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China to release guidebook on Arctic shipping

China is accelerating its pace in Arctic exploration by publishing its first guide to sailing through the Northern Sea Route.

June 20, 2014
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«Arctic Sunrise» released

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.

June 10, 2014

Permafrost thaw to cost global economy trillions

Permafrost may be mostly invisible underground, but the consequences of its thawing will be anything but.

September 22, 2015

Finland’s Arctic Strategy

Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will present Finland’s Arctic Strategy later this month.

September 17, 2009

Svalbard newspaper in Russian language

The world’s northernmost newspaper, Norwegian Svalbardposten will be translated into Russian for the first time this autumn.

August 12, 2011

Arctic emergency center opens in Murmansk in 2013

Russia plans to open ten rescue centers along the Northern Sea Route. Murmansk plans to have its center operational from 2013.

April 15, 2012

Northern Sea Route without Murmansk

The new Law on the Northern Sea Route, adopted by Russian legislators this week, does not include Murmansk and the Barents Sea.

July 06, 2012

Swedes break the ice for Danes at the North Pole

Scientists preparing the Danish claim for the Arctic continental shelf have reached the North Pole onboard the Swedish icebreaker “Oden.”

August 24, 2012

Russian Church sanctifies North Pole

A Russian Orthodox bishop has dropped a capsual with a blessing from Patriarch Kirill on the North Pole point.

September 18, 2012

Three new nuclear icebreakers in the pipeline

Baltic Shipyard outside St.

November 14, 2012

Moscow to rule Northern Sea Route

Both Murmansk and Arkhangelsk lost the fight for hosting the administration for the Northern Sea Route. The administration office will be located in Moscow “in order not to offend anyone”.

January 02, 2013

Accident-prone icebreaker back on Northern Sea Route

Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreaker “Taimyr” is back in service after one year of repairs. Last year the vessel had a leakage in one of the steam generators – the year before that in the cooling water system.

March 12, 2013

Nuclear energy for Arctic

Well-known Russian scientist Nikolay Lavyorov believes Arctic development is impossible without nuclear power plants and icebreakers.

April 19, 2013

Evacuation of Polar researches to start this week

The Russian Government pays 65 million rubles to bring the crew of the floating research station “North Pole-40” safely back to land.

May 27, 2013

Departure show for Nansen

ARKHANGELSK: Nothing’s like a farewell party in Russia. So also when the Pomor Capital says “bon voyage” for the Nansen Memorial Expedition that now sails towards Siberia.

August 07, 2013