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The purpose of the exercise was to test Arctic oil spill prevention and rescue procedures in real-life circumstances, when the sea is covered with ice. The exercise took place on Wednesday 7 March 2019.

“The environmental risks in the Arctic region have increased during the past decades. International cooperation helps create the conditions necessary for protecting the sea environment from oil spills”, says unit director Jorma Rytkönen of the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE.

SYKE organized the exercise in close co-operation with the Swedish Coast Guard. The exercise got support from the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finnish Ministry of the Environment and the Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) working group of the Arctic Council.

Arctic Preparedness Platform for Oil Spill and other Environmental Accidents (APP4SEA)

In the project there are several building blocks that together will improve oil spill preparedness in the Arctic areas.

APP4SEA is currently collecting information on the infrastructures in the Arctic region, on the fauna, and on the areas that are especially vulnerable to oil spills. One aim of the project is to develop an application that will include meteorological conditions and flow scenarios.