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

January 27, 2020 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Russian government bankrolls Leader nuclear icebreaker project

The Russian government has allocated $2 billion to build a goliath high-tech nuclear icebreaker it claims will keep the Arctic ice free for […]

January 21, 2020 Arctic, Industrial Pollution

The Shies camp: How Moscow’s trash became treasure for a group of environmental protestors

Early this month, Irina Andrianova, one of Bellona’s writers, spent three days with a camp of environmental protesters who were blocking […]

January 15, 2020 Arctic, Industrial Pollution, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Renewable energy, Russian human rights issues, Transport

What Bellona Russia accomplished in 2019

To Bellona’s Russian office, 2019 was a year of waste – household waste, hazardous waste and radioactive waste. Nearly all of the […]

January 9, 2020 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping

Russia releases massive official plans for the Northern Sea Route

The Russian government has published a massive new plan outlining its intentions for the Northern Sea Route, the icy shipping artery joining […]

December 13, 2019 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Russia’s largest icebreaker starts sea trials

The Arktika nuclear icebreaker – currently billed as the largest in the world – has begun sea trials near the Baltic Shipyard in St […]

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.