Severny Gorod examined how China’s state media — from the Xinhua news agency to Global Times — tell their readers the story of developing the Arctic and the Northern Sea ...
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Scientists warn about eternal chemicals in Arctic waters
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. American and German oceanographers have discovered eternal toxic substances floating the Fram strait between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Eternal chemicals are per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is a large family of pollutants that almost do not decompose in the natural environment, writes Gazeta.ru. In ...
Legendary Tyurikov’s craft restoration to be completed in 2024
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Specialists from the Novosibirsk company Helicopter promise to complete the restoration of the historic C-47 DL Douglas aircraft, or, as it is called, the Tyurikov’s craft, in 2024. The work is coordinated by the Russian Geographical Society’s (RGS) Krasnoyarsk regional branch. Let us recall that ...
Scientists developed food supplements for Arctic residents
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Researchers at the Arctic Research Center of the Far Eastern Branch of the Academy of Sciences have developed nutritional supplements for residents of high latitudes. Scientists have found that when consuming polyunsaturated fatty acids at a level of two thousand units per day, people significantly ...
While historians argue with shamans, northerners organize holiday
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. For 45 days, until January 13, the sun at our latitude does not appear above the horizon. Due to weather conditions and landscape, Norilsk residents may miss the solar disk for longer - because of the mountains or clouds. Norilsk central district’s residents do not ...
Scientists found extraterrestrial mineral in Talnah deposit
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Tomsk geologists found a rare mineral in the Talnah deposit - kronstedtite, most often found in meteorites. This is the first such discovery in the Norilsk area. The website of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) writes that the find will help to understand the origin ...
Frostbite in Arctic can be treated with stem cells
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have developed an innovative method for treating burns and frostbite. It is especially relevant for the Arctic - low temperatures and thin air lead to a lack of oxygen in the tissues, and such ...
World’s largest Arctic vessel construction begins in St. Petersburg
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. At the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg, the world's largest scientific expedition vessel Ivan Frolov’s construction has begun. It is designed to work in Arctic conditions. “In the coming years, the Roshydromet federal environment monitoring organization will have a scientific expedition vessel that has no ...
Dudinka river ice crossing opened in Taimyr
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In Taimyr, a snow and ice road across the Dudinka river was put into operation. Vehicles weighing a maximum of five tons are now allowed to move safely on ice. The snow-ice road length is 900 meters, the width is 15 meters. According to measurements ...
Hatanga weather station celebrated its anniversary
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Hatanga aviation weather station celebrated its 95th anniversary. According to archival data, the first weather observations were made on December 1, 1928. At first they were carried out from time to time, but constant observations of the weather began only ten years later. With ...