Russia, Norway Team Up for Joint Exercise in Barents Sea

SputnikNews.com
03.06.2015

Russian and Norwegian rescuers teamed up in the Arctic on Wednesday for a joint exercise of oil spill preparedness and response drills in the Barents Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The two-day annual exercise, codenamed “Barents-2015,” will train for at-sea ship and aircraft crew search and rescue operations, as well as oil spill clean-ups in the areas of the Arctic sea off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia.

Russia is participating with rescue helicopters, planes and a rescue tug from its Northern Fleet, while Norway has deployed rescue helicopters and coast guard ships. Moscow is responsible for organizing the drills this year.

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