Blog: Descent into Russia’s Far East
In the middle of February, after five and a half sleepless hours in the window seat of a diamond mining
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Declining interest in Northern Sea Route
Interest from international ship operators in utilizing the Northern Sea Route has waned in recent years, according to a new
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Strained Russia cuts money for icebreakers
The strained Russian economy does not allow for major investments in new icebreakers. The icebreaker program is on the cut-list
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Nuclear container ship on the move
The world’s only nuclear-powered container ship, the “Sevmorput”, will conduct a two-way transit voyage across the Northern Sea Route this
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New low for Northern Sea Route
Only 40,000 tons of cargo was transported transit through the Russian Arctic route in 2015. And 75 percent of that
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Arctic Frontiers: Our 2016 coverage
Arctic Frontiers is among the world’s most closely watched conferences on northern issues. Each year, politicians, business leaders and scientists descend
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How satellites are changing what we know, and can do, in the Arctic
TROMSO, Norway – Ask the average person what they might see in the Arctic from space and the answer would
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U.S. Coast Guard inches towards new icebreaker
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard inched closer last week to acquiring a new heavy-duty icebreaker for the Arctic. Admiral Paul
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Blog: NSR – Twinned development of shipping, oil
In December, a record heat wave was cascading through the Arctic at a time when snow and ice would normally
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Sweden wants lower emissions for new icebreakers
Sweden’s five state-owned icebreakers are nearing retirement, and so the Swedish Maritime Administration has started work to develop designs for
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Arctic route path to Canada-Russia reconciliation?
Canada’s relations with Russia have been in a deep freeze over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for pro-Russian
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Finland’s shipbuilding prospects looking up
The industrial sector in Finland has been hit hard by a changing market and the economic downturn. Tens of thousands
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U.S. Coast Guard wraps up busy Arctic season
DEADHORSE — Lt. Jason Evans was piloting a Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter over the oil fields of Alaska’s North Slope when
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Greenpeace activists divert Helsinki-bound coal ship
Early Sunday morning the environmental activist group Greenpeace managed to board and get a coal-carrying freighter on its way from
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Arctic nations to sign ‘historic’ coast guard agreement
Experts from all eight Arctic nations are gathering in the United States on Wednesday to sign a historic deal for
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