The pandemic, the economy & international policy – Arctic news roundup 2020 with Heather Exner-Pirot
The end of the year is often a time to take stock and here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no
Read moreThe end of the year is often a time to take stock and here at Eye on the Arctic, we’re no
Read moreAbout 100 drilling rigs will be erected on the Taymyr tundra and a 770 km long oil pipeline will bring
Read moreThe Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), an organization that represents the approximately 180,000 Inuit in Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka,
Read more‘A catastrophic spill in the Arctic — you can’t measure those costs,’ says Andrew Dumbrille Environmental groups say a new
Read moreAs the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting gets underway this week, NGOs are calling for the
Read moreFigures for the first 10 months of 2020 show that Arctic shipping continues to increase despite the coronavirus and world
Read morePrime Minister Mishustin wants to tap into vast oil and gas resources on the Arctic shelf and commissions his cabinet
Read moreThe new guiding document for Russia’s vast Arctic territories includes plenty of focus on oil, natural gas and shipping, and
Read moreKV Svalbard is called in to recover three moored instruments vital for measuring temperatures throughout the Arctic Ocean. The job
Read moreFuel consumption by ships plying Arctic waters grew by 82 per cent in recent years, according to a new report
Read moreThe Arktika icebreaker will have to undergo a second test-voyage to prove its capabilities to crush thick and hard sea-ice.
Read moreIts ships were crisscrossing the icy and remote waters of the Soviet North, bringing goods and manpower to bases and
Read moreA major number of sediment samples have been collected from the Arctic seabed in the course of the maiden voyage
Read moreWith only two of its three engines in operation, Russia’s new nuclear-powered icebreaker is on its maiden voyage to icy
Read moreThe question of security in the Arctic has become more pronounced in the region of late. This is thought to
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