Details of China’s nuclear-powered icebreaker revealed
To be powered by two reactors, the vessel will manage to crush ice in the Arctic at a maximum speed
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Izvestia: What awaits foreign military vessels on Northern Sea Route
The Russian government has elaborated a set of rules for foreign naval vessels’ sailing on the Northern Sea Route, Izvestia
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Blog – South Korea, an unlikely polar pioneer, hosts Arctic conference
Over the weekend, as the temperature in Seoul plunged to -12°C, Koreans bundled up in the long puffy black parkas
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Aging fleet jeopardizing future of ecosystem mapping in Arctic Russia
As one of Russia’s aging marine research vessels burns at port in Murmansk, northwest Russia, scientists warn there is no
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Russia loosens ice-class requirements for Arctic shipping
With thinner Arctic ice comes softer regulations for vessels operating on the Northern Sea Route. The Russian Transport Ministry aims
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Canada will buy a sixth Arctic and offshore patrol ship
The Canadian government is purchasing another ship to be built in Halifax (Maritimes), the defence minister said a day after
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Chinese-made equipment in Canada’s Arctic ships under scrutiny
Canada’s international trade minister quietly sounded out officials at the Department of National Defence last spring about how much of
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U.S. Congress authorizes six icebreakers in Pentagon bill
The United States’ annual defense policy bill cleared Congress Wednesday with a pay raise for the troops and a provision
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Norway to build three large Coast Guard ships for Arctic
With a length of 136 meters, the three will be the largest Coast Guard vessels sailing the European Arctic. Norway’s
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China opens bids for its first nuclear-powered icebreaker
A powerful nuclear ship could open new waters for China’s Arctic strategy. China National Nuclear Corporation on June 21st said
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Several ships being launched to feed Arctic cruise boom
Twenty-eight new expedition ships (and counting) capable of sailing Arctic waters are coming to the market over the next four
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Floating nuclear power stations for Arctic?
An Ontario company is proposing the idea of small floating nuclear stations to power mining sites and towns in the
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Arctic shipwreck indentified by Canada as HMS Erebus
The long-lost shipwreck discovered last month in the Canadian Arctic has been identified as the HMS Erebus, the very ship
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Found at last! Franklin ship lost for 166 years
The well-prepared ships left England in 1845 in search of the fabled Northwest Passage through the Arctic, to the Orient.
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