Nature
Yenisey got rid of ice
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Dudinka and Norilsk residents are always looking forward to ice drift, because it is not only a spectacular sight, but a harbinger of a coming summer. Ice edge moving further to north of Taimyr This year, in the area of the Dudinka seaport, the ice drift ...
Active Yenisey ice movement observed in Dudinka
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The inhabitants of the Polar region are about to meet the ice drift - a sign of the coming summer. In the Dudinka area, active ice movement began the day before at about 16.30. On the webcam at the port berths, a large gap ...
Summer in Norilsk starts with cloudy and rainy weather
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. While the rest of Russia is enjoying the summer, the Arctic is still in anticipation of warm days. The first summer week does not promise the long-awaited change of weather for the northerners. But it is worth a little patience - the heat will ...
Unique fish fry moved from Taimyr to mainland
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Three thousand fry of Boganid char, living in the Taimyr lakes and recognized by scientists as the most useful fish for human health, transported for breeding stock to the Federal Selection and Genetic Center for Fish Farming in the Leningrad region and to one ...
Project to preserve rare birds starts in Norilsk
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Norilsk Development Agency (NDA), together with the Taimyr Nature Reserves, is launching a project to preserve rare bird species and popularize birdwatching. The term ‘birdwatching’ first appeared in English in the 30s of the last century. As told in the NDA, the project starts ...
Russian satellites to predict northern lights
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. The Russian satellites constellation will be able in the future to conduct research that will make possible to predict the aurora borealis and the latitudes at which it may appear, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the head of the Russian Space Systems (RSS) ...
Grizzly and polar bear hybrid appeared in the North
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Because of the warming climate, grizzlies and polar bears are increasingly interbreeding. In an ever-warming world, polar bears move south in search of food, while grizzly bears are expanding northward. As a result, more and more hybrids are born. Scientists call them pizzlies or ...
Ecological Patrol took Norilsk schoolchildren out of usual environment
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. In April, the tourist and local history club Ayan together with the Taimyr Nature Reserves directorate conducted an ecological and local history expedition in the area of the Putoransky reserve zone. The Presidential Grants Fund supported the project called the Environmental Patrol. The participants ...
Daylight hours in Norilsk exceeded 15 hours
#ARCTIC. #SIBERIA. THIS IS TAIMYR. Northerners, tired of the long winter, are looking forward to the summer. Despite the fact that the polar night in the northern city ended three months ago, the sun did not really appear right away: until the end of March, there was a ...

