LNG tanker breaking through thick ice in Russia’s eastern Arctic
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
An Arctic Council working group launched a new shipping database this month that they say will help close ongoing knowledge
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New icebreaking tankers sailing through Russia’s thick Arctic ice
Two ships are on their way from China and South Korea and will have to break through up to 2
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Satellite imagery illuminates ice conditions around communities in Canada’s east-Arctic
Inuit in Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven, in the territory of Nunavut, are getting a clearer picture of sea-ice
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December sea ice levels in Arctic Europe at record low
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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Interactive Canadian ebook seeks to make Arctic climate science accessible
An interactive ebook focused on research in Canada’s Hudson Bay area, and its wider connection to the Arctic, has been
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Russia loosens ice-class requirements for Arctic shipping
With thinner Arctic ice comes softer regulations for vessels operating on the Northern Sea Route. The Russian Transport Ministry aims
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