5 Aug: The Russian government
hosts a gathering in Naryan-Mar
of representatives of the Arctic
Council member states and others, including a visit to Prirazlomnaya, the oil installation in the
Kara Sea which was the target of
earlier Greenpeace actions. (RT)
10 Jul: Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority gives
Statoil permission to begin another round of exploratory drilling in the Barents Sea. (UPI)
21 Jul: The Inuit Circumpolar Council’s quadrennial general assembly takes place in Inuvik,
NWT. At the meeting’s conclusion, the ICC releases the Kitigaaryuit Declaration.
8 Aug: Canada sends
two icebreakers to the
Arctic to map the Arctic
seabed in support of a
bid to extend Canadian
territorial claims up to
the North Pole. (BBC)
16 Jul: US Secretary of State John Kerry announces that Admiral (ret.) Robert Papp will serve as the US Special
Representative for the Arctic.
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11 Jul: China’s sixth Arctic expedition departs from Shangai,
carrying 65 scientists from China, the US, Germany, Russia and
France. (China Daily)
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1 Aug: Greenpeace icebreaker
“Arctic Sunrise” ends its long
sojourn in Russia, departing
for Amsterdam. (RIA Novosti)
31 Jul: Energy company Shell announces it has made a deal to share leases and
exploration expenses with the Alaska
Native corporations of the North Slope.
(Alaska Dispatch)
27 Jul: For the first time in 14 years, Chukotkans from Russia
make the 70-mile journey across the Bering Strait to visit relatives in Gambell, Alaska. (Alaska Dispatch)
7 Aug: Russia announces
that its Northern Fleet detected a foreign submarine, presumably from the
United States, in the Barents Sea, and forced it out
of Russian waters. (RT)