Arctic
Climate change leads to animals extinction
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Climate changes, which lead to a shift of warmer bioclimatic zones to the north, are occurring both in Russia and throughout the world. And for many animal species, including in the Arctic, such processes lead to extinction. “In our country, the line of Arctic ice, ...
Norilsk and Dudinka included in Russian Arctic strongholds list
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Based on the results of the first meeting of the headquarters on the development of cities and other settlements in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, 26 stronghold settlements in the Arctic were identified. Norilsk, Dudinka, Dikson and Igarka are among them. “Supporting settlements ...
Unknown fjord discovered on Russian island in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Participants in a joint expedition of the Russian Geographical Society and the Russian Ministry of Defense to the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago found an unknown fjord on Ushakov island in the Arctic. The study was carried out on the hydrographic vessel Romuald Muklevich, which approached Ushakov ...
Nornickel to help predict permafrost behavior in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In Krasnoyarsk, at the Енисей.РФ media forum, Anton Pryamitsky, Nornickel Polar Branch’s deputy chief engineer, who oversees the company’s global project to implement a monitoring system for the condition of industrial buildings and structures at the Polar Division facilities, spoke about the work the ...
Sunk in 1943 ship found in Kara sea
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the Kara sea, hydrographers recorded the exact location of the transport ship Dixon, torpedoed by a German submarine in 1943. The ship, sunk 80 years ago, was discovered during the complex expedition Remember the War, which was carried out by a research team of ...
Russian scientists created superglue for Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Researchers from the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a frost-resistant glue for the Arctic. The material remains durable even at temperatures down to minus 70 degrees. Scientists believe that it will be very useful for oil and gas workers ...
Northern Sea Route ports capacity to double in 2024
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Thus, this year the Yenisey coal port is being prepared for commissioning, in 2024 - the oil terminal of the Bay Sever port and the capacity of Novatek PJSC for shipping liquefied natural gas. As TASS quotes the words of Maxim Kulinko, deputy director of ...
Krasnoyarsk scientists use glass waste to make high-strength concrete
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch’s Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center and the Siberian Federal University have developed high-strength concrete consisting of 90 percent waste from industrial and household glass. The new material is cheaper and stronger than analogues. In addition, it will reduce ...
Rosatomflot icebreakers conducted unique operation in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. For the first time, Atomflot icebreakers carried out an operation to navigate a vessel with a carrying capacity of almost 170 thousand tons from west to east. Near cape Dezhnev on the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the nuclear-powered icebreakers Taimyr and Siberia completed the ...