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Climate change likely extending Alaska cruise season, says Norwegian Cruise CEO

Climate change likely extending Alaska cruise season, says Norwegian Cruise CEO

Climate change may be playing a role in extending the Alaska cruise season, potentially opening up new revenue opportunities for the industry, Norwegian Cruise...
TotalEnergies will continue shipping Russian LNG as long as there are no EU sanctions, CEO says

TotalEnergies will continue shipping Russian LNG as long as there are...

LONDON — French energy giant TotalEnergies will continue to ship liquefied natural gas from Russia as long as there are no European sanctions on...
Norway limits access for Russian fishing trawlers in security push

Norway limits access for Russian fishing trawlers in security push

OSLO — Norway said on Thursday it would impose limits on Russian fishing vessels using its ports, in a further tightening of security following...
Icebreaker Healy sails alone to the North Pole

Icebreaker Healy sails alone to the North Pole

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy arrived at the North Pole on Friday, according to a release from the U.S. Coast Guard. The Healy, a...
Japan companies to study making ammonia from Arctic Alaska gas

Japan companies to study making ammonia from Arctic Alaska gas

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation said on Tuesday it will study the feasibility of producing ammonia in the state's Cook Inlet region with Japan's...
This year’s Arctic sea ice minimum extent is tied for tenth lowest on record

This year’s Arctic sea ice minimum extent is tied for tenth...

Arctic sea ice reached its yearly minimum extent earlier this month, at about 1.8 million square miles (4.67 million square kilometers), according to preliminary...
Sanctions are hitting Russian icebreaker builders

Sanctions are hitting Russian icebreaker builders

Russian companies Nornickel and Rosneft have scrapped plans to build high-tech icebreakers fueled by LNG. The vessels will instead be diesel-fueled, Deputy Head of...
Belarus’s Lukashenko eyes shipping goods to Asia via Russia’s Arctic route

Belarus’s Lukashenko eyes shipping goods to Asia via Russia’s Arctic route

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting with the governor of Russia's Murmansk region, Andrei Chibis, on Thursday said the re-routing of Belarusian exports...
Turkish companies could rescue Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project

Turkish companies could rescue Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project

The unprecedented Arctic industrialization that over the past years has unfolded along the shores of Russia’s remote Gulf of Ob faces serious troubles following...
Canadian Hydrographic Service gets $84M to map Arctic Ocean floor

Canadian Hydrographic Service gets $84M to map Arctic Ocean floor

The federal government is planning to spend more than $100 million to map the Arctic Ocean floor and to make improvements to Rankin Inlet’s...
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