Defiant Norwegian fishermen unwilling to leave impact areas for Russian missiles
It is for Russia to make sure the military exercises are “carried out in a way that safeguards Norwegian rights under the Law of...
US Sends Bomber Task Force to Iceland
A Bomber Task Force (BTF) from the US Air Force deployed to Iceland yesterday 13 August, according to a press release from the Icelandic...
Russia’s Northern Fleet kicks off major Barents Sea command and staff...
The exercise comes unsurprisingly. Earlier this week, the Barents Observer reported about Russia issuing NOTAM-warnings for two larger areas north and south of Norway’s Bear...
Alaska’s state-owned investment bank files suit against owners of defunct Yukon...
The bankruptcy of Yukon’s Minto Metals Corp. spilled across the Alaska border last week as Alaska’s state-owned investment bank filed suit against the defunct mining company,...
Russian missiles jeopardize Norwegian Arctic SAR response
Bear Island is crucial for helicopter operations in the western Barents Sea as it holds a fuel deposit extending the range of achievable operations.
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Federal judge upholds pause on pre-development oil work in Arctic refuge
A federal judge has upheld decisions by President Joe Biden and the Department of the Interior that temporarily suspended work needed to open the...
U.S. Senators Murkowski and Sullivan release Statements on Chinese and Russian...
This weekend, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan released a statement regarding the 11 Chinese and Russian military vessels that were operating off...
“Here starts a hostile and unfriendly world.” Top Murmansk clergyman Mitrofan...
It was several years since the Metropolitan of Murmansk had visited Borisoglebsk, the Russian territory located like an exclave on the western shore of...
Alaska energy official said he was ‘disappointed’ in researcher before her...
This week there’s news about a court fight between tribal health organizations, the removal of a university researcher from a state energy security task...
German air force sends combat aircraft to Iceland
Keflavik, Iceland (dpa) - Germany's air force has sent combat aircraft to Iceland for the first time in a decade as part of a...
