US turns to Finland to close Arctic ‘icebreaker gap’ as Russia, China expand polar presence

Finland will provide four new icebreakers to America under a $6.1 billion agreement as the U.S. seeks to strengthen Arctic ...
Bloomberg L.P.

High in the Arctic, Norway’s Uneasy Ties With Russia Are Fraying

On a wind-blasted plateau high above the most northerly town on Earth, arrays of white spherical domes stand like sentinels in the Arctic snow. Hidden from casual observers below in Longyearbyen, ...

Russia acquired Western technology to protect its nuclear submarine fleet

Russia secretly used front companies to buy Western technology and erect a surveillance net in the Arctic where its ...
Reuters

Russia to ship oil to Brunei via Arctic route for the first time, sources say

MOSCOW, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Russia will deliver oil to Brunei via the Northern Sea Route for the first time this September, expanding its export reach through the strategic Arctic passage, two ...

China emerges as lifeline for sanctioned Russian arctic gas project: WSJ

Despite repeated U.S. efforts to cripple the Arctic LNG 2 facility, once described by the Biden administration as “dead in ...