Arctic

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The unique river-sea class vessel Siberian Explorer was built at the shipyard in Saratov on the individual order of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS). Now it is moving to Krasnoyarsk for sea trials, and its further fate will be connected with the Russian Geographical Society’s ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The famous Russian traveler Fedor Konyukhov will make a record transcontinental paragliding flight in support of the Clean Arctic federal project. The Fyodor Konyukhov’s official website reports that the expedition will start in Arkhangelsk on June 5, the World Environment Day. The Clean Arctic project’s ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) begins cooperation with the Marchuk Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences RAS in the Arctic Ocean’s research. The Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute hosted a seminar on modern methods and technologies for numerical ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The climate change research will be resumed on an ice-resistant self-propelled platform. This was told by Alexander Makarov, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute’s head. The draft research program is ready based on the previous research experience at drifting stations in the Arctic. The ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Russian president Vladimir Putin gave the necessary instructions at the meeting on the Russian Arctic zone’s development: “First of all it’s necessary to approve a consolidated plan for the Northern Sea Route’s development up to 2035  to ensure reliable, safe goods’ transportation along this most ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. According to the Taimyr administration Civil Defense and Emergency Situations department at 12:00 on May 25, the water level in the Yenisey river near the city of Dudinka reached 15 meters 94 centimeters. From 05:25 today, the ice movement began here, at present the ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Scientists have counted polar bears on the island of Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land archipelago (the territory of the Russian Arctic national park). Despite the blizzards, the presence of more than 20 individuals, several birth dens and at least one female with two ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The largest and most powerful diesel-electric icebreaker Victor Chernomyrdin anchored in the roadstead of the Murmansk seaport after successfully completing ice trials in the eastern part of the Kara sea, the Rosmorport press service reportes. During the test, the icebreaker confirmed the ability to move ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The project of the unique Arctic vessel Umka, developed by the engineers of the St. Petersburg Admiralty Shipyards, got a special jury award in the open competition of the United Shipbuilding Corporation in the field of design and artistic aesthetics of civilian ships and ...