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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

More shippers and shipping companies boycott Arctic sea routes, but it isn’t solving the problem, experts claim

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 11:58
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Three of the world’s top five shipping companies and a growing number of consumer goods producers have promised to stay

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Canada’s new Arctic patrol ships could be tasked with hurricane relief

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2019 at 11:10
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The Canadian navy will take possession of two Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships in the new year — and it looks like

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Environment Environment (Norway) Norway 

Norway considers size limitation on passenger ships sailing to Svalbard

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 14:47
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The initiative, along with a ban on heavy fuel oil, is welcomed by both locals in Longyearbyen and Arctic expedition

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Business Business (Canada) Canada 

2019 saw increase in commercial shipping through Northwest Passage

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 15:06
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2019 marked a busy shipping season in the Canadian Arctic with 27 ships making a full transit through the Northwest

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

White Sea areas closed off for Russian weapons testing

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 9, 2019 at 11:39
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Russia’s new – and most advanced – nuclear powered submarine is one of the vessels continuing shootings. The West Arctic Sea

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russian Navy 2019: Two new submarines, 23 new surface vessels and 480 new kinds of armament

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, December 6, 2019 at 10:57
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President Putin assembles his top military aides to discuss the development of the Navy and Northern Fleet. As the year

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Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Latest LNG carrier arrives in Arctic Russian port, marks completion of tanker fleet

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 16:44
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The «Yakov Gakkel» in late November sailed into the Kara Sea with course for the Sabetta LNG terminal in Yamal.

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Canadian Coast Guard completes 2019 Arctic operational season

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 16:14 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 16:15
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With Canada’s northernmost regions plunged into the polar night, the Canadian Coast Guard has completed its 2019 Arctic operational season,

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Canada Science Science (Canada) 

UK’s new flagship polar research vessel officially named Sir David Attenborough

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, September 27, 2019 at 17:56 — Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2019 at 10:40
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The United Kingdom’s new polar research ship was formally named RRS Sir David Attenborough on Thursday by the Duke and

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

Ice-capable Canadian Coast Guard ships could be both ‘a blessing and a curse’: expert

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, May 10, 2019 at 15:58 — Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 11:43
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If reports that federal officials are considering equipping the Canadian Coast Guard with two ice-capable patrol ships are true, it

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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