Kola Peninsula

TF: Some may view it that way, but I actually think the Russians probably have the edge going into this with their 22-year effort drilling into the Kola Peninsula, near Finland, an effort that started in 1970.

Brett Greene: World's Most Challenging Competition Shakes Earth to It's Core 2010

Both countries claimed a 175,000 sq km (67,567 sq mile) zone, about half the size of Germany, situated north of Russia's Kola Peninsula and the Norwegian coast.

Russia and Norway resolve Arctic border dispute 2010

TF: Some may view it that way, but I actually think the Russians probably have the edge going into this with their 22-year effort drilling into the Kola Peninsula, near Finland, an effort that started in 1970.

Brett Greene: The World's Most Challenging Competition Shakes the World to It's Core 2010

These reindeer provide the basis of the livelihood of herders belonging to some 28 different indigenous and other local peoples, from the Sámi of northern Fennoscandia (northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland) and the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia, who herd approximately 500,000 reindeer, to the Chukchi of the Chukotka Peninsula in the far east [6].

Climate change and reindeer nomadism in Finnmark, Norway 2010

TF: Some may view it that way, but I actually think the Russians probably have the edge going into this with their 22-year effort drilling into the Kola Peninsula, near Finland, an effort that started in 1970.

Brett Greene: World's Most Challenging Competition Shakes Earth to It's Core 2010

Examples of where the protection offered to arctic areas set aside for wildlife conservation has been violated are widespread throughout the Arctic (e.g., seismic exploration for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and atomic bomb testing in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, both in Alaska; illegal harassment of walrus in the Wrangel Island Reserve and uncontrolled poaching of wildlife in Kola Peninsula reserves by military personnel, both in Russia).

Management and conservation of wildlife in the Arctic 2009

There are many kettle (produced by the melting of buried glacial ice), moraine, and ice-scour lakes on the undulating terrain of postglacial arctic landscapes (e.g., the Canadian Shield, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula; [49]).

Freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009

The herders traditionally use waterways, such as many rivers and lakes of the Kola Peninsula, in their transportation routes.

Kola~ the Saami community of Lovozero climate change case study 2009

Whether the capelin maintain their spawning ground along the coast of northern Norway and the Kola Peninsula is unknown.

Future change in processes and impacts on Arctic biota 2009

The Arctic is characterized by the presence of continuous permafrost (section 6.6.1), although there are exceptions such as the Kola Peninsula.

Introduction to Arctic Tundra and Polar Desert Ecosystems 2009