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

May 23, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia

Rosatom legislation to control the Arctic faces more pushback

In a legal blow, Russia’s accounts chamber, parliament’s independent financial oversight body, has challenged legislation that would […]

May 16, 2018 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Putin decrees an increase in Arctic traffic

President Vladimir Putin has issued a demand that the amount of traffic flowing through the Arctic Northern Sea Route reach a towering 80 […]

May 3, 2018 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Rosatom’s Northern Sea Route legislation ignites arguments

Disagreements are erupting about which agency will control what after Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear corporation, began seeking nearly […]

May 2, 2018 Arctic, Climate change

Finnish nonprofit group seeks to melt Donald Trump’s face

A Finnish environmental group has come up with a novel way of getting the notoriously climate-change denying US President Donald Trump to […]

April 2, 2018 Arctic, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Russia announces it will dismantle one of its nuclear icebreaking stars

Russia’s nuclear icebreaker fleet has announced it will dismantle one of its star players, the Soviet-era behemoth the **Arktika,** a […]

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.