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Arctic

Norilsk bear turned into beauty

Norilsk bear turned into beauty

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Krasnoyarsk Royev Ruchey flora and fauna park employees have showed what the polar bear Marfa, rescued two years ago in Norilsk, looks like. Photos of the predator are published by experts on the Instagram social network. The subscribers noticed that Martha ...

Alternative to antibiotics found in Russian Arctic

Alternative to antibiotics found in Russian Arctic

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. During expeditions to the Russian Arctic, scientists found an alternative to antibiotics. Bacteriophage viruses can be isolated from the ecosystems of the Arctic zone of Russia in order to create drugs on their basis to fight infectious diseases caused by ...

Are rails on permafrost possible?

Are rails on permafrost possible?

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. On February 12 Norilsk railway celebrates its 85th anniversary. On this day in 1936, the first train passed the Norilsk - Valyok section. The railway in Norilsk is one of the northernmost. Geographically, it has two competitors in Russia. The first ...

Ice may disappear in Arctic in 30 years

Ice may disappear in Arctic in 30 years

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. According to the calculations of many climatologists, the Arctic ice in the summer period may completely disappear by 2050. The ice cover in the Arctic has been rapidly decreasing over the past 40 years. The scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center ...

January 2021 broke all records

January 2021 broke all records

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The hydrometeorological center of Russia on Tuesday, February 9, reported that January 2021 in our country became one of the coldest in the history of meteorological observations. The Norilsk people felt, as they say, on themselves that the second month of ...

Taimyr named global warming record holder

Taimyr named global warming record holder

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Against the background of frosty weather prevailing over a large territory of the country, Russian forecasters report an approaching global warming. The facts and calculations speak for themselves - for the entire 130-year history of meteorological observations in our country, almost ...

Indigenous peoples of Russian north restore tundra in their own way

Indigenous peoples of Russian north restore tundra in their own way

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The indigenous peoples of the Arctic were represented by the vice-speaker of the Taimyr Council of Deputies Sergey Sizonenko. “We have introduced an initiative called Eco-Taimyr as a project of the Arctic Council”, said the representative of the indigenous peoples of ...

50 shades of snow

50 shades of snow

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Nowadays, residents of the northern city complain a lot about the quality of snow and solid municipal waste removal. They are annoyed by the piles of snow and debris in the yards. According to the city authorities, this year there was ...