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...
The seabed in the Arctic Ocean is highly coveted, and large parts of it are claimed by several littoral states at the same time. Russia’s claim (yellow) is now officially recognized by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. Canada –...
Norway’s administration on Svalbard has been formally confirmed since 1920 by the Svalbard Treaty, declaring that Norwegian law applies on the archipelago. However, the treaty allows all states that have ratified it to conduct non-military activities, including...
