Tag: Arctic

Clean Arctic Alliance welcomes Norway's proposal to completely ban the use of heavy fuel oil (HFO) by shipping around the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Norway announced the ban of HFO, highlighting that heavy oil spills greatly damage the Arctic environment due to the vulnerable ecosystems and how heavy oil behaves at low temperatures and ice.

Norway’s top court started to hear arguments regarding the legality of awarding offshore oil licenses in the Arctic, in a landmark case that could stop the industry’s expansion.

The Clean Arctic Alliance calls leaders to take urgent action in efforts to slow Arctic heating, calling for at least a 60% global greenhouse gas emissions, and a 90% cut to black carbon emissions in the Arctic.

Arctic sea ice extent was at extremely low levels for much of the summer of 2020, setting new records every day during the month of July, at a time when current data reveals the year 2020 will be the warmest year on record.

HFO produces higher levels of air and climate pollutants than any other marine fuel, and its use must be banned in the Arctic, urged WWF.

The barque Sedov is the first sailing vessel to sail through the Northern Sea Route in 150 years. The Master of Sedov, Capt. Mikhail Novikov, stated that the vessel encountered virtually no ice over the course of the voyage along Russia's Arctic coastline - a reflection of the unusually warm Arctic summer this year. 

According to the Greenland shipping company, Royal Arctic Line, its vessel "Malik Arctica" has been stuck in the ice off the east coast of Greenland for almost two days.

The whole world is making great efforts to protect the Arctic from pollution and environmental disruption. Now, Iceland expresses its commitment to the principle of sustainable development and refers to the necessity of close cooperation between the states and peoples of the region and beyond. 

A nuclear-powered ice breaker, which Russia says is the world’s largest and most powerful, began on a two-week journey to the Arctic as part of the country's efforts to tap the area’s commercial potential.

With summer melt season at its peak, the largest Arctic ice shelf has been broken to a piece of ice twice the size of Manhattan.