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Ambitious project to connect Alaska and Russia by rail tunnel:

PS> Maybe not the right time for such a project, but maybe one day?

If the local natives don’t want it, why build it?

So the Arctic Ocean warms a tiny bit and somehow “global warming” is the cause because they can’t think of anything else? Perhaps it’s the other way around? Arctic Ocean warms naturally and causes global warming?

What is the mechanism that shows that humans can heat vast oceans by atmospheric levels of CO2? Do you heat the water in your bathtub by warming the air in the bathroom.

If you have anough time and money to pay electricity bills you can. :wink:

Air warms water primarily through convection, where warm air touches the water surface and transfers heat to the water’s surface through direct contact (conduction) and mixing. This process creates convection currents in the water, causing it to circulate and heat up evenly.

For the experiment to prove it one needs: One room with 1 bathtube filled with cold water , electric or other heater , two thermometers. And make sure you record the readings at certain intervasls. Have fun . :wink:

Meantime i am reading below and having fun:

Cheers

Could everybody got bit wrong?:

New Year greeting from the Arctic Today publisher:

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The 400-metre-long Saam FSU has been based in Ura Bay since June 2023. Photo: morflot.gov.ru


The Arctic LNG 2 project is built on the Gydan Peninsula, on the shore of the Ob Bay. The Bay is covered by thick sea ice in wintertime.
Photo: local VK page

Apparently, the Christophe de Margerie, a carrier with icebreaking category Arc7, is now shuttling between the Saam and the Utrenny terminal in the Gulf of Ob:


The Christophe de Margerie has shuttled between the Gulf of Ob and the Ura Bay since late December 2025. Map: goradar.ru

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PS: It was warmer in Longyearbyen than in Paris for a short while

FYI: It was -40C on the Finnmark plateau two days ago, but along the coast it does not get that cold. Here in Ålesund the coldest was -7C.
From tomorrow morning the temperature is raising above 0C here, with 6C forecast for Monday. (3-5C for the rest of the week)

Longyearbyen is cold (-9C) at the moment, but warmer weather is returning there from Monday - Thursday (1C):

https://www.thebarentsobserver.co
m/news/norway-reaches-fisheries-agreement-with-greenland/443246

Fake IMO number? Who and what can you thrust these days?:slight_smile:

Freedom of expression and to demonstrate is held high in Norway:


Freedom of assembly: People in Kirkenes gather outside Russia’s Consulate General to show support for Ukraine.

Entrance to Russia’s Consulate General in Kirkenes.
Photos: Thomas Nilsen

A Royal visit to the area, incl. to the Russian border crossing at Storskog emphasize that Norway take sovereignty seriously, both in the Arctic and everywhere else:

Before arriving in Kirkenes she spend a night with a Sami family in their “lavvu” on the Finnmark high plateau, where their reindeers are roaming during the winter.

PS: A lavvu is a temporary dwelling used by the Sami people of northern extremes of Northern Europe. It has a design similar to a Native American tipi but is less vertical and more stable in high winds.
Source: Wikipedia

Things are changing in the Arctic. No, it is not only the climate:

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It is hotting up in the arctic:

About the author:
Dr. Dwayne Menezes is a historian, foreign policy expert, and social entrepreneur specializing in the Commonwealth and Polar Regions. He is the founder of the Polar Research and Policy Initiative, a London-based international think-tank dedicated to Arctic, Nordic and Antarctic affairs.


The 1,200-kilometre-long Finnmarksløpet (Finnmark race) crosses Norway’s northernmost region and is one of the most challenging dog-sled races in the world. Photo: Thomas Nilsen


Checkpoint Kirkenes. Photo: Thomas Nilsen