Arctic
Clean Arctic volunteers to take scrap metal off cape Chelyuskin
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Participants in the Clean Arctic eco-project will clean cape Chelyuskin of scrap metal. This is the northernmost and most inaccessible point in Eurasia. According to experts, there are now from 25 to 40 thousand rusty barrels on the cape, TASS writes. “If a sailor looks closely ...
Russian scientists developed unique building materials for Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists from the South Russian State Polytechnic University have developed a technology for creating environmentally friendly materials for road and low-rise construction in the Arctic. According to the university’s press service, the materials are obtained from combustion waste from thermal power plants. One of the ...
Arctic sea and river vessels to have new propeller model
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Specialists from Saratov State Technical University named after Yu.A. Gagarin have developed a new, especially durable and reliable model of a propeller. It is intended for use on modern engines of sea and river vessels in the Far North, the press service of the ...
48 wells to be made in Russia to monitor permafrost
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In 2024, the state permafrost monitoring system will increase by 48 wells in ten regions of Russia. The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources reported this. “The study of permafrost is a national task. This information helps to identify risk areas and make recommendations for builders ...
100 tons of garbage collected in Hatanga in some days
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. During the first week of work in Hatanga, members of the Russian Geographical Society expedition (RGS) removed more than 100 tons of man-made waste, cleaning more than eight square kilometers. 16 heavy dump trucks were required to remove the metal structures. A temporary storage facility ...
Sunk ship Tbilisi found in Taimyr
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. An expedition of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) in the waters of the Krestovskiye islands in the Yenisey gulf found the Tbilisi cargo ship that sank there in 1943. The vessel was discovered at a depth of 12.7 meters using sonar. The search was carried ...
Fedor Konyukhov and Igor Potapkin reached North Pole on paraglider
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Fedor Konyukhov and Igor Potapkin made the world’s first flight on a paraglider (motor paraglider) from a point at 86 degrees north latitude (an ice floe in the Arctic ocean) to the North Pole, setting a record. This was reported on Konyukhov’s Telegram channel. “At ...
Arctic Floating University studies soil formation on Arctic islands
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Researchers from the Arctic Floating University (AFU) have begun to study the formation and functioning of soils on islands in the western part of the Russian Arctic. Samples were collected on Mabel island in Franz Josef Land, on the coast of Russian Harbor bay, ...
El Niño ends
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. El Niño is ending, but its effects will still affect temperatures. And last June may turn out to be one of the hottest on record, said Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center. “El Niño ceases to exist and a transition to a ...