US Coast Guard settles into Kotzebue for the summer
The U.S. Coast Guard has set up a temporary base of operations for the 2018 summer season at Kotzebue, on Alaska's Northwest Arctic coast,...
Russia’s East Siberian Sea is the most dangerous for Arctic shipping
The risk for ship accidents varies across the Arctic waters of the Northern Sea Route and a recent study found the East Siberian Sea...
Unmanned ‘saildrones’ are headed to the Arctic for science
To better understand chemical and ecological changes in the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean, scientists have launched a small fleet...
The Arctic Ocean’s ice-free season could extend into fall
Arctic sea ice could vanish not just in the summer but also in the fall by this century if global warming continues on its...
China looks to build its first nuclear icebreaker
The China National Nuclear Corporation, a state-owned enterprise which oversees all civil and military nuclear programs, announced it was seeking bids for the country’s...
Chinese shipper on path to ‘normalize’ polar shipping
Starting with the voyage of the Yong Sheng in 2013, the Chinese shipping firm COSCO has sent 10 vessels on a total of 14 voyages...
‘America’s got to up its game in the Arctic,’ says Defense...
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — The United States needs to "up its game" in the Arctic and deal with an increasingly important and...
Novatek looks to Norway for LNG reloading capacity
Novatek might engage in large-scale ship-to-ship reloading of liquefied natural gas at three sites in Arctic Norway.In a letter sent to the Norwegian Directorate...
Ottawa promises to exempt aviation fuel from carbon tax in Canada’s...
The federal government has committed to exempting aviation fuel used in Nunavut, Yukon and Northwest Territories from the country’s carbon tax.Under Ottawa’s carbon pricing...
Military shipyards eye stakes in Arctic LNG
Their order books are full of jobs for the Russian military, but the shipyards of Sevmash and Zvezdochka still want a piece of the...
