News & Press Releases
26 January 2012
Statoil in Norway, owned at 70% by the state, has bought searching permissions in Greenland. This strengthens the status of Statoil around Greenland.
25 January 2012
Scientists have found an enormous dome in the western Arctic Ocean, full of fresh water. The bulge is thought to be around 8000 cubic meters in size and has risen about 15cm in 10 years.
23 January 2012
Over 70 oil rigs are being built around the world to meet growing demand. Many of them are custom made for the Arctic, specially made to cope with harsh conditions and deep waters.
23 January 2012
Oil production in Russia last year set a new record for post-soviet times. A total of 511 million tons were produced in 2011.
20 January 2012
The 2012 Arctic Frontiers conference starts in Tromsø on the 22. of January and runs until the 27th. The conference will be broadcasted live online.
20 January 2012
Warmer climate, spurred by climate change, can cause colder winters. This is the result of a new study by Jodah Cohen, released this week.
18 January 2012
The WWF's Global Arctic Programme celebrates this year its 20th anniversary of the creation of a WWF body to champion conservation in the Arctic.
17 January 2012
A new time lapse vide footage shows the Columbia glacier in alaska diminishing fast in only four years.
17 January 2012
Three polar bears were shot in Kulusuk, Greenland, yesterday. They drifted with sea ice to the town and were in search for food.
16 January 2012
There are high hopes for oil in the Dreki Area, south of Jan Mayen and North of Iceland.
13 January 2012
Very little sea ice is in the Barents region for this time of year. This indicates that this trend will continue and sailing will become easier by every year.
11 January 2012
Greenlanders are counting on Denmark to raise the issue of EU ban on import seal products, due to a burgeoning seal population in the Arctic regions. Denmark has the presidency of the EU which it took over i the beginning of 2012.
9 January 2012
Norway has found the cornerstone of its oil production for the next year. The Barents Region of Skrugard is thought to give Norway up to 900 million barrels of oil.
5 January 2012
Norway hopes to use the Northern Sea Route in a few months. Increased shipping saw 27 vessels using the route last year, a huge increase like indeed in the Northern Sea route.
4 January 2012
Around 18.000 tons of scrap metal will be removed from the Arctic in 2012 by Russia. The country is cleaning up the Arctic and hundreds of millions of rubles will be injected to the program.
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