Arctic
Ship repair capacities’ shortage is brewing in Arctic and Far East
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Participants of the International seminar on shipbuilding and ship repair in the Arctic, which was held as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, discussed the ships’ construction and the existing fleet’s modernization for use in northern latitudes. The event was included in ...
Weather monitoring satellites in Arctic to cost almost 45 billion rubles
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Ministry of Natural Resources has estimated the satellite monitoring system’s cost. The program implementation will require 44.2 billion rubles. This system will improve the weather and ice conditions’ forecasts’ quality on the Northern Sea Route. RBC writes (with reference to the materials of the ...
Five Arctic investors to receive subsidies of 1.4 billion rubles
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Five investment projects in the Arctic will receive subsidies in the amount of 1.4 billion rubles this year. This decision was made by the Presidium of the State Commission for the Development of the Arctic. The Russian government website says: Due to a significant increase in ...
ROSATOM to invest more than 700 billion rubles in Arctic projects until 2030
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom’s (ROSATOM) investments in the Arctic’s development will exceed 700 billion rubles by 2030 and about six thousand jobs will be created. This was stated by the state corporation’s special representative for the Arctic’s development Vladimir Panov at the ...
Melting ice in Arctic to affect shipping
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists record a 13.5 percent reduction in ice area in the Arctic every ten years. The amount of ice in the Arctic in summer will be reduced so that it will affect shipping by the middle of the 21st century. At the same time, ...
Polar bears learn to survive in warming conditions
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Polar bears have learned to survive in the sea ice absence in southeast Greenland. In summer they hunt seals on the fresh ice that slides down from the glaciers. Polar bears usually have to endure ice-free time on the shore, relying mainly on fat reserves. ...
Tourists to see northern lights and whales
#ARCTIC.#SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The new Russian Arctic’s resident Bin-Tour will build a Scandinavian-style recreation center in the polar village of Ura-Guba, Murmansk Region. Travelers will be able to go fishing, ride reindeer and dog sleds, see the northern lights and whales in the Barents Sea. Entrepreneurs will implement ...
Railway to connect Southeast Asia and Northern Sea Route
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Yenisey Siberia investment project’s presentation took place at a business forum in the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. The participants were told about the Krasnoyarsk region and Tyva and Khakassia republics’ economic, investment and tourism potential. Particular attention was paid to the project for the Kuragino ...
Largest non-nuclear icebreaker tested in Arctic
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Admiralty Shipyards’ specialists reported on the successful world's largest diesel-electric icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin ice tests’ completion. The tests took place in the Barents and Kara seas from April to May under the ship testing production department, the engineering center and the Admiralty Shipyards’ ...