by Heiner Kubny | Jun 17, 2020 | Archive, Arctic, Arctic, Economy, Politics, Tourism, traffic
The government only wants to support SAS if investments are made in lower-emission aircrafts. SAS received its first of eight A350-900s in November 2019 and is already relying on state-of-the-art technology. (Photo: H. Gousse, Airbus) Sweden’s social democratic...
by Heiner Kubny | Jun 15, 2020 | Archive, Economy, Energy
Representatives of the Russian environmental control service Rosprirodnadzor inspect the tank plant in Norilsk on site. (Photo: rpn.gov.ru) The Russian Environmental Control Authority is calling on Nornickel and its subsidiary Norilsk Taymyr Energy Company to close...
by Heiner Kubny | Jun 15, 2020 | Archive, Arctic, Arctic, Politics, Tourism
Soon reality again – exciting Zodiac excursions in Svalbard. In the background, the MS “Plancius” of the Dutch shipping company Oceanwide Expeditions. (Photo: Heiner Kubny) On June 12, the Norwegian government announced that expedition cruises on Svalbard...
by Heiner Kubny | Jun 15, 2020 | Archive, Arctic, History, Politics, Science
The K-278 nuclear submarine, or Komsomolets, is located about 190 km southwest of Bear Island off the coast of Norway at a depth of about 1,858 meters after a fire broke out on April 7, 1989. By 2030, the Russian government will recover seven radioactive debris...
by Heiner Kubny | Jun 15, 2020 | Archive, History, Polar Heroes
Frederick Cook was born on June 10, 1865 in Hortonville, New York. Cook studied at Columbia University and later at New York University, where he received his doctorate in medicine in 1890. At the age of 37, he married Marie Fidele Hunt, with whom he had a daughter....
