Murmansk Marine Biological Institute has long experience in training seals for the navy. Now these animals can be used for peaceful purposes – deep-water diving on the Shtokman field.

Human-generated greenhouse gas emissions have helped reverse a 2,000-year trend of cooling in the Arctic, prompting warmer average temperatures in the past decade that now rank higher than at any time since 1 B.C., according to a study published Thursday in the online version of the journal Science.

Despite Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent trip to the North and the unveiling of Canada’s Arctic strategy, the NPD feels that a lot of what the Prime Minster claims, as far as defending Canada’s Arctic sovereignty goes, is all for show. Particularly after the Prime Minister’s silence on the United States recent fishing moratorium in the Beaufort Sea.

Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre sees nothing problematic or fearful in the increased Russian military activity in the north. – There is no tension between the Norwegian and the Russian military. 15 years of Norwegian-Russian cooperation has removed all of this, says Støre .

The Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) plays a key-role in how to adapt to changing living conditions caused by climate change, and BEAC should be used much more effectively for environmental work, said State Secretary Heidi Sørensen today at the opening of the Conference on Climate Change in the Barents Region.

According to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund, climate change in the Arctic is taking place faster that anyone had anticipated and will soon most likely result in the rest of the planet warming up faster.

The Norwegian Coast Guard vessel “Barentshav” has arrived in Murmansk with a delegation of higher Norwegian coast guard and border guard officials.

General Secretary of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon yesterday took off from the Svalbard Archipelago towards the Arctic ice brim.

The Russian Fisheries Committee has announced a tender for the projecting of a fish processing plant on Svalbard.

Without a lot of fanfare, or even announcing the meeting before hand, Canada’s chief of defence staff met with Denmark’s counterpart in an effort to strengthen the Arctic military co-operation between the two countries.