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 30, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping

Russian port data show huge increases in Arctic shipping

While some in Vladimir Putin’s government may worry that they won’t be able to meet his goal of shipping 80 million tons of traffic via […]

January 23, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Bellona’s Arctic Frontiers event offers safe fuels for Arctic shipping expansion

The Arctic’s icecap is shrinking 12 percent faster than it was a decade ago, and nearly all of its older and thicker ice is already gone. […]

January 21, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet

Russian Ministers try nervously to fulfill Putin’s Arctic shipping goals

Ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed last year that shipping traffic through the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route must increase […]

January 17, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, International climate conferences

Moscow’s response to climate change: Bring it on

As the Russia ponders a future of warming temperatures throughout the Arctic and much of Siberia, the Kremlin has adopted an approach that […]

January 7, 2019 Arctic, Arctic Transport and Shipping, Climate change, Fossil fuels, Gas

Yamal LNG project built on a shifting foundation of climate change

The polar icecap is retreating under the withering effects of climate change, but if Russian officials with the Yamal LNG project feel […]

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.