Two holes penetrate the thick sedimentary wedge which forms a large fan located off a trough on the barents sea shelf, the bjornoyrenna fan. Terms of reference administrative manual kirkenes declaration barents regional council about the. The encyclopedia of the barents region contains comprehensive knowledge about the history, economy, and culture of the barents region. The barents encyclopedia is the most comprehensive collections of facts about the collaboration across national borders in the northernmost part of europe. Initiated during the international polar year in 2007, it took nearly ten years to compile, write, edit and print the masterpiece of knowledge from and about the barents region. The missing barents sea winter ice makes up a large part of observed winter arctic sea ice loss, and in 2050, the barents sea is projected to be largely ice free throughout the year, with 4c summer warming in the formerly icecovered areas. The arents regiona transnational history of subarctic northern europe after over a decade of work the book the arents region is finalized. It coordinates certain activities in the barents region, and has an online archive containing minutes from all the meetings of the brc and the beac. The new name is from the dutch navigator willem barents. The arctic region contains large amounts of natural resources considered necessary to sustain global economic growth, so it is unsurprising that it is increasingly susceptible to political, economic, environmental, and even military conflicts.
Barents observer published a report on a survey that mapped out how much interest the journalists working in finnish, norwegian, swedish and russian barents regions actually have in crossborder issues pdf. The way to cathay halfway through the sixteenth century, dutch trade began to expand beyond western europe. Information about the openaccess journal barents studies. It fullfills the project about the barents region which started with the barents region. The arctic barents region is facing numerous pressures from a variety of sources, including the effect of environmental changes and extractive industrial developments. However, it should be noted that the buildup of naval, air defense, and ground forces in the northwestern corner of the soviet unionrussia was not motivated by military or other threats in the region itself. From south korea to kazakhstan via northern sea route.
The barents region is a name given, by advocates of establishing international cooperation. Society, environment and human security in the arctic barents. Pdf geological history of the barents sea atlas researchgate. It discusses the economic value of different resources. Price new from used from paperback, 1998 please retry. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. In this period the dutch wanted a sea passage to asia, and preferably one beyond the. Throughout centuries of explorations, economic and national developments, wars and peace, it has developed into a region of cooperation between finland, sweden, russia, norway and. Tveito, the barents region a region of cooperation in europe and its challenges, in common security in northern europe after the cold war. The barents regional council brs welcomes the eu strategy for the baltic sea region. The barents regional council at the same time as the beac was established in 1993 by the signing of the kirkenes declaration, the regional representatives, together with the indigenous peoples signed a cooperation protocol that established the regional council for the barents euroarctic region with the same objectives as the beac to. The encyclopedia of the barents region with foreword by thorvald stoltenberg and mikhail gorbachev contains comprehensive knowledge about the history, economy, and culture of the barents region. The barents sea was the site of a notable world war ii engagement, a german surface raiding attack on a british merchant convoy, which later became known as the battle of the barents sea. The threats arising out of these pressures result in human security challenges.
The nature is unique and the environment vulnerable, with wide tundra areas. A transnational history of subarctic northern europe, provides a researchbased history of the barents region from 8002010 written by 27 history researchers from within the thirteenth subregions of the barents region. Cultural cooperation in the barents region strategy 20142018 publications of the ministry of education and culture, finland 2014. Peoples, economies and politics should be about 8000 words in length, including references. Lampe rethinking american perspectives on southeastern europe 615 epilegomena stanford lehmberg. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The nature is unique and the environment vulnerable, with wide tundra areas in the north and extensive boreal forests zones in the south. The governance of the arcticbarents region and food security. The governance of the arcticbarents region and food. The barents regional council and eu arctic policy arctic.
Human and societal security in the circumpolar arctic addresses a comprehensive understanding of security in the arctic, with a particular focus on one of its subregions the barents region. In cold war times the massive concentrations of soviet forces in the kola peninsula were a threat to the nordic region. Ancient origins articles related to barents sea in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. A transnational history of subarctic northern europe. Contribution to the barents encyclopedia long article on. The study shows that the fan was built over a short time span in the late pliocenepleistocene, mainly due to glacial erosion of the barents shelf region. The work on the books lasted 9 years, from 2007 until 2016.
The barents region has rapidly developed into one of the most interesting. It was established in 1993 as a result of the disintegration of the soviet union, and it is also the first macroregion to move beyond the cold wars iron curtain. Barents sea, outlying portion of the arctic ocean 800 miles 1,300 km long and 650 miles 1,050 km wide and covering 542,000 square miles 1,405,000 square km. Keep yourself and your students up to date on any exam prep and news.
Conversations with boris grebenshchikov 611 john r. Maps of the barents region in different sizes and colours. The barents region is a newly constituted transnational. The barents region consist of the land mass of the european arctic region and includes two eu member states sweden and finland, one eea country norway and russia. The barents region remained an uncharted territory where fishermen, hunters and nomadic people coexisted without the presence of nation states until the th century. Food security in the arcticbarents region does not have its own unique governance approach. He was born on terschelling around 1550, and died on the 20th june 1597 near novaya zemlya the barents sea, barentsburg and barents region were all named after him references. Continued expansion in europe, latin america and middle east 20. Under the command of oskar kummetz, the german warships sank minelayer hms bramble and destroyer hms achates, but lost destroyer z16 friedrich eckoldt, and. Action plan for indigenous peoples in the barents euroarctic.
The barents region is a newly constituted transnational region including the northernmost counties of norway, sweden, finland, and russia. Jul 25, 2016 the shipping operation is historic also for the port of sabetta. This book analyses the formation, and promotion, of. With contributions from leading scandinavian and russian scholars on northern affairs, this volume examines the barents region as a political initiative, its historical and institutional architecture and its contributions to economic and environmental management in the north. It was established in 1993 in order to stimulate collaboration across national borders in the most northern parts of europe. A first course in design and analysis of experiments. The region has a huge potential with its huge recourses in knowledge based industries and in raw materials like minerals, forest and fish. Rather, the existing governance frameworka number of international and regional regulations in several sectorsthat applies to the arctic and its barents region also addresses food security and safety, either directly or indirectly. While an ice sheet persisted on the northern kara shelf see above, most of the barents sea was probably ice free until barentsdominated glacial ice reached the white sea area at 7065 ka larsen et al. The barents region comprises the northernmost parts of norway, sweden, finland and russia. Uarctic barents encyclopedia and history textbook out now. The barents cooperation is regarded as an intergral part of creating a stable, democratic and prosperous europe. Chronology of tertiary fan deposits off the western barents.
Glacial history of the barents sea region sciencedirect. It is suitable as a course book in history for students at university level, but also for social sciences and for others. In general the barents regional council would like to emphasise the importance of wide scope policy perspective for the baltic sea region bsr. The barents region is a name given, by advocates of establishing international cooperation after the fall of the soviet union, to the land along the coast of the barents sea, from nordland in norway to the kola peninsula in russia and beyond all the way to the ural mountains and novaya zemlya, and south to the gulf of bothnia of the baltic sea and the great lakes ladoga and onega. The barents regional councils input for the development of the four main objectives of the strategy. The barents sea is a microcosm and indicator of what can happen elsewhere in the arctic. The encyclopedia of the barents region contains 415 articles covering the history, culture and economy, as well as the background to the establishment of the barents region. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Media in category maps of the barents sea the following 49 files are in this category, out of 49 total. The portal contains general information about the region and articles giving an overview of different topics and links the portal is maintained by the arctic centre, university of lapland data protection and cookies. A time of change people and life in the barents region.
Sometimes the area is also referred to as the euroarctic region. A time of change people and life in the barents region paperback 1998. The barents sea is a marginal sea of the arctic ocean. The land along the coast of the barents sea to establish international cooperation after the fall of the soviet union. The purpose of the project was to improve crossborder communication and information flow within the barents region. This arctic shipping operation makes it into the history books. History of the barents euroarctic cooperation the barents euroarctic cooperation and the intergovenmental cooperation in the region was formalised when the foreign ministers of norway, russia, finland, sweden and representatives of denmark, iceland and the european commission signed the kirkenes declaration on 11 january 1993. Request pdf economies of the barents sea region this chapter provides a synopsis of the economic dimensions of the barents sea region. This will be celebrated with a release seminar friday september 25, 2015 at umea university that you are most welcome to attend.
This book looks in detail at the preconditions and outlook for international cooperation on the development of arctic petroleum resources, focusing on. The encyclopedia is an outcome of an international academic project with participants mainly from norway, sweden, finland, and russia. A excellent for barents re reinsurance company, inc. For detailed information and schedule see enclosed program. The barents region the barents euroarctic region, europes largest region for interregional cooperation, includes the northernmost parts of sweden, norway, finland and northwest russia. Pdf oil and gas extraction in the barents region is dominated by norway and russia. The norwegian barents secretariat in kirkenes plays a key role in the barents cooperation, particularly in project work. A network of historians working in academia all over the barents region has worked with history textbook and encyclopedia about barents region for several years. Encyclopedia of the barents region europas historia. Human and societal security in the circumpolar arctic. The barents region surveys regional cooperation in arctic europe. The average depth is 760 feet 230 m and maximum depth is 1,480 feet 450 m. The international barents secretariat in kirkenes was established in 2008. See all books authored by els barents, including jeff wall, and axel hutte.
Willem barents or barentsz, probably from barentzoon, son of barent was a dutch explorer. Mar 16, 2016 ancient origins articles related to barents sea in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. Barents sea simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The portal contains general information about the region and articles giving an overview of different topics and links the portal is maintained by the arctic centre, university of lapland. A transnational history of subarctic northern europe, has eight chapters, each written by four authors, one from each of the four countries belonging to the barents region, and one concluding chapter. Umea university, faculty of arts, department of historical, philosophical and religious studies.
The military dimension has in other words been central to the history of the kola peninsula, the barents region, and the circumpolar arctic. Barents encyclopedia is published the independent barents. The barents region consists of northernmost parts of norway, sweden, finland and northwest russia. The articles are of varying length and cover most aspects of life in the region, such as the history, demography, geography, economy, culture, and languages of the citizens living in the barents region. Success stories from the barents region encyclopedia of the barents region.
He reached as far as novaya zemlya and the kara sea in his first two voyages, but was turned back on both occasions. Els barents books list of books by author els barents. The barents region covers the northwest corner of russia and the far northern part of the scandinavian peninsula, and includes russias frontier with the nato country norway. The measures are focused on nenets, veps and saami areas. A first course in design and analysis of experiments gary w. The book presents a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective to which the arctic is placed as referent, and special attention is paid to the viewpoint of local and indigenous communities. A transnational history of subarctic northern europe, published by pax oslo, is a researchbased history of this region. With access to real regents exams in every subject area and the ability to create your own custom practice tests, youll help your students prep confidently. The barents region is a newly constituted transnational region including the. During the last years a lot of articles and books have been published by northnorwegian and northrussian historians on the very rich traditions of contact and historical relations in what has been labelled the historical barents region. A true story of murder and memory in northern ireland. For high resolution versions of the maps, please contact.
This first book provides a researchbased history of the barents region from 8002010 written by history researcher within the thirteen subregions of the barents region. Press release new book encyclopedia of the barents region. Barents press is likely to be the most successful form of journalistic crossborder cooperation that can be found in europe. Barents euroarctic council official website 2020 our website uses cookies, read more about cookies. Food security in the arctic barents region does not have its own unique governance approach. The action plan for indigenous peoples in the barents euro. The encyclopedia of the barents region contains 415 articles contributed by 300 authors. History resurrected in postsoviet europe 599 nick hayes bg. It fullfills the project about the barents region which started with the volume the barents region. Thisprotocolagreementiscompletedinfinnish,norwegian,russian,samiandswedish. Jul 01, 2005 the events and decisions that culminated in the battle of the barents seawhat many consider to be the most important naval engagement of world war iis european theatrein which eight of the german navys most powerful ships failed to sink a russian convoy guarded by only four small british destroyers, are brought to life by the author in this tale of men struggling to carry out their orders. According to vyacheslav goloskokov, head of the ural customs authority, it shows that the new arctic port can be used for a wide range of purposes and that the ural region consequently has got a new sea gate.
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