The flags of all Arctic states and member organisations still stand side by side at the Arctic Council. How much longer is the question. Photo: Linnea Nortstroem, Arctic Council The activities of the Arctic Council have been suspended since the Russian invasion of...
Transporting LNG from Russian Siberian plants requires icebreaking LNG tankers that travel the Northeast Route between Russia and Northern Europe. Image: Wikimedia Common Gas returned to Europe last winter in liquid form (LNG), transported by sea. Without it, European...
Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson had handed over the symbol of the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov for the Russian chairmanship in Reykjavik on May 20, 2021. Image: Gunnar Vigfusson / Icelandic Ministry of Foreign...
At the western end of the Northeast Passage, Murmansk, once the gateway to the North Pole, Franz Josef Land and the legendary waterway, is waiting for a tourist link to the Russian Far East to re-emerge. Image: Michael Wenger Since February 24 last year, many things...
Since 2020, Arktika has been escorting LNG carriers from Siberian petrochemical complexes between Murmansk and the Bering Strait. Image: Rosatom The conflict in Ukraine is straining the political and economic situation in the Russian Arctic, and the dream of free...
