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Newsletter from the Editor:
Warning of Skills Shortage
Dear reader. A new report warns of a serious shortage of expertise regarding infrastructure in the Nordics. At the same time, the Armed Forces are expanding in Finnmark, and military activity in the Arctic is increasing. Here are the most important news stories from the High North.
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We begin with the week’s most important story in the Nordic region:
A new report has revealed a serious lack of expertise regarding infrastructure in the Nordics.
"We must strengthen education in the North. Otherwise, this expertise will disappear south," says Kjell Stokvik of the Centre for High North Logistics.
And a Norwegian consulting company has established a department in Iceland, and will investigate the possibilities for a subsea road link to a island group in Iceland.
Security
There is no shortage of news from the defense sector.
The Norwegian Arctic Finnmark Brigade has now gained three new divisions.
The Norwegian Armed Forces will train alongside Allied forces on the Norwegian, Arctic island of Jan Mayen.
Also read about the Russian LNG storage vessel that was seen making an unusual northbound voyage along Norway’s coast.
There is also a high level of activity in the field of defense material.
The Norwegian Defence Material Agency has entered into an agreement with a Actic based company and the Canadian government is building six new icebreakers.
Science news
A new festival brings together stakeholders from the Nordics and Canada to explore how artificial intelligence, open data and collaboration can strengthen innovation and value creation in the Arctic.
The United States’ increased focus on China could affect Norway’s role in Norwegian American security cooperation in the Arctic, according to a Nord University researcher Beate Steinveg, who met with our research journalist Linn Ophaug.
And China and Russia have launched their fourth joint scientific expedition to the Arctic.
And finally—though no less important: The Arcitc football club Bodø/Glimt is back in the Champions League.
“The Arctic returned like a whirlwind. For the second year in a row. For Bodø/Glimt, it seems anything is possible,” writes commentator Arne O. Holm.
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Best, Editor in Chief, Trine Jonassen
