* The methane bomb Russia cant admit to Oct 12, 2009
At a state-run meteorological station at the Marresale port on the Kara Sea, around 500km north of the Arctic Circle, its director said migrating geese arrived a month earlier than usual this year, in May, as temperatures rose. Over the last six years that Alexander Chikmaryov has worked at the station, the sea coast has eroded by at least 2m and hungry polar bears seeking alternative food have clawed into tins of condensed milk in his wifes pantry. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Putin opens Arctic to foreign energy firms Sep 25, 2009
Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko made it clear that Russia was interested in attracting "strategic foreign partners" to Yamal, a huge peninsula some 435 miles (700 kilometres) in length jutting into the Kara Sea. Potential partners would have to provide "innovative technologies" to assist in the extraction, production and marketing of gas from Yamal, the energy minister said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Two German merchant ships conquer famed Arctic passage Sep 12, 2009
They arrived at the Novy Port, a major Russian shipping one on the west side of the Ob Gulf, an open body of water that stretches from the Ob River delta in the south to the Kara Sea in the north. Verena Beckhusen, a spokeswoman for Beluga, said the Beluga Fraternity had already hoisted anchor and left Novy Port on Thursday. (Boston Globe)
US study says most natural gas Arctic is Russian May 29, 2009
Two-thirds of the undiscovered gas is in just four areas South Kara Sea, North Barents Basin, South Barents Basin and the Alaska Platform the report said. Indeed, the South Kara Sea off Siberia contains 39% of the Arctic's undiscovered gas, the researchers said. (USA Today -- Tech)
Melting Arctic Ice May Unlock Energy, Ore And Shipping Lanes Mar 20, 2009
It ships its ore via the Kara Sea, which is part of the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia. Alaska's Red Dog Mine is the world's largest zinc operation. (Investors Business Daily)
