Arctic
Russia to create three-dimensional underwater permafrost map
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In August-November 2023, a comprehensive expedition will sail across four Arctic seas - the Kara, East Siberian, Chukchi and Laptev seas. Scientists intend to study the processes taking place on the shelf and create a three-dimensional map of underwater permafrost, the Tomsk State University ...
Polar explorers grow greenery
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Researchers harvested fresh herbs at the height of the polar night at the Cape Baranov Ice Base research station, which is located on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. The expedition season lasts six months, and polar explorers spend their free time doing their favorite hobbies. This ...
Nuclear-powered icebreakers celebrated New Year on Northern Sea Route
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. All nuclear icebreakers of Atomflot - Arktika, Sibir, Ural, Yamal, 50 Years of Victory, Taimyr and Vaigach - celebrated the New Year in the waters of the Northern Sea Route (NSR). On the ships, the sailors created a homely atmosphere: a Christmas tree in the ...
Russian scientists breed arctic apricots
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Ural breeders have developed a new variety of apricot - Prizer, which can withstand frosts down to minus 40 degrees. Scientists have been working on it for almost 30 years. According to the Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian ...
First dry snow dump to appear in Norilsk in 2023
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The specialists began implementation of the investment project to equip a snow dump near the Kayerkan district in December, after being included in the list of residents of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The facility’s planned capacity is up to 150 000 ...
Norilsk energy system considered world’s unique one
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The professional holiday of the energy industry workers was approved in 1966 and is still celebrated today. On this day, power engineers are also congratulated in the subdivisions of the Nornickel Polar Division. Norilsk power engineers are proud of their profession. The energy system necessary ...
140 permafrost monitoring stations to be built in Arctic by 2025
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. At a meeting of the expert council of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, the creation of an all-Russian permafrost monitoring system was discussed. The project is implemented by the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute on the basis of Roshydromet. Recently, the government supported ...
Oil absorbing bacteria multiply at diesel spill site
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the soils affected by the oil spill due to the accident at CHPP-3 in 2020, the number of microorganisms did not decrease, but their species composition changed significantly. This was announced at a meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian Branch presidium ...
Norilsk gas workers saved wolf descendants
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Our story is about the dog whom the owner brought to the distant gas field along the winter road and left there. The dog gave birth to six puppies from a half-wolf tundra dog. And it would have died of hunger along with the ...

