MOSCOW, June 16. /TASS/. Cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) amounted to 13.4 mln tons in January-May 2025, Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit said in an interview with TASS ...

"We particularly focus on international transport corridors. The Northern Sea Route is already the Arctic transport corridor: St. Petersburg-Murmansk-Vladivostok. The border is expanding because our ...

The West's newfound interest in the Arctic unnerves Moscow. Russia has longstanding geopolitical, strategic and socio-economic interests in the region President Putin slammed recent NATO exercises in ...

More ice than usual formed in the colder Laptev and Kara Seas, while in the warmer Barents Sea, the ice edge shifted north as winds pushed the ice from Russia towards the Central Arctic.

“In colder regions, such as the Laptev Sea and Kara Sea, this resulted in above-average formation of new ice, while the ice edge in the warmer Barents Sea shifted northwards,” explains the AWI expert.

So, you’ll find Russian Northern Fleet warships and submarines operating in the Arctic, as well as the Barents Sea, and Kara Sea. The Northern Fleet is also tasked with defending the approaches ...

the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea and Chukchi Sea. They are all the marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, situated along the lengthy northern coast of Russia. The Chukchi Sea ...

On the other hand, lower sea ice levels in the upper latitudes, particularly in the Barents-Kara Sea region encompassing the Hudson Bay, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Sea of Okhotsk ...

the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, and East Siberian Sea. As it happens, the entire Northern Hemisphere is a target of what happens in the Arctic. For example, rapid warming has altered the ...

The second is the amount of sea ice on the Barents-Kara Sea. The third - which the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) leans heavily on when they create their "official ...