1 year agoFour B-52H Stratofortresses flew in a training mission with Norwegian F-16s and F-35s as part of a BomberTaskForce mission over the Arctic Ocean and Laptev Sea, June 3.
Russian Northern Fleet monitors NATO naval strike group in the Barents Sea
@USNavy and @RoyalNavy entered the BarentsSea. Four US6thFleet ships are sailing with HMSKent, conducting maritimesecurity operations above the Arctic Circle.
1 year agoBritish frigate HMS KENT F78 refueling from USNS SUPPLY T-AOE6 on 3 May while carrying out exercises above the Arctic Circle with US forces including destroyer DONALD COOK DDG75. The springtime weather featured temps down to about -10C
US6thfleet @USNavy and @RoyalNavy are conducting an anti-submarine warfare exercise above the Arctic circle❄️. 2 partners, 4 ships, 1 U.S. sub, and a P-8A are enhancing maritime security.
Shell abandons a joint oil project with Gazprom Neft in the Arctic. The company cites 'external' factors that influened this decisison. After the oil price plunge, Shell announced 20% investment cuts. Both companies are still involved in a JV in Salym
1 year agoTwo White Swan strategic Tu-160 missile carriers from Russia's Aerospace Force conducted a planned 16 hour flight mission over the waters of the Barents, Norwegian Seas & over the Arctic Ocean
NATO began to conduct 17% more military exercises in the Arctic over the year, intelligence activity increased by 15% - Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation
The world's first floating nuclear power plant began to supply electricity to the Chukotka grid - Rosatom
"I see Russian activity in the Arctic. I see it in the Baltics. I see it in the Black Sea. I see it in the Mediterranean " per @US_EUCOM Commander Gen. Tod Wolters, speaking with reporters
1 year ago3 B-52s from #BomberTaskForceEurope integrated with Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16s over the Barents Sea region of the Arctic Circle, Nov. 6. The mission contributes to global stability & strengthening of the @NATO alliance.
3 @usairforce B52s from Barksdale AFB flew a sortie in the Barents Sea region of the Arctic Circle during BomberTaskForceEurope, Nov 6. Training included Royal Norwegian Air Force acft & @USNavy P-8s in order to enhance global security.
1 year ago#USSDonaldCook recently concluded ops above the Arctic Circle while conducting a maritime security patrol to monitor Russian Russia maritime activity.
"If we lose the arctic we lose the globe," Sauli Niinisto, president of Finland, standing next to President Trump
According to Aldrimer, Russian special forces has in recent days conducted reconnaissance operations on Norwegian soil, both in Svalbard and on the mainland
1 year ago[email protected] @US2ndFleet has temporarily established an expeditionary Maritime Operations Center in Keflavik, Iceland, to provide the U.S. Naval Forces Europe commander an additional ability to lead forces from a forward-operating location.
Exceptionally warm weather across Greenland continues - temperatures up to 10-20 °C warmer than average
1 year agoRussian MOD released video of Oscar II sub test-launching nuclear-capable SS-N-19 cruise missile against ship target. Seems to cut through ship (still in one piece).
There's an "unbreakable bond" between the US and Iceland., says @VP, warning of "active" efforts by China and Russia to influence the Arctic region
1 year agoRussian Ministry of Defense: Nuclear submarines Tula and Yuri Dolgoruky launched ballistic missiles Sineva and Bulava from the polar region of the Arctic Ocean and the Barents Sea
Director of All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics named 5 employees that were killed in explosion during "missile test at offshore platform"
1 year agoArkhangelsk: video showing hazmat team checking medical evacuation helicopter with some devices (likely geiger counters). Helicopter arrived with wounded in explosion at military site near Nenoksa
Dvina Bay near Arkhangelsk closed for a month by Russian MoD after the explosion in Nenoksa
New data shows that on Aug. 1, the Greenland Ice Sheet saw its biggest single-day volume loss on record since 1950. 12.5 billion tons(.) of ice were lost into the sea at the peak of an Arctic-wide heat wave.
2 year agoImpressive extent of heavy smoke across much of central Russia/Siberia, Alaska and Canada from numerous intense boreal and Arctic wildfires shows up in latest Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service aerosol optical depth forecast
2 year agoNATO ships wrap up Anti-Submarine Warfare exercise #DynamicMongoose in the North Atlantic.
Norwegian ships accompany Chinese rig to Russian Arctic drill site
2 year agoThe Canadian Forces Station Alert in the High Arctic, on Canada's northernmost tip, was at balmy 21 C on Sunday, a new record that beats the previous high set on July 8, 1956.
Rosneft asks for tax breaks for multibillion-dollar Arctic development to ship 100 million tons of crude per year Northern Sea Route by 2030.
2 year agoEyewitness points to the location where submarine surfaced on the way to Severomorsk
