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.
Permission is finally granted to reopen the only cross-border flight from Northern Russia to Tromsø in Norway. The airliner operating the route, however, needs economic support before boarding calls can be announced.
Russia in 2014 concluded state orders amounting to 41.5 billion rubles for development of the Murmansk transport hub. This was the fifth largest state order last year.
NextJet’s flight 2N41 landed Monday morning in Tromsø for the first time with the only existing regular cross-border flights across the skies of the Barents Region.
Despite the collapse of the Russian market, exports of Norwegian seafood set new records in 2014. The total value of exports reached NOK 68.8 billion, up NOK 7.3 billion from 2013.
For several years now, the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the shipping lane hugging the north coast of Russia, has been touted as a shortcut between Europe and Asia.
“It is more important for us to sell quality and unique experiences than cheap products for mass tourism,” says Kåre Tannvik, adventure developer with Kirkenes Snowhotel. Weak ruble and krone will not alone boost tourism to Russia and Norway.
