Arctic
North Pole platform returned from Arctic expedition
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The ice-resistant self-propelled platform (ISP) North Pole, where the expedition North Pole 41 took place, returned to Murmansk. The first comprehensive expedition of this kind in ten years worked in the Arctic for more than a year and a half and collected a large ...
Yenisey ice edge located 735 kilometers from Dudinka
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. According to the regional department for civil and emergency situations, on May 17, by 08:00, the water level on the Yenisey river in the Dudinka area was 612 centimeters. Over the past 24 hours, the water has risen by 14 centimeters. The edge of the ...
Dudinka port prepares for floods
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Dudinka seaport is completing the preparation of its infrastructure for the upcoming flood. According to forecasts, the water will begin to rise in the last third of May. Work began back in March: schedules and plans were drawn up, areas for transferring cargo ...
Scientific station to open in Russian Arctic national park
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. On Alexandra Land island of the Franz Josef Land archipelago the first comprehensive scientific station of the Russian Arctic national park will be created - the territory belongs to the organization. This is a joint project of the national park and the Russian Geographical ...
Arctic glaciers’ seismic dynamics studied in Russia
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In Russia, for the first time, studies of the seismic dynamics of Arctic glaciers were carried out by scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Ural Branch’s Federal Research Center for Integrated Study of the Arctic (FRCISA, Arhangelsk). Galina Antonovskaya, the research center’s deputy ...
Arctica-M now looks at Northern Sea Route around the clock
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The second Arktika-M satellite has been put into normal operation after testing. Now two spacecraft continuously monitor the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The satellites monitor the hydrometeorological situation, signal relays, as well as data from automatic measuring platforms of Roshydromet. With the help of satellites, NSR ...
Food to be frozen in cryogenic storage facility in Yakutia
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Rosrezerv federal agency is planning an experiment to store food in the Yakut cryogenic storage facility for the country’s strategic reserve. Research will be carried out for five years at the Institute of Biological Problems of the Permafrost Zone and the Institute of ...
Spiders and herons show Arctic uneven warming
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Federation Council hosted a meeting of the Committee on Agricultural and Food Policy and Environmental Management, dedicated to the issue of thawing permafrost and the problems it brings to the infrastructure of settlements and industrial facilities in the Arctic. The meeting was attended ...
Drifting expedition in Arctic starts in autumn
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The North Pole 42 expedition is planned to be sent to the Arctic this fall. This will be the second expedition drifting on an ice floe in the last ten years, TASS reports. As the director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) Alexander ...