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Arctic

Taimyr permafrost retained chocolate in baron Toll’s ‘refrigerator’

Taimyr permafrost retained chocolate in baron Toll’s ‘refrigerator’

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists of the sixth expedition of the RAS Federal Center for Food Systems named after V.M. Gorbachev checked how toffee and chocolate, which were held in a natural refrigerator on cape Depot from 12 to 42 years old, were preserved. Earlier, canned food and ...

Clean Arctic volunteers to collect scrap metal in Norilsk

Clean Arctic volunteers to collect scrap metal in Norilsk

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In the Krasnoyarsk region, large-scale cleaning continues within the federal project Clean Arctic. Volunteers and local residents do up the industrial zone on the Schuchya river banks with the support of the project’s general partner - Nornickel. By this day it was possible to collect ...

Northern Sea Route turns 90

Northern Sea Route turns 90

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In 2022, the shortest route between the European part of Russia and the Far East - the Northern Sea Route (NSR), which is often called the Arctic life road, celebrates its 90th anniversary. History In 1932, the expedition of Otto Schmidt on the Alexander Sibiryakov icebreaker ...

Arctic digital Red Book to appear in Russia

Arctic digital Red Book to appear in Russia

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Arctic Development Project Office board chairman Nikolay Doronin, said that in 2023, an electronic Red Book of the Arctic will appear in Russia. The expert informed the Goarctic portal about the problem of correlation of categories in international, national and regional Red Books. “The situation ...

Scientists found giant viruses in arctic lake

Scientists found giant viruses in arctic lake

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Canadian microbiologists in an isolated lake of Miln Fyord in the Arctic ocean, which is 800 kilometers from the North Pole, found giant viruses. Floating, or epichelphic, lakes were previously common in the Arctic, but are rare now. Their main feature is that they have ...

Scientists suggest freezing poles

Scientists suggest freezing poles

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Global warming is most reflected in the poles: the Arctic and Antarctica heat up several times faster than other parts of the Earth. This bears a great risk for residents of coastal areas: ice melting and the glaciers destruction at the poles will lead to ...

Wounded Dikson bear undergoing rehabilitation course

Wounded Dikson bear undergoing rehabilitation course

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The bear from Dikson, whose rescue operation took place in early September, will live in the Moscow Zoo, since it is impossible to survive in the wild with his injury. This was told by the zoo director Svetlana Akulova. According to her, experts from the ...

Dikson bear provided with comfort

Dikson bear provided with comfort

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The polar bear rescued in Dikson shows an amazing will to live. The predator actively moves around the enclosure, eats with appetite and is not afraid of people. Specialists are trying to do everything so that the wounded predator gets comfortable living conditions. Recall that ...

Norilsk survives first autumn storm

Norilsk survives first autumn storm

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Today in Norilsk it is expected to rain, wet snow, a southwestern wind with gusts of 22–27 meters per second. The Taimyr Center for Hydrometeorology warns: the temperature will rise to +8 degrees, and at night will drop to –2 degrees. Tomorrow, September 17, the ...