NOAA, Coast Guard team up to re-survey Arctic waters
As Arctic commerce heats up, more ships are expected to pass by the Aleutian Islands, through the Bering Strait and north
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Supply barge adrift in the Arctic for months
A Canadian company’s supply barge which has been floating loose around the Arctic since last October, is now just off
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Blog: China – Mining & housing in the Arctic
Last week, I reviewed China’s past year in the Arctic. In its first full year as an Arctic Council observer, a
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Four nuclear submarines under construction in Russia’s Far North
Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk outside Arkhangelsk has full order books for 2015. For the first time since the fall of
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Big changes in Far North since US last chaired Arctic Council
When the United States last led the eight-nation Arctic Council, September sea ice still covered about 2.3 million square miles, Royal Dutch Shell had
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New guidelines for polar shipping
As more and more ships travel through polar waters, new training guidelines for their masters, navigators, and crews have been
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Hbl: No Finnish Navy orders for Russian-owned shipyard
The Finnish Navy’s Chief of Staff says it will not seek any bids from Helsinki’s Russian-owned Arctech Shipyard. Since Helsinki’s
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Environment, oil and Russia’s military: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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Report warns more Arctic shipping will increase warming, affect health
A new report on air pollution from ships in the high Arctic warns of huge increases in air pollution from
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2014 in Review: A strained year for the Arctic
If 2013 was a year of expanded Arctic cooperation, perhaps best highlighted by the acceptance of five Asian states as
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Rosneft puts Murmansk, Russia project on ice
The oil company intended to turn the Roslaykovo shipyard outside Murmansk into a major base for its Arctic operations. Now
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Politics, media misinformation and #sealfie – 2014 Arctic Year in Review (Part 2)
With the year almost over, Eye on the Arctic continues its look at back at 2014 with some of our
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Russian state company buys out Helsinki shipyard
The Russian state-owned shipbuilder United Shipbuilding Corporation USC has bought out half of the share of the Helsinki dockyard belonging
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Blog: China’s silk road plans could challenge Northern Sea Route
For several years now, the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the shipping lane hugging the north coast of Russia, has been touted
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 12/05/19
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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