Arctic
New scientific vessel to be built for Arctic and Antarctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. “The research vessel Ivan Frolov is necessary for the smooth operation of Antarctic expeditions. Our country has five year-round stations and five seasonal bases on the continent. The current ship, which delivers polar explorers and cargo to Antarctica, is already becoming obsolete, and there ...
Northern Fleet helicopter sets record in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The crew of the Ka-27 helicopter of the naval anti-submarine helicopter regiment of the Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Northern Fleet, under the command of captain Dmitry Nazarov, landed a helicopter on Yaya island in the Laptev sea for the ...
Compact “dish” to provide Arctic with 5G connection
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Engineers from St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University have developed a small and economical antenna that can provide the Russian Arctic with 5G satellite connection. The device is an alternative to the usual satellite ones. It is shaped like a flat plate. It is based on ...
Arctic airfield network can support astronauts
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Earth airfields of Franz Joseph Land, North Earth and Severomorsk can be used to save astronauts in case of an emergency in flights to a promising Russian orbital station. Over Siberia, the extreme north, the Arctic Ocean, a route will be taken to the orbit ...
New satellites for Arctic to be designed
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The sketch design of the Arctic-MP new generation of hydrometeorological satellites for monitoring the polar regions will begin in 2026. According to RIA Novosti, now one Arctic-M satellite is working in orbit, it was launched in 2021. This year, another such apparatus is expected. Initially, ...
Polar foxes arranged races in front of nuclear icebreaker
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Ural atomic icebreaker crew shot polar foxes on the Yenisey. The video was published in the Telegram channel @atomflot_official. The foxes arranged races in front of the ship. In the video, animals run at high speed. The polar explorers say that if the arctic ...
Twaits glacier melting to affect three Russian cities
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The melting of the Twaits glacier, also known as the Day of Judgment, and the global increase in sea level can affect three cities of Russia: Sochi, St. Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don. This was announced by the SFU’s Ecology and Geography Institute head Ruslan Sharafutdinov ...
Heat-loving fish becomes more common in Arctic seas
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Due to warming in the Arctic, the fish fauna in the Barents and Norwegian Seas has become more diverse by 66 percent. Scientists conducted research for 26 years - from 1994 to 2020, and for 20 670 trawls (a fishing method that includes dragging ...
Russian scientists prepare canned stingray and Arctic algae jam
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Yulia Shokina, professor of the Food Production Technologies department at the Murmansk State Technological University, spoke about canned stingray foods enriched with chondroitin sulfate. Stingray is generally by-catch of cod or haddock and is not processed in any way, although it can account for ...