Gallery owner convicted of walrus ivory trafficking
An antiques dealer in Anchorage was sentenced Aug. 11 to six months of house arrest and to pay fines and restitution of more than $400,000.
An antiques dealer in Anchorage was sentenced Aug. 11 to six months of house arrest and to pay fines and restitution of more than $400,000.
The Government of Canada announced in a notice on its website that it will invest more in research for narwhals, bowhead whales and beluga whales.
Outside the municipality of Sanirajak there was a severe attack by a polar bear on three people, seriously injuring them, according to local authorities.
The main function of JSC is the production of fiber optic cables for the project of construction of the trans-Arctic communication line from Murmansk to Vladivostok.
The U.S., China, Japan and Russia are among the countries planning to conduct research on fishing in the Arctic Ocean to establish international rules.
The Russian government has announced a massive expansion of the annual transit volume on the Northeast Passage. The goal is to reach 150 million tons by 2030.
A data network could both provide solutions to permafrost loss and improve communication between rival Arctic nations.
The processing of scrap means the cleaning of the Arctic territory, which is also a priority of the national strategy for the development of the Russian Arctic zone.
The Canadian government plans to start welcoming international guests again on September 7, while the Arctic regions are still waiting.
No drilling platforms between icebergs: Greenland’s government has decided to ban oil production on its territory in future and is stopping all exploration and production operations.
In Canada, for the first time, a female Inuit representative was appointed Governor General, the Queen’s representative.
On June 25, 2021, the submarine “Belgorod” set sail for the first time. Thus, Russia will usher in a new era with the arming of the underwater drone “Poseidon”.
A historic agreement to prevent unregulated deep-sea fishing in the central Arctic Ocean entered into force on June 26, 2021.
Indigenous representatives from the far north of Russia recently visited Switzerland to demand action from the subsidiaries of the Norilsk oil spill.
The Norwegian government has expanded and renamed Nordenskjöld National Park south of Longyearbyen to better protect the last area of sea ice.
Swiss banks may not be allies of indigenous communities. But their financial clout could push companies to change their business practices.
After a long period of frosty relations between Russia and the United States, Putin and Biden held constructive talks in Geneva, also on their activities in the Arctic.
China’s ambitions to take a more significant role in the Arctic are likely to lead to growing tensions in the future.
Atomflot reported that a Turkish company has been awarded the contract for the construction of a floating dock for the new Project 22220 nuclear icebreakers.
Novatek does not plan to resume shipments to Asia via the Northeast Passage until mid-June, a month later than last year.
The three heads of government of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands have reached a de facto agreement to give both territories more independence and leadership in the Arctic.
In five years the Russian Far East and the Arctic will become a tourist paradise, said the Minister Alexei Chekunkov at the Economic Forum in St. Petersburg.
The U.S. government has defended an oil production project in Alaska on the one hand, while freezing production licenses in ANWR on the other.
A comprehensive report on the state of Arctic diversity shows that animals and plants are under varying degrees of pressure, depending on species and location, and calls for more cooperation.