Barneo

Barneo (2008)

Barneo ( Russian Барнео ) is an annual research camp that has been operated by the Russian Geographical Society on the pack ice near the geographic North Pole since 2002 . The warehouse opens in late March or early April and lasts about a month.

Barneo is the world's northernmost research camp and is usually less than 100 km from the geographic North Pole. Barneo's coordinates are not stable because of ice drift . In April 2007, the camp was approximately 89 ° 31 '30 " N , 30 ° 27' 0" W . 89.525 -30.45

In April 2016, the Chechen special forces Kadyrowzy , who are under the direct command of Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov , used the research camp for military exercises. The Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen served as a stopover for the passenger and material transport, which due to the demilitarization of Svalbard was controversial. In 2019 there were again reports of Russian units in the camp.

Web links

Official website of the Russian Geographical Society
Stefan Laack: Tourism in the Arctic Ocean: The Russian Arctic Station "Barneo". In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . April 23, 2012.
Michael Martin: North Pole Expedition: More Light! In: Spiegel Online . April 18, 2011.

Individual evidence

↑ Барнео (Barneo). (No longer available online.) In: barneo.ru. Русское географическое общество (Russian Geographical Society), 2014, archived from the original on August 24, 2017 ; Retrieved August 24, 2017 (Russian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / barneo.ru
^ Special forces conduct drills close to North Pole. In: youtube.com. Euronews No Comment TV, May 6, 2016, accessed December 8, 2017 .
^ Trude Pettersen: Chechen special forces instructors landed on Svalbard. In: thebarentsobserver.com. The Independent Barents Observer AS, April 13, 2016, accessed December 8, 2017 .
↑ Sergey Sukhankin: Russian Spetsnaz in Norway: 'Fake News' Versus Facts. In: jamestown.org. Jamestown Foundation, October 19, 2019, accessed October 13, 2019 .

[1] Барнео (Barneo). (No longer available online.) In: barneo.ru. Русское географическое общество (Russian Geographical Society), 2014, archived from the original on August 24, 2017 ; Retrieved August 24, 2017 (Russian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / barneo.ru

[2] Special forces conduct drills close to North Pole. In: youtube.com. Euronews No Comment TV, May 6, 2016, accessed December 8, 2017 .

[3] Trude Pettersen: Chechen special forces instructors landed on Svalbard. In: thebarentsobserver.com. The Independent Barents Observer AS, April 13, 2016, accessed December 8, 2017 .

[4] Sergey Sukhankin: Russian Spetsnaz in Norway: 'Fake News' Versus Facts. In: jamestown.org. Jamestown Foundation, October 19, 2019, accessed October 13, 2019 .