Vilkitsky Strait – Eye on the Arctic

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Russian floating nuclear power plant to be towed through Arctic ice

22 January 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Akademik Lomonosov, Baltic Shipyard, East Siberian Sea, energy, floating nuclear power plant, Laptev Sea, Murmansk, NPP, Peschanka copper project, Pevek, Severodvinsk, St.Petersburg, Vilkitsky Strait

The world’s first ever installation of its kind will be towed several thousand kilometers through Arctic ice before it reaches

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As ice layers get thinner, ship sets another Arctic speed record in Russia

17 January 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Agency of Maritime and River Transport, Baltic Winter, Bering Strait, Christophe de Margerie, Heino Winter, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, Novaya Zemlya, Vilkitsky Strait, Yamal LNG

It was a year with remarkable growth in Russian Arctic shipping. In the course of 2017, as much as 9,737

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