Arctic
Everyone can predict Aurora
Russian scientists have developed a service called Aurora (in Roman mythology, Aurora is the goddess of the morning dawn, and the northern lights are called Aurora Borealis) to predict the lights. It is still being tested, but now anyone can use it. “The researchers from the ...
Unmanned vehicles to appear in the Arctic
The head of the Military Academy of Logistics after Army General Khrulev Andrey Toporov said that in April this year, KamAZ successfully tested unmanned trucks in the conditions of the Arctic region. Taking to consideration the tests’ results, the army general and deputy defense minister Dmitry ...
Nomadic technologies to help in development
Director of the RAS Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography after Peter the Great Andrei Golovnyov was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for many years of research on the culture of the nomadic peoples of the Arctic, for the creation of the “anthropology ...
Arctic borders will be controlled by heavy drones
Russian developers are exploring the possibility of using heavy drones to control the border in the Arctic. “The unmanned systems of medium and heavy classes which can transmit data over long distances will be in demand in remote areas of the Arctic and the Far East ...
Scientists study COVID-19 impact on North inhabitants
For the North residents the coronavirus may be more dangerous than for the population of other regions. On the one hand, there is a lack of ultraviolet and vitamins, on the other hand, extremely low temperatures and low population density. Izvestia wrote about this with ...
Russian Geographical Society to search for historical sites in Taimyr
The expedition of the Russian Geographical Society and the Northern Fleet to the Arctic archipelagos will continue from August to October. Participants will be determined on a competitive basis. The program includes searches for historical objects in the waters of the Taimyr Peninsula, the Northern Island ...
White Bear center helps indigenous people
The Arctic Development Project Office (ADPO) will join the Far East and the Arctic Human Capital Development Agency (FEAHCDA). They are going to study the needs of the Russian Arctic in personnel. This time it will cover all nine Arctic regions. According to the agency representative, ...
Hunting and fishing to become more accessible
Yuri Trutnev, the Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD), instructed the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs (FANA), together with the authorities of the Arctic regions, to develop measures that will improve access ...
Preferences offered for those who moves to the Arctic for work
The Ministry of the Far East and the Arctic Development provided for the creation of a modern system of preferences for russians moving for working and living in the Arctic, the head of the ministry Alexander Kozlov told RIA Novosti. “The strategy defines specific targets for ...