Arctic

Russia and other Arctic nations are seeking vast commercialization of Arctic oil and gas resources, as well as quicker freight shipping via the Northern Sea Route. In Bellona’s opinion, these efforts threaten to obliterate one of the world’s last pure ecosystems.

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Arctic

March 31, 2021 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change

Now-resolved Suez Canal blockage shows value of Arctic shipping route, Russia says

While hundreds of ship and tankers were blocked from passing through the Suez Canal by a stranded container ship, Russia’s Energy Ministry […]

November 19, 2020 Arctic, Industrial Pollution

Russia’s technical agency says melting permafrost did not cause summer oil spill in Arctic

Russia’s technical oversight agency has said that last summer’s massive spill of diesel fuel into the waters of northern Siberia, which […]

November 3, 2020 Arctic, Climate change, Renewable energy

Snowflake research center will offer sustainable solutions to Arctic energy questions

It may look more like a spaceship that landed on a movie screen over the summer. But Russia’s Snowflake International Arctic station, an […]

October 28, 2020 Arctic, Climate change, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Russia’s embattled new icebreakers may lag behind climate change

Atomflot, Russia’s Murmansk-based nuclear icebreaker base, was steeped in ceremony last week to mark the arrival of its newest vessel, the […]

September 24, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Russia’s new nuclear icebreaker sets sail for Arctic at half steam

Russia’s new flagship icebreaker, billed as the world’s largest and most powerful, left St Petersburg’s Baltic Shipyard this week, […]

Get in touch with our expert in this field

Sigurd Enge

Manager Shipping, Marine and Arctic Issues
sigurd@bellona.no
+47 970 87 533

Sigurd Enge is one of the most experienced advisers at Bellona, as he joined the foundation in 1988. He works as adviser on marine safety and oil spill protection. He is the skipper of M/S Kallinika and he is Head of the Bellona Environmental Patrol. Sigurd has a unique experience working on a broad variety of subjects during his 25 years with the foundation, including fisheries, oil and fish farming. He has also been head of IT and technical support, as well as leading actions involving civil disobedience.