Atle Staalesen

The Cosl Prospector discovered up to 52 million barrels of oil in an appraisal well in Norwegian Arctic waters.

The thermal power plant in Murmansk discharged black smoke that for several hours covered the city center.

As temperatures in the far northern Russian city this week dropped below minus 20, local authorities were struggling to keep up with the heating of local city blocks.It was only partly successful. On the 18t of December, the Murmansk Thermal Heating Plant No 1 discharged clouds of black smoke t

There is no information made public that can tell what exploded inside the military boundaries south of the headquarters of Russia's Northern Fleet.

“With the small child in the cradle came light to the world, and this light prevails over darkness and brings salvation, peace and hope,” the garrison priest told the soldiers that on Christmas Day gathered in the small church located only a stone’s throw from the border to Russia.

The Grachonok-class vessel is made for anti-terrorism missions in northern waters. It is the fifth of its kind in the Northern Fleet.

The 95 meter long ship that belongs to Russian fishery tycoon Igor Orlov in late November reported engine trouble and has since been moored in Norwegian waters.

Following its transshipment of natural gas from Russia's sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project, the Mulan has been sailing in circles in the North Sea.

The five LNG carriers that were included in the latest round of EU sanctions against Russia are all stalled in remote Arctic waters.

The military instructors of Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov are preparing Russian men for war and a militant organisation with links to Chechnya is establishing itself in a growing number of regions, including the Kola Peninsula.