As an international expedition enters Russian Arctic waters, military activity in the area is high
The Northern Fleet recently conducted live-fire drills in the area, and has stepped up its policing of shipping in the region.
By
Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer -
September 25, 2019
The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (or MOSAiC), the largest-ever expedition of its kind, set sail Friday from Tromsø, Norway in the German icebreaker Polerstern, and four days later sailed across the Barents Sea and into the northern parts of the Kara Sea.
By late Sept. 24, the ship had reached to 79.5 degrees North, in waters located between the archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya.
It is a region with an increasing military presence. Russia has built and upgraded several military bases in the area and the Nagurskoye base in the Franz Josef Land is now among the most potent military forces in the whole High Arctic.
https://www.arctictoday.com/as-an-international-expedition-enters-russian-arctic-waters-military-activity-in-the-area-is-high/
