The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 9 October, 2023
India and Russia Deepen Maritime Cooperation As reported by High North News on October 6, India’s Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways and Russia’s Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic met in Vladivostok to discuss the usage…
West restarts Arctic science with Russia, despite mistrust
Norway is leading a Western restart of science cooperation with Russia in the Arctic, puncturing an EU cordon sanitaire. “The war in Ukraine is a tragedy, a crisis, and only Russia has full responsibility for that, but at the same…
Fiction Norway 2024 project market to focus on Arctic and Indigenous voices (exclusive)
The Fiction Norway project market, held in Tromso on January 14-15, is planning a special focus for its 2024 edition on Indigenous and Arctic voices. Producers and directors from the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions are invited to submit their feature…
The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 2 October, 2023
Nuclear Waste Ship Makes Unprecedented Port Call at Novaya Zemlya On September 29, Eye on the Arctic reported that the Russian ship Rossita was observed near Gremikha, a closed submarine base on the Kola Peninsula, before anchoring at Severny in Novaya Zemlya, a military…
Climate Change Brings Rapid Ice Loss to Antarctica, Arctic, Swiss Glaciers
This story includes details on the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to cope with fears and feelings about the…
Arctic–Alpine Botanic Garden
The world’s northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions. LOCATED JUST NORTH OF TROMSØ’s city center, this garden is considered to be the world’s northernmost botanical garden. The place is on the location of…
New Owners Expect to Complete Acquisition of Norwegian Arctic Mine This Year
Sydvaranger mine was in operation from 1910 to 1997. In this period, over 200 million tonnes of iron ore were produced. 11 years later, the mine was rehabilitated and in 2009 operations were underway again until bankruptcy in November 2015. (Photo:…
Equinor says Arctic oil project to cost $1.2 bln more than expected
Norway’s Equinor EQNR.OL and its partners said on Tuesday they had raised the project cost estimate for their joint Johan Castberg oilfield in the Arctic Barents Sea by close to 13 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.20 billion). “Costs are increasing due to a…
Arctic Sea Ice 6th Lowest on Record; Antarctic Sees Record Low Growth
Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on September 19, 2023, making it the 6th lowest year in the satellite record Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 19, 2023, making it the sixth-lowest…
Looking back on the Arctic 30 after 10 years
Ten years ago a group of activists from Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise climbed Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya drilling platform in a peaceful protest. The platform, in the icy waters of the Pechora Sea, was the first commercial offshore oil…