Arctic

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In February, scientists from the Siberian Federal University continued their practical studies of the snow drifts dynamics on the Norilsk - Alykel airport highway, within the framework of the Wind Road project. Its goal is to develop snow protection structures ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Cargo turnover along the Northern Sea Route in January amounted to about 2.6 million tons, which is 8.3 percent more than in the same period last year. Icebreaking operations were carried out by diesel icebreakers Admiral Makarov and Krasin, as well ...

#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 ...