Blog: Northern Sea Route – Open for business?
Russia’s Northern Sea Route Administration has received 604 applications for transits this year. The bulk of sailings take place on the
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Blog: With Keystone XL delay, Alberta, Canada looks North
Keystone XL, the $5.4 billion, 1,897-kilometer pipeline that would transport crude oil from the Alberta tar sands across the border
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Secret nuclear cargo transported along coast of Norway
Despite a cold political climate, the U.S. and Russia cooperated on a secret September voyage with highly-enriched uranium from Poland
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Russian order for three icebreakers from Finland shipyard confirmed
The 280 million euro deal means new shipyard jobs and additional business for the entire marine industry. Russia’s largest shipping
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Blog: Asia and the Arctic in Eurasian Geography and Economics
For interested readers, the peer-reviewed journal Eurasian Geography and Economics has just published my article, “North by Northeast: Toward an
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Blog: Hearing on U.S. Policy in the Arctic – ‘Let Russia do it for us…’?
There was so much going on at the Inuit Circumpolar Conference last week, I almost missed THIS VIDEO from the
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New Russia sanctions will affect Finland, but not radically: politician
As EU ambassadors gather on Tuesday to agree a new round of tougher sanctions against Russia over its involvement in
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Study envisions fallout from oil spill in Arctic Canada
A well blowout, pipeline breach or vessel accident in the Canadian Beaufort Sea could spew spilled oil westward for months,
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Blog: USA steps up Arctic game with appointment of Papp as special representative
Since 2006, eleven different states have appointed Arctic Ambassadors/Envoys, and last week the United States became the twelfth, with Secretary
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100 wrecks containing oil in Finnish waters
The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) says it is basically a matter of time before Finland faces an oil leak such
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Canada to launch new search for Arctic shipwreck
Sixth time a charm? Canada recently announced that it will launch a new search for an Arctic shipwreck that remains
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WWF Finland concerned about oil leak in Baltic Sea
A decades-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden has begun to leak oil into the Baltic Sea. Finnish environmentalists are
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U.S. Senate bill includes $6 million for new icebreaker
A bill moving through the U.S. Senate has $6 million for a new Coast Guard icebreaker. That would make three
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Blog: Hamburg & the Northern Sea Route
The port city of Hamburg, Germany actually lies 130 kilometers inland from the North Sea. Despite this distance, it has
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Finland dock strike ends
The dock workers’ strike sanctioned by the Finnish trade union AKT has ended after a full day’s work stoppage. Ship
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