The new ambassador-at-large for the Arctic will build upon the previous U.S. Arctic coordinator position.[Full Text]
2022-09-15
Rebecca Pincus will be the new director of the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute, while Michael Sfraga will become its chair.[Full Text]
2022-09-15
President Aleksandr Lukashenko agrees with the Governor of Murmansk about the establishment of a far northern hub for Belarusian fertilisers.[Full Text]
2022-09-15
Novatek has been focused on finding new partners to help salvage its flagship LNG project in the Arctic after western companies exited the project. Despite these efforts this week the company said the opening of the project will be delayed by at least a year.[Full Text]
2022-09-15
The 1920 Svalbard Treaty that recognizes the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard also stipulates its demilitarization and allows no facilities that can be used for “warlike purposes.”[Full Text]
2022-09-15
This week, the Swedish Armed Forces are testing their ability to quickly relocate northwards and solve combat tasks there. The exercise involves around 700 soldiers from different entities. [Full Text]
2022-09-15
Aker BP plans to drill up to 15 exploration wells next year, including in the Arctic Barents Sea, Aker BP (AKRBP.OL) Chief Executive Karl Johnny Hersvik said on Monday.[Full Text]
2022-09-15
Production will continue for two more years than previously decided.[Full Text]
2022-09-15
Three years after the Akademik Lomonosov started to produce electricity for the remote Siberian community of Pevek, the first of four new Arctic floating nuclear power plants is now being built in a Chinese shipyard.[Full Text]
2022-09-15
The Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic (Minvostokrazvitiya) has published a federal bill on Arctic freight delivery. The bill was written to create a legal and organizational framework for shipping consignments to the extreme North and other regions with the same status.[Full Text]
2022-09-15
