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 grow tomatoes in Arctic greenhouse
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU) propose using multi-level greenhouses with artificial light to grow vegetables in the Arctic. Ivan Timofeyenko, head of the city-farming laboratory at the SFU’s Gastronomy Institute, believes that such technologies are better than traditional translucent greenhouses in the ...
Polar day ended at Norilsk latitude
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. White nights have replaced the polar day. Since July 25, the sun no longer shines around the clock. The polar day lasted 68 days, it began on May 19. For more than two months, the sun did not drop below the horizon at night. July ...
Technology for astronauts diversifies diet in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Arctic station workers and geologists are accustomed to extreme conditions and isolation. However, to work effectively, you need high-quality food with the right ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Freeze-dried products have become the way out - products prepared by a special preservation method ...
Abnormal thunderstorms hit Taimyr
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Two strong thunderstorms hit Norilsk on the same day. No sooner had the city sailed out of the night shower with thunder and lightning than in the second half of the day the skies over Norilsk opened up again. Meteorologists at the beginning of summer ...
More free land for tourism projects to appear in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. About two thousand hectares of free land under the Hectare program were opened by the government of Karelia. According to the Ministry for the Far East and the Arctic Development, among the available plots, you can choose land for housing construction, farming, tourism projects ...
Students to get Ticket to Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A student competition Ticket to the Arctic has been announced in Russia. The reward for the winners will be participation in a scientific expedition to the Kola peninsula and acquaintance with the deepest artificial well drilled by people. The Kola experimental superdeep reference well is ...
Russian hydrophysicists determined giant waves frequency in northern seas
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Specialists of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Marine Hydrophysical Institute conducted a study that will help determine the frequency of giant waves occurrence. The data obtained, according to them, can be used in the offshore structures design and planning work in the Arctic seas. The ...
Four research ships built for Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Ak Bars shipbuilding corporation has begun construction of four ships of project 03182R. They are involved in complex oceanographic research in the Arctic. The state contract for the construction of four ships for the Arctic was signed in July 2022, RIA Novosti reports citing ...
Norilsk 2035 development strategy published
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Recall that in August last year, the Norilsk City Hall and PORA signed a cooperation agreement. The strategic document sets out seven goals for what Norilsk should be like in 2035: - a comfortable city for living in the Arctic; - a city that develops human capital ...