The MIKON flagship program in the Fram Centre is using both social and environmental sciences to examine how High North industrial development will affect the natural world, regional societies like the Sami and economic activity.
MURMANSK: LK60-class will be the largest and most powerfull nuclear icebreaker ever built, making it possible for commercial traffic through the Northern Sea Route all year around. The construction starts at the end of this year.
UPDATED: Australian Northern Iron, operating the Sydvaranger mine in Kirkenes, says on Tuesday it has turned down a takeover bid from Aditya Birla Group.
Tour operators in the Barents region experience a high influx of ready-to-spend tourists. New trends are tourists willing to pay a higher price for niche products like Arctic winter tourism.
The development of the Murmansk Transport Hub was a key issue in this week’s meeting between Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun and Prime Minister Medvedev
