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LNG tanker completes first winter Northern Sea Route crossing without an escort

LNG tanker completes first winter Northern Sea Route crossing without an...

Last month, the LNG tanker Eduard Toll made history as the first ship to cross Russia’s Northern Sea Route in winter without the help...
Arctic cruises accused of leaving Indigenous communities in the cold

Arctic cruises accused of leaving Indigenous communities in the cold

LONDON — A lust for adventure tourism is driving a rise in the number of cruise ships touring the Arctic, but local people are...
Russia moves forward on a railway to the Northern Sea Route to Sabetta

Russia moves forward on a railway to the Northern Sea Route...

If Russia is to fulfill its high ambitions for the Northern Sea Route, it might need to build a railway to Sabetta, and acting Yamal-Nenets...
Amid transport troubles, an Arctic convoy is breaking its way towards ice-locked Russian town

Amid transport troubles, an Arctic convoy is breaking its way towards...

After an attempt to make it from Arkhangelsk to Pevek in mid-November failed, the ships I. Trubin, Polar King and Arshenevsky are again on their way across the frozen...
A new batch of satellites brings widespread Arctic broadband closer to reality

A new batch of satellites brings widespread Arctic broadband closer to...

British communication company OneWeb launched 36 more communications satellites into orbit late Sunday evening by a Soyuz rocket from Russia's Vostochny cosmodrome. It follows similar...
Moscow revives plans for a railway to Arctic coast at Sabetta

Moscow revives plans for a railway to Arctic coast at Sabetta

After Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted the Northern Latitudinal Passage in a recent address to the nation, the major Arctic railway project might get...
Nunavut’s economy is likely to grow this year, despite the pandemic, a new report says

Nunavut’s economy is likely to grow this year, despite the pandemic,...

The Conference Board of Canada expects Nunavut’s economy to continue to grow this year, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s in contrast to...
China starts construction of new icebreaker

China starts construction of new icebreaker

Shipyard Jiangnan confirms that it has officially started the construction of the vessel, and that it is planned to be ready for sailing in...
Major oil companies and investors pull back from Russian Arctic oil and gas

Major oil companies and investors pull back from Russian Arctic oil...

Several major oil companies and investors have announced in recent days they are withdrawing from Russian resource development or not pursuing new projects with...
Northern Sea Route icebreaker escorts are up by 100 percent

Northern Sea Route icebreaker escorts are up by 100 percent

Russia’s nuclear-powered icebreakers have been busy on Northern Sea Route lately. In 2016, a total of 420 vessels loaded with 5.29 million tons of cargo were...
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