The Arctic Century

📍 On the West side of Svalbard 🏔 📸 Photo by Dmitry Dexheimer #Arctic #Arctic_pictures

The Northern Lights will not leave anyone indifferent! ✨ 🎨 Arvi Huttunen is the author of this painting. He was born and raised in St. Petersburg in a family of Finnish-Ingermanlanders. After that, he moved to Murmansk, where he began to paint thoroughly. According to him, he fell in love with the beauty of the northern nature at first sight. 🖼 A. Huttunen. Northern Lights. The 1950s #Arctic #Arctic_pictures

Gazprom Leads in the Development of the Russian Arctic Shelf 🔬 Over the past eight years, Gazprom, Russian majority state-owned energy corporation, has taken a leading position in conducting geological exploration work on the Arctic shelf of the Kara Sea. The main focus has been on 3D seismic exploration and the construction of exploratory and appraisal wells. For details 👈 #Arctic #Arctic_news

The Italian Navy’s 8th High North mission 🇮🇹 On July 15th, 2024, the Alliance will set sail from Tromsø, Norway, embarking on its eighth High North campaign in the Arctic Ocean. For details 👈 #Arctic #Arctic_articles

Breaking the Norm of Exceptionalism 🕊 A quite common opinion is that the Arctic region should be limited only to the eight Arctic States. However, this tendency changes with an ongoing Russian effort as the country leads easternization in the region. For details 👈 #Arctic #Arctic_opinions

Breaking the Norm of Exceptionalism

Russia and India Have Signed a Memorandum on Arctic Cooperation 🇮🇳 During the official visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of Russia and the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. For details 👈 #Arctic #Arctic_news

China Reports Ice Condition on the Northern Sea Route 🇨🇳 📻 On July 1, a radio station in the Chinese port city of Tianjin has begun broadcasting weather and ice condition analyis and forecasts for ships navigating the Northern Sea Route (NSR). For details 👈 #Arctic #Arctic_news

A TALE OF TWO PASSAGES 📖 For hundreds of years, sailors and explorers from all over Europe have been looking for the Northwest and Northeast passages, in order to find an alternative route to the Orient. ⚓️ For details 👈 #Arctic #Arctic_articles

‘Primakov Triangle’: New Potential in the North 🇷🇺🇨🇳🇮🇳 The format of relations where Russia serves as a mediator between China and India still remains a key trend. Russia supports close bilateral relations. For details 👈 #Arctic #Arctic_articles