Construction to begin on LNG terminal in North Finland
Construction is to begin next January on a liquefied natural gas terminal in Tornio, northern Finland. The project is a
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Northern Sea Route traffic plummets
After four years of increased use of the Northern Sea Route by vessels going in transit between Europe and Asia,
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United States: Report says Chukchi Sea drilling runs heightened risk of large spill
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is holding hearings around the state on lease sale 193, in the Chukchi Sea.
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Canada slow to deliver on Arctic commitments
Canada has fallen behind on meeting its promised Arctic investments, even while new data show its aggregate public spending in
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Finland wants to sell on-order icebreaker
The Finnish government is ready to sell an icebreaker ordered for the Finnish Transport Agency which was intended to compete
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Russian yard delays delivery of icebreaker
Russia’s leading icebreaker yard, the Baltiysky Zavod, is more than two years behind schedule in the contruction of the country’s
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Blog: The British Invasion – The Arctic Circle and observer states
There was a lot of buzz around new Observers to the Arctic Council leading up to the 2013 Ministerial in
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Push back on Baltic dumping ban criticized in Sweden
Some countries are pushing back on a ban that would forbid cruise ships from dumping sewage waste in the Baltic
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IMO completes Polar Code environmental rules
The UN International Maritime Organization has drafted the environmental regulations chapter for the Polar Code, a binding set of regulations
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Russia: Third of 10 Arctic search and rescue centre opens on Northern Sea Route
The third of ten planned search and rescue centers along the Northern Sea Route has opened in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The center
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 10/10/14
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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Russia: Submarine «Vladimir Monomakh» finishes trials
Russia’s newest strategic nuclear-powered submarine «Vladimir Monomakh» has passed all state tests and will soon be ready to be handed
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Rosatomflot prolongs North Pole cruises
Rosatomflot, owner of Russia’s fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, has decided to continue bringing tourists to the North Pole as repairs
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New ferry contract part of effort to create shipbuilding industry in Alaska
JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell last month traveled to Ketchikan to announce that an Alaska shipyard in that city would
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Blog: Alaska ships its first oil to Asia in a decade
On September 26, ConocoPhillips‘ Polar Discovery departed the Valdez Marine Terminal in Alaska for Yeosu, South Korea. Valdez is where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline,
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