Nature

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. There was a time when more than 900 thousand individuals of wild reindeer lived in Taimyr. After the 1990s, the number decreased to 600-700 thousand. According to the latest checks, there are no more than 100-120 thousand heads of reindeer on the peninsula. ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Volunteers from 15 Arctic territories will take part in the Unified Arctic litter pick 2023, organized by the Arctic Development Project Office and the Clean Arctic federal project. The action will be held from 3 to 5 June in Norilsk, Kayerkan, Dudinka, Uhta, Usinsk, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Ice drift, as a rule, is accompanied by a strong wind, which subsides along with the ice passage. The air temperature in Dudinka was +8, the south wind was 5–7 meters per second, in the south of Taimyr there was a very strong south wind, ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Alana, a little female musk ox rescued in Taimyr, already feels at home in the Krasnoyarsk flora and fauna park Royev Roochey. The animal is now in quarantine under the constant veterinarians and zoologists supervision. Most of all, the zoo keepers are glad that the ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Krasnoyarsk park of flora and fauna Roev Ruchey employees met at the airport and delivered to the zoo an orphaned female musk ox rescued in Taimyr, the zoo press office reports. The musk ox cub, which was found by the diamond mining company near ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. At the commission for the emergency situations prevention and liquidation, chaired by the Taimyr head Evgeny Vershinin, they discussed the preliminary forecast of ice drift on the Yenisey in the territory. “This year, the delay in ice drift, compared to last year, is 250–400 kilometers. ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Russian Geographical Society (RGS), the Northern Fleet and scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) joint expeditions have found traces of ancient earthquakes in Western and Eastern Taimyr, Wrangel Island, Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land. Scientists conducted a study on seismotectonics on ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The meeting was devoted to specially protected natural areas and competent human behavior in nature, in particular, natural and man-made fires and how to prevent them. “Our territories are subject to fire much less frequently than those areas of the country where many thousands of ...

#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Employees of a diamond mining company in Taimyr rescued and temporarily sheltered a musk ox calf - it was found near its dead mother body when they were driving equipment from a winter road. The baby was born not long ago, its size is no ...