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Bellona.org Russia launches mission to the sunken Komsomolets nuclear submarine Russian scientists have embarked on a mission to the Komsomolets, a Soviet nuclear submarine that sank 32 years ago during an onboard fire off Norway’s northern coast, killing 41, in a bid to determine whether the wreck presents threats to the undersea environment. Russia launches mission to the sunken Komsomolets nuclear submarine Published on The doomed Komsomolets submarine at sea. Credit: US Department of Defense Russian scientists have embarked on a mission to the Komsomolets, a Soviet nu...

Russia’s Arctic Council leadership now facing up to the problem of nuclear reactors dumped in the ocean Reactors are dumped at several locations in the Kara Sea in addition to the two submarines K-159 and K-278 that sank in the Barents- and Norwegian Seas. Map: Barents Observer / Google Earth T The reactors from the submarines K-11, K-19, and K-140, plus the entire submarine K-27 and spent uranium fuel from one of the old reactors of the Lenin-icebreaker have to be lifted from the seafloor and secured. Thomas Nilsen Russia’s Foreign Ministry invites international experts from the other...

Temperatures in the region are currently 20-24 degrees Celsius higher than normal.

Seeking sanctuary for whale dubbed a Russian spy A mysterious beluga whale was dubbed a spy when he appeared off Norway's coast wearing a Russian harness. Two years on, little more is known of the animal's past, but now activists are concerned for his future welfare. One campaign group led by an American filmmaker wants to create a sanctuary and is urging Norway to support it. © BBC The whale's first known sighting in Norway came at the end of April 2019, when a blob of white flashed past fishermen near the islands of Ingoya and Rolvsoya. This was strange because belugas are rarely seen thi...

The signing of the Norway-US revised Supplementary Defence Cooperation Agreement (SDCA) on 16 April has sparked harsh criticism from Russia’s foreign ministry, accusing Oslo of “aggravating tensions in the Euro-Arctic region, and destroying Russian-Norwegian relations”. R Oslo denies claims of escalating tensions and says the agreement does not mean a change in Norway’s base politics. The defence cooperation agreement allows the US to build facilities at three Norwegian airfields and one naval base and have unrestricted access to these facilities and areas. All activity must still be ...