Arctic
World’s most powerful icebreaker Siberia sets its first sail
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. On January 28, the first follow-on universal nuclear icebreaker of 22220 project – Siberia – escorted Nornickel ships: Turuhan and Tersky Bereg. Yesterday the Tersky Bereg ship arrived at the port of Dudinka. This is the first working voyage of the nuclear-powered ship. In the ...
New arctic aircraft tested successfully
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Light multi-purpose aircraft LMS-901 Baikal should replace the ‘corn’ An-2. Manufacturers are placing high hopes on it in terms of reviving local air travel, use in sparsely populated areas with underdeveloped infrastructure, transportation in the Arctic and the Far East. An-2 is the most massive ...
Design code developed for Arctic cities
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Information and Analytical Center of the State Commission for the Development of the Arctic has developed a design code for Arctic settlements. With its help, it is planned to design the urban space and solve the problems of improvement of the Arctic territories. The ...
Melting permafrost to cost Russia 422 billion rubles
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Climatologists have estimated Russia's losses from thawing permafrost by 2050 at 422 billion rubles. This is due to an increase in the costs of eliminating the consequences of various man-made accidents and infrastructure costs. This is reported by TASS with reference to studies published ...
Ice studying is important for northern navigation
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Information about sea ice is very important for navigation in ice conditions. The images of the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic (PORA) show floating sea ice in Chukotka. According to the data cited by the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences ...
Two million square meters territory to be cleared in Norilsk
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Polar Division summed up the Clean Norilsk program first year work results and outlined the upcoming plans. In the first three quarters of 2021, under the Clean Norilsk program, 108 unused buildings and structures were dismantled, 39 000 tons of scrap metal and ...
Bananas to be grown in Arctic?
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. “The problems are not about the Arctic, but about the society that lives in the Arctic and works more actively. The climate is changing - we are watching warming, ice melting. But the temperature, as well as the amount of ice, varies non-linearly. It ...
Norilsk renovation named Arctic key event
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. 1. Russia is the head of the Arctic Council From 2021 to 2023, Russia will take over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, a key international organization that unites the polar countries. 2. Arctic benefits for residents At the end of 2021, thanks to the regime of ...
Arctic Attraction photo exhibition opened in Moscow
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Attraction of the Arctic photo exhibition, organized by Rosneft oil company in cooperation with the non-state development institute Innopraktika, has opened on Tsvetnoy boulevard in the Moscow center. The exposition features unique shots from the Russian Arctic. Space. Time. Resources atlas (a joint project ...