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Retreating ice reveals new land in Arctic Russia

28 August 201930 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate change, Franz Josef Land, geography, global warming, Novaya Zemlya, sea ice

A 55 square kilometer big island is one of several pieces of land that has been discovered in the Russian

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No ice left on Russia’s Northern Sea Route

28 August 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment Arctic drilling, energy, LNG, Northern Sea Route, NSIDC), sea ice, shipping

But the number of ships that set course for the Arctic route still remains low. The Arctic shortcut that connects

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Bizarre winter weather in South caused by changes in atmosphere, not sea-ice loss: study

20 August 201920 August 2019 Emily Blake, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, global warming, sea ice, weather, winter

There’s a link between sea-ice loss in the Arctic and frigid winter weather much further south — but it’s not

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Arctic summer 2019: record heat, dramatic ice loss and raging wildfires

22 July 201929 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate, heat, sea ice, temperature, weather, wildfires

Never before have temperatures this high been registered at this time of year. June 2019 was the warmest ever on

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Japan scopes out future Arctic research in Cambridge Bay, Northern Canada

8 July 201912 July 2019 Kate Kyle, CBC News 0 Comments Cambridge Bay, climate change, indigenous, Inuit, Japan, Nunavut, sea ice, traditional knowledge

A Japanese research institute is seeking to deepen its collaboration with Canadian scientists and Inuit to further research in the

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LNG tanker breaking through thick ice in Russia’s eastern Arctic

5 July 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments energy, gas, icebreakers, LNG, Northern Sea Route, sea ice, shipping

The Vladimir Rusanov is breaking its way from Sabetta to Korea through Russia’s Arctic route. The ship left Sabetta, the

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Sea levels could rise by up to 2 metres by 2100, new study finds

23 May 2019 Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, floods, glaciers, global warming, IPCC, sea ice, Sea level

Sea levels could rise by as much as two metres by 2100 in a worst-case scenario involving melting ice caps

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Arctic Russia: Chinese-built tanker tests ice in remote waters

8 May 20198 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments China, icebreakers, Northern Sea Route, sea ice, shipping, Taymyr

Ice lies thick on the water as the world’s first icebreaking condensate tanker sails into a shallow bay by Taymyr

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Russian researchers evacuate camp as Arctic ice cracks

2 May 20192 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments ice floe, Roshydromet, sea ice

In a rush, the Russian researchers picked up their gear when the giant ice floe broke into pieces. The researchers

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North Pole camp season cancelled before it even started

15 April 201918 April 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Ocean, Barneo, North Pole, sea ice, Svalbard

Cold politics and warming climate are the reasons why the ice-camp for the first time in 18 years can’t open.

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Future Arctic won’t look like today’s Arctic, report says

8 April 2019 Walter Strong, CBC News 1 Comment climate change, emissions, global warming, sea ice

It may be the end of the Arctic as we know it. That wasn’t the title of the report Key

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North Pole drifting ice camp set to open

29 March 201929 March 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Ocean, Barneo, North Pole, sea ice

An ice floe has been found for the drifting ice camp Barneo-2019 Two helicopters first flew over the area to

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Russian research vessel heads for High Arctic for sea ice study

26 March 201926 March 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Akademik Tryoshnikov, Franz Josef Land, research, sea ice, Svalbard

It is part of Russia’s preparations for the building of an Arctic research platform to be permanently based in the

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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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New Arctic shipping database launched by Arctic Council working group

7 February 20198 February 2019 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments academic institutions, ASTD, environment, PAME, pollution, research, sea ice, sustainable development

An Arctic Council working group launched a new shipping database this month that they say will help close ongoing knowledge

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