Politics Is It Time for Nuclear Power in the Arctic? Oct 19 2023 - 00:43 Reykjavik (High North News): The world is on the hunt for clean and carbon-free…
Business Ministers, NATO, and Researchers Convene in Reykjavik for the 10th Time Oct 18 2023 - 14:53 Reykjavik (High North News): On Thursday, October 19th, researchers, politicians…
Business The End of Norway's Sole Norwegian-Owned Coal Power Plant Oct 18 2023 - 11:37 On Thursday, October 19th, the coal power plant in Longyearbyen will close for good…
Business Aker Horizons and Statkraft Enter Into Green Ammonia Collaboration in Northern Norway Oct 17 2023 - 12:02 Statkraft and Aker Horizons are joining forces to develop a large-scale green…
Business Rise in Unwanted Activity Ahead of Andøya Spaceport Opening: Police Urges the Public to Be Alert Oct 13 2023 - 14:46 The Nordland police report an increase in their attention to all areas with strategic…
Business Putin Green-lights Novatek’s Massive Murmansk LNG Project Oct 10 2023 - 09:30 Novatek's planned Murmansk LNG plant has cleared a key hurdle. The project will…
Business Chinese Container Ship Completes First Round Trip Voyage Across Arctic Oct 09 2023 - 09:50 A Chinese container ship has completed a three-months round trip voyage from the…
Business India Looking To Cooperate With Russia on Development of Arctic Northern Sea Route Oct 06 2023 - 09:00 Following an initial high-level meeting between Indian and Russian officials in India…
Business Norway Supplied Almost Half of German Natural Gas Imports During First Nine Months of 2023 Oct 03 2023 - 09:02 Norway has now fully adopted Russia’s role as Germany’s largest gas supplier. Norway…
Business New Owners Expect to Complete Acquisition of Norwegian Arctic Mine This Year Sep 21 2023 - 08:51 The Swedish mineral company Grangex expects to complete the acquisition of the…
Business Hundreds Join Protest Against Equinor's Oil Project in Canada Sep 18 2023 - 14:15 Youth climate demonstrators from St. John’s in Canadian province Newfoundland and…
Business Russia Sends Oil Tanker Without Ice Protection Through Arctic For First Time Sep 12 2023 - 09:35 In a sign of things to come Russia has sent the first non-ice class Aframax oil…
Arctic Living Life on the Arctic Coast: Agnete and Her Family Manages a Fish Processing Plant in Skårvågen Sep 08 2023 - 10:38 Bø in Vesterålen, Northern Norway (High North News): Agnete Skog's (30) career started with cutting cod tongues at six. At the age of 23, she became factory manager of the fish processing plant in Skårvågen – and likely Norway's youngest female fishmonger.
Arctic Living Life on the Arctic Coast: Coxswain Kim Roger Stays Calm When Put to the Test Sep 05 2023 - 14:07 Sørvågen, Lofoten (High North News): Coxswain Kim Roger Benonisen (38) from Sørvågen started his fishing career 20 years ago. In 2016, he and his crew shipwrecked outside the Lofoten town. During a gale, the seine got caught in the propeller, and the boat lost engine power. "We kept calm and worked systematically," he says.
