Arctic

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In August, a new expedition of the Arctic floating university started, which received a record number of applications. Now the summing up is going on. The expedition of the Arctic Floating University on the scientific expedition ship Mikhail Somov started in the port of Dixon, ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...