News & Press Releases
27 September 2012
One of the biggest wind parks inside the Arctic Circle was opened yesterday in Northern Norway. It is located in Vannøya, near Tromsø. The park can produce energy for around 7000 households.
26 September 2012
The chief executive of the energy company Total warns against oil drilling in the Arctic. He says that oil spills would destroy the image of companies.
25 September 2012
The first live search and rescue exercise among the 8 Arctic states, "SAREX 2012", took place 10-14 September in stormy weather and high seas in a remote area along Greenland's east coast. The exercise involved personnel, authorities, airplanes, helicopters and ships from Canada, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and the United States.
20 September 2012
The summer sea ice is increasing again as winter looms but recorded its lowest ever extent since satellite measurements began in 1979. The ice on September 16th was significantly lower than the previous record year of 2007.
19 September 2012
Russian is building a new icebreaker to be delivered in 2015. The shipbuilding company Baltiisky Yard oversees the project of the 25 megawatt vessel to serve the Russian Arctic.
18 September 2012
The INTERACT project is commencing its autumn period and is now calling for proposals for the next one.
14 September 2012
A website by the university of Illinois, USA, allows users to compare sea ice extent between exact dates since 1979.
13 September 2012
Russian – Canadian expedition will aim to cross the North Pole. The voyage will try to connect the northern Russian shore with the Canadian one.
30 August 2012
The journey of the icebreaker Xue Long from Iceland to China, via the Arctic Ocean, has been successful so far. With the decreasing sea ice extent, the research ice-breaker has been able to sail through the Central Arctic Shipping Route without a support from nuclear powered vessel.
29 August 2012
Regardless of the vast wilderness and large uninhabited areas of tundra, snow and ice, the Arctic has a long history of inhabited communities within all eight Arctic states.
29 August 2012
With the continuous melt of Arctic sea ice, the Region might become all free of summer ice within a next decade.
24 August 2012
The Chinese research ice – breaker Xuelong, which left Akureyri in the northern part of Iceland, on Monday evening, is now on the way, to be the first non – Russian icebreaker to sail the transpolar route, straight across the top of the globe.
23 August 2012
The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong is heading to the North Pole. The CHINARE5, Chinas Fifth National Research Expedition, is aiming for the future central Arctic shipping route on its way back to China.
17 August 2012
In relation to Xuelongs visit in Iceland, the second China-Iceland symposium was held this morning. The venue was the University of Iceland were speakers from both countries exchanged views and information.
17 August 2012
On Monday, 20th of August 2012, the Snow Dragon, research ice – breaker from Polar Research Institute of China, is expected to anchorage in Akureyri in the northern part of Iceland.
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