers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 17:34 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 20:43
0 Comments

Production proceeds as planned, but parts of equipment and services will be replaced by Russian suppliers, a top leader of

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Blog Business Business (Canada) Canada Special Features 

Ice-Blog: Arctic Economic Council – and the environment?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 16:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
1 Comment

I would like to share my thoughts with you on the founding meeting of the Arctic Economic Council, taking place

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