A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were spotted in the Arctic, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday, marking the latest military incident to unfold in a region that is drawing increasing scrutiny. The Russian aircraft, which remained in international airspace, were…
President Donald Trump’s claim that US ownership and control of Greenland is “an absolute necessity” has underlined the strategic importance of the world’s largest island in terms of American missile defences and anti-submarine operations. While analysts doubt the US will buy Greenland – both Denmark and the island’s government have declared it is “not for…
The incoming American president Donald Trump made clear he has ambitions in the self-governing Danish territory of Greenland, a vast and sparsely populated Arctic island to the northeast of Canada replete with highly-prized mineral and energy resources. Trump has proposed buying Greenland from Denmark, an idea rejected by the Danish government. More recently, he suggested…
Happy Saturday, everyone! Make sure to enjoy the “warmer” temperatures today and tonight while they last. We have arctic air on the way that will make temperatures plummet starting Sunday night. Temperatures will remain BELOW FREEZING between Sunday night and Tuesday night – this includes both high and low temperatures. The high today will be…
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The icebreaker will be operated by local energy company Rosatom through icebreaking arm Atomflot. The vessel has a projected service life of 40 years and its main area of operations will encompass the western Arctic regions off Russia. Power for the vessel is provided by two pressurised water reactors, each with a rated output of…
China aims for closer cooperation with Finland on new energy sectors as well as finding a peaceful solution to the Ukraine crisis, President Xi Jinping told his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb in Beijing on Tuesday. According to China’s state-owned broadcaster CCTV, Xi vowed closer links with Finland on “green transformation”, information technology, the digital economy…
Two Chinese coast guard ships returned home on Thursday following the conclusion of a joint mission with their Russian counterparts that saw them reach the Arctic Ocean. The ships left on September 13 from Zhoushan, a city in the eastern province of Zhejiang in China. They traveled more than 17,000 nautical miles during the 35-day…
The United States has deployed at least three warships near Alaska to support homeland defense operations as China and Russia began a joint patrol in the Northern Pacific Ocean. Photos released by the U.S. Navy show that destroyers USS Kidd and USS Sterett, as well as cruiser USS Lake Erie, conducted homeland defense operations in…
The United States Coast Guard encountered four vessels from the Russian and Chinese counterparts near Alaska on Saturday as they transited toward the Arctic Ocean for patrols. A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft spotted two Russian border guard ships and two Chinese coast guard ships approximately 440 miles southwest of St. Lawrence Island…