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Americans are rapidly losing the Arctic. Members of the Senate armed services Committee, Roger Wicker and Dan Sullivan, came to this disappointing conclusion for the United States. According to the senators, the country is sorely lacking icebreakers capable of operating at the North pole, and Russia is in a much more advantageous position. About icebreakers and their role in promoting the interests of major States - in the material RIA Novosti.

The world meteorological organization (WMO) has updated the record for the lowest temperatures in the Northern hemisphere, the organization said on Tuesday, September 22.

Scientists of the Murmansk region have found microorganisms in the Arctic that can destroy oil. This was reported in the Kola scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where research is being conducted in this direction in the framework of the project "Bioremediation of the Arctic coast". The project belongs to the Kolarctic cross-border cooperation program, in which Russia and the Scandinavian countries participate.

Russia's Rosneft is looking for Japanese investors to develop giant oil fields.

Saudi oil company Saudi Aramco claims such a share in the project. Earlier, NOVATEK closed the sale of the French company Total 10%" Arctic LNG-2 "for $2.5 billion.