
Nature

Largest iceberg lost nine percent of its area
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The world’s largest iceberg A23a, which broke off from the Antarctic glacier back in 1986 and came out into the open ocean more than a year ago, has lost about nine percent of its area during its drift in open water. “The world’s largest iceberg ...

Lapland nature reserve turns 95
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. A photo exhibition has opened in the Monchegorsk history museum to mark the 95th anniversary of the Lapland reserve founding, one of the largest protected natural areas in Northern Europe. It was created on January 17, 1930, to preserve the wild reindeer population and ...

Sochi residents found out what Putorana bighorns eat
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Day of Nature Reserves and National Parks (January 11) was celebrated in Sochi with the participation of the Taimyr Explorers Club (KIT) leaders Larisa and Stanislav Stryuchkov. Norilsk residents talked about the wild nature of our peninsula, about the life of people in ...

Rare climate event brought April weather to Siberia
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In some areas of Siberia, as well as in the Urals and the European part of the country, the abnormally warm winter is explained by a rare climate phenomenon - the movement of warm air from the Mediterranean and northern Africa. Roman Vilfand, scientific ...

550 bighorn sheep live in Putorana nature reserve
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Taimyr Nature Reserves united directorate held 2024 under the auspices of the Putorana snow sheep (bighorn). Before the New Year, experts presented a preliminary report on the data obtained during expeditions to the Putorana plateau. These expeditions were financed by the Nornickel company in ...

New plants added to Taimyr flora collection
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Specialists have compiled an annual brief report on the Putorana nature reserve’s flora inventory work. These studies have been ongoing for ten years. “Why flora? It would seem that the main object of attention in nature conservation areas is animals and birds. But it is ...

Putorana snow sheep planned to be chipped
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Researchers from the Taymyr Reserves directorate are preparing a report on research on the Putorana plateau, which is being carried out with financial support from Nornickel under the Biodiversity programme. The red-listed Putorana snow sheep is a unique animal that lives only on the ...

Get to know North animals’ diversity
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Very soon the exhibition will go on tour to socio-cultural and educational institutions of Norilsk. The exhibition was prepared to popularize the living nature of Taimyr Nature Reserves from the shores of the Arctic seas to the Putorana plateau. To get acquainted and establish visual contact ...

Royev Rouchey entered top attractions of Russia
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. This became possible thanks to the Grand Prix received by the park in the final of the competition Cultural Treasures through the Eyes of the Young: New Tourist Magnets of Russia. The project’s goal is to attract attention and increase the interest and motivation of ...