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China's icebreaker Xuelong-2 is sailing to the North Pole
In cooperation with researchers from Russia and Thailand, Arctic experts from the Chinese Polar Institute are sailing 15,500 nautical miles on an expedition to the top of the world.
Climate change thaws world's northernmost research station
At the world's northernmost year-round research station, scientists are racing to understand how the fastest-warming place on Earth is changing – and what those changes may mean for the planet's future.
How tensions with Russia are jeopardizing key Arctic research
With the Ukraine war, international collaborations with Russia on Arctic research and governance have been strained or broken off. This loss of critical cooperation is compromising efforts to confront mounting environmental risks in the Arctic, from shrinking sea ice to pollution.
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Teriberka gets Russia’s second Arctic research station powered by renewables
Snowflake-2 science research station will be a five-domes construction to house year-round environmental monitoring and education.
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China wanted to buy airport in Lapland for North Pole climate research flights
The Finnish Defence Forces spurned an offer by the Chinese Polar Research Institute to buy or rent Kemijärvi airport over security reasons.
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Russian Arctic research in high spirits as yard sets the "North Pole" afloat
The unique vessel is to make its maiden voyage into icy waters in the course of Russia's chairmanship period in the Arctic Council.
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Arctic science mission wraps up as research ship docks in Germany
The Polarstern docked at its home port of Bremerhaven nearly 13 months after it left Norway to study the rapidly changing Arctic.
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