A large part of the land mass around the North Pole belongs to Russia. With increasing global warming and melting ice, the Northern Sea Route (blue) will become more important. The sea route through the Arctic is the shortest connection between Asia and Europe....
The Consulate General in the Russian mining settlement of Barentsburg (red building in the picture at the far left) looks after the affairs of the roughly 350 inhabitants of the second largest town on Spitsbergen. Photo: Heiner Kubny Termination due to own needs: The...
Russia, one of the eight member countries of the Arctic Council, has the largest area of the Arctic and vast boreal forests. Image: Max Wilbert The cooling of relations between the West and Russia is having a major impact on the study of changes in the Arctic,...
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,...
Released on December 12, Passeurs (On the border between Norway and Russia, stories of a thwarted friendship) is a true immersion into the life of Kirkenes through a six-episode podcast by Swiss director Marie Geiser. A podcast takes us to Kirkenes and immerses us in...
