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Arctech Helsinki Shipyard-Icebreakers, Arctic Offshore and Specialist Vessels
2013-05-16 12:20:00| Ship Technology
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard specialises in arctic shipbuilding technology and the construction of icebreakers, arctic offshore and other special vessels. Arctech is a joint-venture owned with equal sha...
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Russian Maritime Register of Shipping to introduce new rules for Arctic ships
2013-05-16 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) is planning to introduce new requirements in its rules for vessels operating in Arctic seas.
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Icy truth: Greenpeace on whistleblowing and reckless attitudes in the Arctic
2013-05-16 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
A new whistleblowing website launched by Greenpeace International aims to expose the shocking operational blunders some of the biggest oil companies in the world are making in one of its most delicate regions. Elly Earls met Ben Ayliffe to find out m
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Amid rapid Arctic warming, U.S. releases new strategy
2013-05-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: With ministers from the eight Arctic states meeting Wednesday in Kiruna, Sweden, for the 2013 ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council, the Obama administration has laid out a broad new U.S. Arctic policy that sets strategic goals for how the U.S. will cope with the rapidly changing region. The "National Strategy for the Arctic Region' features the conflicting goals of accessing some of the Arctic's potentially abundant natural resources -- such as oil, gas, and minerals -- and the need to protect...
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Canada to control Arctic Council; aboriginals demand moratorium on energy
2013-05-14 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Leaders from the eight circumpolar nations will meet on Wednesday and hand chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Canada. The meeting comes after a growing number of Arctic aboriginals demanded a moratorium on energy development in the Far North.
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