Greenpeace’s vessel «Arctic Sunrise» has been released after nearly nine months of detention in Murmansk, following the organization’s demonstration against Arctic drilling in the Pechora Sea last fall.
Environmental activists are blocking an Arctic-bound drilling rig contracted by Gazprom Neft from leaving the Dutch port of IJmuiden. We will never stop our campaigns against drilling in the Arctic, Greenpeace says.
The Norwegian Government is working to ensure that Austre Adventfjord on Svalbard stays on Norwegian hands after one of China’s richest tycoons announced his interested in buying the area.
Russia will facilitate China’s shipments of goods using its railway networks, ports and the Northern Sea Route, a statement from Presidents Putin’s visit to Shanghai says.
Seven base stations in the Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya are to become self-sufficient units with autonomous energy systems. They could be fueled by LNG, leader of the Russkaya Arktika national park says.
Unprecedented levels of carbon dioxide are contributing to rising global temperatures and a new study finds the warming atmosphere may lead to a transit slow down in at least three High North countries.
A new study has demonstrated that the extent of meltwater ponds early in the year is a better predictor of minimum sea ice extent for that year than any other method. This could be big news for industries looking to reliably penetrate higher into the Arctic.
