News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
15 April 2010
To a background of Kratwerk’’s ‘Radioactivity’ the narrator tells the story of how Russia’s ice-breakers were the first to conquer the Arctic. Why is this of interest? First, it is an excellent piece of music. Second, there is a graphic representation and some mention of the new generation of ice-breakers. Third, this seems to be just a general kind of, dare... Read More...
1 April 2010
A company called Scanex has won a contract to provide satellite data for purposes of monitoring ice-conditions on the NSR. Data, I think the report is saying, will then be relayed to users via a portal run by Komosnimki. The contract was awarded by Atomflot. All of this, in the context of a certain amount of uncertainty as to the near future of the climate in the Arctic Seas, and... Read More...
27 February 2010
According to portnews the Arctic Council will institute a common framework for search and rescue operations, so claims State Secretary, Deputy Transport Minister Sergei Aristov in the opening speech of the first meeting of the Task Force of the Arctic Council. According to the report, it is the view of the Minister that ’ the creation of a unified regional Arctic search and... Read More...
8 December 2009
Независимая газета publish some interesting details of the technical issues surrounding the new generation of ice-breakers that were ‘trailed’ last week. It seems as though the crucial thing is new reactor, called РИТМ-200, which will allow, ‘возможности контролируемого пуска реактора после длительной... Read More...
26 November 2009
Navy.ru reports on the first steps of the USA into the Arctic international relations of the 21st century with the publication of the Road Map for Future Arctic Operations. The initial stages will be exploratory work done by the US Coastguard and the Navy on the problems of mounting large-scale operations in the Arctic. It is recognized that the USA has not invested in its Arctic fleet. ... Read More...
9 October 2009
This is not just as question of infrastructure, it is also a matter of international law under conditions of a warming Arctic, supposing that is the case. Известия.py has a good map of the northern and southern sea routes, alongside an interview with the head of the Beluga shipping company. It also publishes a log of the recent transit of two German ships across the northern sea... Read More...
7 September 2009
In an interview in мурманск-вестник.ru the Director General of Atomflot talks about the future of the Russian ice-breaking fleet and its ability to operate the Northern Sea Route. Presently, there are four nuclear powered ice-breakers in operation: «Арктика»: «50 лет Победы», «Ямал», «Россия» и «Советский Союз». These will... Read More...
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