Trude Pettersen

If the claim is fully accepted, Russia will get rights to more than 1 million square kilometers of Arctic seabed, including the North Pole.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief presented Wednesday a proposal for an integrated Arctic policy focusing on climate change and the environment, sustainable development and international cooperation on regional issues.

Interest from international ship operators in utilizing the Northern Sea Route has waned in recent years, according to a new report.

Russia’s Gazprom increased oil production at its Prirazlomnaya platform by 2.5 times last year.

The North Korean Government on January 25 signed the Svalbard Treaty, the Korean Central News Agency reports. Signing the Svalbard Treaty gives North Korea the right to conduct economic and scientific activities on the Arctic archipelago.

The Nenets organization Yasavey Manzara is the first indigenous peoples' organization in the Barents Region to be declared “foreign agents,” by Russian authorities. The move means it will be forced to cease activities, including popular Nenets-language radio programming.