Newsletter: Free-Flowing Russian Gas

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High North News continues to follow Russia's shadow fleet closely.

For despite sanctions, Russian liquefied natural gas continues to flow into Europe at record levels.

As Russia continues to expand its liquefied natural gas shadow fleet to bypass sanctions, maritime safety in the Arctic is increasingly falling by the wayside.

A lot is happening in Nordic industry.

Several drilling machines used to investigate deposits of critical minerals in Kiruna, Northern Sweden, have been vandalized. (Norwegian only)

The battery company Freyr must lay off several employees and make "significant downsizing."

And the Swedish Hybrit project, with the goal of fossil-free iron and steel production, is now moving into the next phase where the process will be implemented on an industrial scale.

Equinor will establish and operate a new area-wide emergency preparedness solution for the southwestern Barents Sea.

Politics

Norway's chairship of the Arctic Council is coming to an end, and Denmark is getting ready to take over.

And so Greenland is sticking to its demand that an Arctic ambassador with a Greenlandic background be appointed.

Now Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands agree that Greenland will appoint a Greenlander to the role of the kingdom's new Arctic ambassador, and head of the Arctic Council at official level during the upcoming chairship. (Norwegian only)

In Norway, the Police Security Service has registered an increased interest in Svalbard by China.

Science

Fjords and glaciers in Hornsund and Van Mijenfjorden in Svalbard have been designated as geosites of great importance for understanding the earth's history. (Norwegian only)

At the same time, climate change continues to snowball in the Arctic region, including warmer air and sea temperatures, melting sea ice, thawing permafrost, and loss of ice sheets and glaciers.

Some cultural news towards the end:

Davvi - Center for the Performing Arts publishes a new magazine in which playwrights, actors, writers and musicians talk about their work with northern multilingualism. (Norwgian only)

You can read this and more in High North News. Feel free to let us know what you want to read more about.

Sincerely, Editor-in-Chief Trine Jonassen.