The Goliat oil rig on its way to the Barents Sea. Here outside Hammerfest. (Thomas Nilsen/The Independent Barents Observer) The Norwegians’ loud voices for the Barents Sea to become a new big ...

The Barents Sea is increasingly emerging as a geopolitical hot spot in the region. Bitte passen Sie die Einstellungen an. If one looks up «Barents Sea,» some dictionary entries describe it as a ...

The Ministry of Energy in Oslo offers 53 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf in its latest licensing round. Only one is in the Barents Sea. The others further south; 19 in the ...

Bear Island’s algal bloom spanned 400 km in Barents Sea Von Kármán vortices formed over Miseryfjellet mountain Radioactive waters raise ecological concerns near Bear Island ...

One of the Northern Fleet’s Delta-IV class submarine sailing the surface of the Barents Sea. (Thomas Nilsen/The Independent Barents Observer) After more than six years of upgrades, the old ...

Average Arctic sea ice extent for December was the lowest in the satellite record, in considerable part due to delayed ice growth in Hudson Bay and low extent in the northern Barents Sea. Antarctic ...

Aurora also offers two shorter expeditions in 2026: the 17-day Arctic Golden Autumn & Northern Lights itinerary in August and ...

The isolated land mass, also known as Bjørnøya, is located in Norway's Svalbard archipelago and is surrounded by highly radioactive waters that may endanger local wildlife — which, ironically ...

One of the main populations of polar bears is in Alaska, with the state being home to between 4,000 and 7,000 individuals.There are two populations of polar bears in Alaska — the Chukchi Sea ...

From quaint cabins to secluded lodges, here are the 25 best Airbnbs from where you can see the magical Northern Lights in ...

Jan. 24 (UPI) --A pair of wildlife officers in Florida rescued 30 cold-stunned sea turtles amid unusually low temperatures in the region. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said on ...