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Nuclear-powered cargo ship could boost fish shipments along Northern Sea Route

12 November 20189 November 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments fisheries, fishing, Murmansk, Northern Sea Route, nuclear, Pacific Ocean, shipping

The Sevmorput might start shuttling frozen fish along the Northern Sea Route. Russia’s state nuclear power company Rosatom eyes new

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World maritime body approves first Arctic ship routing measures

25 May 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, conservation, environment, Indigenous communities, International law, International Maritime Organization, mammals, maritime law, native, nature, Northern Sea Route, Northwest Passage, Pacific Ocean, politics, Russia, shipping, U.S. Coast Guard

The International Maritime Organization approved on Friday the first internationally recognized ship routing measures designed jointly by Russia and the

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Anchorage, Alaska battered by strong winds

25 April 201825 April 2018 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, National Weather Service, natural disasters, Pacific Ocean, United States, weather, wind

Strong winds “wreaked havoc” across much of Anchorage on Tuesday. The National Weather Service issued a high wind warning for

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2 Alaska volcanoes erupt just hours apart

18 May 2017 Chris Klint, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Aleutian Islands, Bogoslof volcano, geology, Pacific Ocean

An eruption at Bogoslof volcano – one of two to erupt in the Aleutian Islands Tuesday – is its first