Christophe de Margerie breaks the ice aft using the ship’s propellers. Photo: Sovcomflot The Arctic Council’s working groups published an updated report on Arctic maritime traffic in January, with 10 years’ hindsight on the area figures. Last week,...
Le quai du port d’Utrenniy a été construit pour recevoir des trains de liquéfaction flottants. Image : Novatek Despite the series of penalties, the Arctic LNG 2 project has seen the light of day, with the first production train operational. However,...
Sea fog near the Arctic sea ice edge poses a risk to ships (Photo: Xianyao Chen) The retreat of sea ice in the Arctic is providing welcome time savings — and thus potentially lower costs — for international trade, as ships can increasingly use the shorter Northern Sea...
The deployment of drifting buoys is intended to improve safety on the Northern Sea route. (Photo: AARI) By 2024, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) will deploy a new high-precision hydrometeorological network in the marine and coastal parts of the...
In the last 14 years, the extent of Arctic Ocean freezing has not been as strong as this winter. The early onset of winter in November contributed to this. (Image: NASA) Arctic sea ice extent grew faster than average in the winter of 2021/22, bucking the trend of ice...
