Arctic

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The UAV-based ice reconnaissance complex has been successfully tested in the Arctic. The uniqueness of the tests is that the drone took off and landed on the platform for helicopters of a drifting nuclear-powered icebreaker. This was reported in the Northern Sea Route (NSR) ...