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Svalbard
NASA sponsored scientists collect samples from Svalbard
NASA research vessel supporting Svalbard and North Pole operations
On board AS 365 N
The 'Redbed' mountains of Svalbard
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The pilot of a stolen Bell 206 involved in the theft of USD 5.3 million from a Group 4 cash depot on the outskirts of Stockholm on 23 September 2009 has been sentenced to 7 years in prison.
The incident, known in Sweden as the Västberga Helicopter Robbery,involved the theft of a Bell 206 from Roslagens in Norrtälje, the placement of fake bombs at the Swedish Police helicopter base at Myttinge on the island of Värmdö, the laying of caltrops on the roads approaching the robbery's location as well as the break in and theft from the Group 4 cash depot in Västberga south Stockholm.
See: Sweden?s Helicopter Heist Suspects Sentenced -- NTDTV.com
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October 26 2010
A small helicopter has crash landed on Mt. Esja which overlooks Reykjavík. The two men onboard were unharmed and made it down the mountain on their own accord.
Members of the search and rescue team Flugbjörgunarsveitin traveled to the mountain with the helicopter’s owner and took it to the hangar of the Icelandic Aircraft Accident Investigation Board, which will try to determine what went wrong, Morgunbladid reports.
[Helikopter type still waiting identification]
The rescue mission was conducted on three vehicles that were driven up a path which leads up the mountain from the lake Medalfellsvatn.
The weather was cold and stormy but the members of the convoy still managed to take the helicopter apart, place the pieces on a truck and drive it into town around 6 am yesterday morning.
Article: Iceland Review Online: Daily News from Iceland, Current Affairs, Business, Politics, Sports, Culture
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Heli Ice, tak! 
Is there any reason given for the crash?
Please can you keep us up-dated with any helicopter news from the Land of Ice!
Do you still have Danish Navy Lynx visiting the island?
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Is there any reason given for the crash?
Please can you keep us up-dated with any helicopter news from the Land of Ice!
Do you still have Danish Navy Lynx visiting the island?
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You're velcome.
I will try and post some news for you guys when something newsworthy happens.
ThE Danish Navy keeps visiting with the Lynx every now and then. It was here not so long ago but I don't know anything about their mission. Maybe Rotorrookie knows?
You're velcome.
I will try and post some news for you guys when something newsworthy happens.
ThE Danish Navy keeps visiting with the Lynx every now and then. It was here not so long ago but I don't know anything about their mission. Maybe Rotorrookie knows?
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Greenland
Happy 50 Year Anniversary to Air Greenland 1960-2010
Air Greenland provide scheduled helikopter service for Greenland domestic flights
Interior for Air Greenland S-61 scheduled services
Air Greenland's 'The Hag' Narsap at Sermia Nuuk 'Ice Hills'
Ice floes seen from AG S-61 (in old colours) over Narsarsuaq
Air Greenland's 'The Hag' perching on 'home-made' helipad named 'Susse' where tourists are taken to observe the 'Ice Fjord'
Air Greenland's B2 ready for ground power start Qaqortog
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Here is a few more that i got this so far this year
The first is the s-61 in Ilulissat with cougars s-92 in the background
one of Airgreenland's b212 in Qaarsut taken over the nose of one of HeliGreenland's AS350's
One of Air Greenland's AS350's in Qaarsut
Both Heli Greenland's AS350's taken in march on the helipad at Maarmorilik
The first is the s-61 in Ilulissat with cougars s-92 in the background
one of Airgreenland's b212 in Qaarsut taken over the nose of one of HeliGreenland's AS350's
One of Air Greenland's AS350's in Qaarsut
Both Heli Greenland's AS350's taken in march on the helipad at Maarmorilik
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Rock Hound! Thank you so much for joining PPRuNe and for making this contribution to the Nordic News thread - this is truly fantastic!! 
Please do keep sending any news, story, images or anything from Greenland because there is not so much coverage from this area so we are very happy to have your participation.
Thanks again.
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Please do keep sending any news, story, images or anything from Greenland because there is not so much coverage from this area so we are very happy to have your participation.
Thanks again.
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Smokeboy! Thank you for sharing with us the operation in Svalbard and congratulations to Airlift for operating the Northernmost helikopter in the world!
If you have any more details of the operations in Svalbard, how many helikopters which kind of work they are doing, we would be pleased to know.
Thanks again.
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If you have any more details of the operations in Svalbard, how many helikopters which kind of work they are doing, we would be pleased to know.
Thanks again.
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An Mi-8 MTV1 belonging to the Russian coal mining company Arktikugol photographed at the Barentsburg hangar on 6 October 2010
The hangar and its frozen surroundings can be seen via space photo here: Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!
Barentsburg is the second largest settlement on Svalbard with about 500 inhabitants mostly Russian and Ukrainian. The Russian-owned coal mining company Arktikugol has been mining coal there since 1932. During the Cold War Barentsburg was a hotbed of activity as the Russians attempted to expand their control over the islands.
Although Svalbard is under Norwegian sovereignty the unique Spitsbergen Treaty of 1920 allows citizens of signatory countries equal rights to exploit natural resources. Currently Russia is the only country to maintain such a presence. Russia maintains a consulate in Barentsburg which is the northernmost diplomatic mission of any kind in the world.
Barentsburg and its 500 residents.
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Nat Geo fights Swedish reindeer helicopter ban
Nat Geo fights Swedish reindeer helicopter ban - The Local
National Geographic has appealed a ban on its photographers taking a helicopter into the Sarek national park, which Swedish officials said risked disturbing the indigenous Samis' grazing reindeer in the World Heritage wilderness.
Kathy Moran, senior editor at the magazine that has 40 million readers worldwide, in June asked Swedish officials to consider allowing Norwegian photographers Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg to fly into the far northern park with all their equipment.
That does not sit well with the Sami who make their living on the hills, which were classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
"Freelance photographers and filmmakers apply for the right to land all the time, but there is never such a hullabaloo when they are declined, it's just because it's National Geographic this time that people are kicking up a fuss," said Jakob Nygård, chairman of local Sami village council Sirges, whose 500 members together own more than 15,000 reindeer.
The US-based magazine was hoping, however, to get a landing permit as their photographers are lugging heavy equipment.
Kathy Moran, senior editor at the magazine that has 40 million readers worldwide, in June asked Swedish officials to consider allowing Norwegian photographers Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg to fly into the far northern park with all their equipment.
That does not sit well with the Sami who make their living on the hills, which were classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
"Freelance photographers and filmmakers apply for the right to land all the time, but there is never such a hullabaloo when they are declined, it's just because it's National Geographic this time that people are kicking up a fuss," said Jakob Nygård, chairman of local Sami village council Sirges, whose 500 members together own more than 15,000 reindeer.
The US-based magazine was hoping, however, to get a landing permit as their photographers are lugging heavy equipment.
