29 Nov: Australian Colin Russell, the
final member of the Greenpeace crew
detained following their actions at
the Prirazlomnaya offshore platform,
is released from detention in Russia.
(Guardian)
8 Jan: Construction begins on Canada’s “first
highway to the Arctic Ocean” from Inuvik, NWT
to Tuktoyaktuk. (Alaska Dispatch)
10 Dec: China-Nordic Arctic Research Centre, based in Shanghai, is launched. (Arctic Journal)
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20 Dec: Gazprom announces that oil
production has officially begun at
the Arctic offshore platform “Prirazlomnaya”, the target of earlier protests by Greenpeace ‘s“Arctic 30”.
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6 Dec: Canada makes a
submission to the UN
Commission on the Limits
of the Continental Shelf,
but does not include the
Arctic Ocean.
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9 Jan: Amendments to
Russian law are proposed
including a change that
would create a three-mile
“exclusion zone” around
offshore installations, with
stiff penalties for trespassing. (Arctic-Info)
12 Dec: NOAA releases the 2013 update to its Arctic Report Card.
13 Nov: US Department of Defense releases a
new Arctic strategy at the Halifax International
Security Forum.
25 Dec: The Russian government’s
charges against Greenpeace’s “Arctic 30” are dropped after an offer of
amnesty is approved b y the Russian
Duma. (Bloomberg)