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 ...
Arctic
Four diesel icebreakers to be built by Rosatom’s order
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. By order of Rosatom, construction of a new series of diesel icebreakers with a capacity of 40 MW will begin in 2024. The lead vessel is planned to be put into operation in 2028. As Rosatom’s special representative for Arctic development Vladimir Panov said, the ...
Taimyr villages to follow Hatanga getting high-quality communications
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. This year, using funds from the regional budget, a pilot project was implemented to expand the satellite communication channel in Hatanga, as a result of which its capacity increased fourfold. Based on the results of testing the pilot project in Hatanga, a decision was made ...
Russia developed floating drone for exploring Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Arhangelsk scientific and educational center Russian Arctic has developed a marine drone. It is planned to be used for various research in the Arctic, said Marat Yeseyev, the center’s scientific director, deputy first vice-rector for promising projects of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University. The ...
Krasnoyarsk scientists develop northern potatoes and soybeans
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Krasnoyarsk scientists have developed new varieties of potatoes and soybeans for the northern regions. They crossed hundreds of classic species and created superplants. Specialists from the Krasnoyarsk state agrarian university work on the project, the Yenisey Siberia development corporation reports. Their task is to make ...
China is ready to cooperate with Russia in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. China is ready to develop cooperation with Russia in various areas, including in the Arctic. This was stated by the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s official representative, Mao Ning. The One Belt, One Road forum was held in Beijing, which is an international initiative of China to ...
Winter in Norilsk takes its rights
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. October 2023 turned out to be special – soft and warm. Norilsk and Taimyr were in the grip of an anticyclone, there were thaws, the snow was melting. Usually winter comes to our region at the beginning of October or end of September, but ...
Marine terminal first stage to be launched in Taimyr in 2024
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The first stage of the sea coal terminal in Taimyr is planned to be put into operation in 2024. Its construction is being carried out as part of the Syradasay coal deposit development, according to the explanatory note to the draft regional budget for ...
Satellite communication station Skif to appear in Norilsk
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Three Russian cities - Norilsk, Murmansk and Anadyr - will become territories where base ground stations will be located for the Skif satellite system of the federal project Sfera. The program involves the launch of communications and remote sensing satellites. It will include five satellite ...
Russian expedition discovered new island
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Participants in the joint expedition of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) and the Russian Ministry of Defense to the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago, organized as part of the Remember the War expedition, discovered a new island in the area of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. According to ...