New Vistas for Arctic Shelf Development

Interview The extraction of natural resources in the Arctic is becoming an increasingly hot topic. We talked to Oleg Korneev , Deputy Director for Geoecology ... .... Mr. Korneev, do you believe that the extraction of offshore resources in the Arctic is economically viable? Russia’s Arctic shelf incorporates the Barents Sea, which is freer of ice than other waters and hence more economically attractive, and ...