Joint Norwegian-Russian Research Voyage in the Barents Sea

Few official channels

Until further notice, the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research has dispensation to work with Russia. All other institutional research cooperation with Russia was shut down as the war broke out.

Marine research cooperation is one of the few official channels of communication between Norway and Russia, except for cooperation on search and rescue, border cooperation, and fishery.

The voyage lasts for thirty days and takes place in both the Norwegian and the Russian zones. Norwegian and Russian researchers meet in March to discuss the course of the voyage, which involves three Norwegian and up to three Russian boats to cover the entire Barents Sea concurrently and…