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Tuesday, 25 February 2020

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Greenpeace director awaits ruling over oil rig protest

Belfast Telegraph 24 Feb 2020

Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise shadowed the rig and prevented it from reaching the oil field for 12 days ... When touching upon who chartered Arctic Sunrise, Mr Mure replied it was Greenpeace International – “a separate legal entity” – and Mr Sauven had been offered devolvement of the vessel, which flies under a Dutch flag....

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Russia to build the world’s most powerful icebreaker

Russia Beyond 24 Feb 2020

The vessel will be able to break through the meters-thick winter ice of the Arctic Ocean, clearing the way for merchant ships from all across the world ... Rosatom ... When built, however, Lider will travel at a speed of 13 knots (15 mph), leaving behind a 50-meter wide lane for ships delivering goods between Europe and Asia ... Rosatom ... Specification .. Length ... ....

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Greenpeace faces hefty fine after admitting defying court order

The Observer 24 Feb 2020

Greenpeace faces a heavy fine after admitting its climate activists boarded a North Sea oil rig in defiance of a court order last year ... After the rig left the Cromarty Firth under tow to the Vorlich field, speedboats from the Greenpeace International protest ship Arctic Sunrise briefly breached the 500-metre exclusion zone around it ... ....

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Ban on heavy fuel oil full of holes, environmental groups say

CBC 22 Feb 2020

The World Wildlife Fund has criticised the ban, which allows Arctic nations to exempt their own ships for up to five years ... ....

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Ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic full of holes: environmental group

Canada Dot Com 21 Feb 2020

The global body that regulates shipping is moving to eliminate a highly polluting fuel in the Arctic ... Andrew Dumbrille of the World Wildlife Fund says the ban as proposed would allow Arctic nations to exempt their own ships for another five years....

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Trove of artifacts from HMS Erebus help shed light on last days of doomed Franklin expedition

Canada Dot Com 21 Feb 2020

gifts two historical Franklin expedition ships worth $430,000 to Canada, Inuit ... Though it may not look like much, this small Chinese coin is one of the more surprising discoveries made by divers on the HMS Erebus because archaeologists can’t quite explain how it made its way onto a British ship going through the Canadian arctic....

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New Artifacts Recovered From Franklin’s Doomed Arctic Expedition Shipwreck

IFL Science 21 Feb 2020

Now, underwater archaeologists unveil more than 350 newly recovered artifacts from HMS Erebus, one of two ships lost in the Arctic waters. The mission makes up the largest, most complex underwater archaeological recoveries in Canadian history ... Last August, Parks Canada released never-before-seen footage of HMS Terror, the sister-ship of Erebus ... ....

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‘This is the ultimate creature’: How ‘Frankenstein’ comes alive in Beverly Hills

The Los Angeles Times 21 Feb 2020

“This is the ultimate creature that we’re assembling.”. Like the novel’s protagonist, Dr ... Bookended by a series of letters written by Robert Walton, a sailor aboard a ship frozen in the Arctic, to his sister in England, Shelley’s story provides the basis for a fractured telling of secondhand accounts, telescoping and collaging narrative ... He shrugs ... ....

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Ottawa supports heavy fuel ban for Arctic; northerners seek compensation

Canada Dot Com 18 Feb 2020

The federal government says it will support an international ban on environmentally damaging heavy fuel oils in Arctic shipping ... melting of Arctic sea ice....

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Arctic ‘security vacuum’ increases risk of regional conflict, EU ambassador warns

The National 17 Feb 2020

While climate change is an increasing concern, the EU ambassador to the Arctic Marie-Anne Coninsx told The National that it also opens up economic opportunities for the region with more shipping straits and access to natural resources like oil....

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Canada expected to support heavy fuel ban in Arctic despite costs to northerners

CBC 17 Feb 2020

The federal government is expected to support international measures that would reduce the environmental impact of Arctic shipping but would cost northern families hundreds of dollars a year ... ....

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Home quarantine for travelers buys time as new virus spreads

Pioneer Press 16 Feb 2020

On his return from China last week, Dr. Ian Lipkin quarantined himself in his basement. His wife now puts his food on the stairs ... With attention focused on quarantined cruise ships and evacuees housed on U.S ... State and U.S ... 27 ... NASA ... Fear, boredom, adventure fill each day on quarantined ship. Brrrr! Arctic front brings dangerous wind chills to Midwest....

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Polar bears are getting thinner and having fewer cubs. Melting sea ice is to blame

CNN 14 Feb 2020

Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is shrinking fast ... Climate journalist and adventurer Bernice Notenboom negotiating sea ice in the Arctic, photographed by Martin Hartley in 2014.) ... As icebreakers are used to help ships navigate an increasingly open Arctic Ocean, these ships will have a crucial role in the years to come....