The first port of call (Artist’s conception: City of Nome) Among the 125 ports that service Alaska’s mind-boggling 70,000km of coastline, just four are considered deepwater ports. None of them are found on the portion that lies in the state’s — that is to say...
Disturbing the sound of silence (Photo: Sovcomflot) As workplaces, ships must live up to tight regulations for how much noise their crews are exposed to. One key way of doing this is the guidelines, adopted in 2012 by the IMO, the UN agency that sorts out the minutiae...
The largest share of Arctic shipping traffic is carried by Russia. After all, the Northeast Passage is one of the lifelines between the industrial-rich west and the resource-rich east of the country. It is also the most direct route from Asia to the European markets....
The NorSat-3 microsatellite will be launched into space with a radar warning system during 2020. The satellite was developed at the Norwegian Defence Research Facility. (Photo: UTIAS/SFL) Norway is working with the United States to develop satellites to survey...
The MS “Roald Amundsen” started in July 2019. The ship is state-of-the-art, powered by an environmentally friendly hybrid drive and can accommodate up to 530 guests. (Photo: Hurtigruten) Hurtigruten reports strong demand for cruises for 2021 and 2022 in a...