Nature
Short Indian summer rules on Taimyr
At the end of August, the Taimyr tundra puts on a festive autumn outfit. Striking and at the same time sad beauty tunes us to a lyrical mood. It's good to see off autumn when it leaves without heavy rains and strong winds. When dry tundra ...
Putorana Plateau in VR-film about Russia
The film crew of the Russian Geographical Society traveled across Russia for three months in search of the most beautiful shots. The team visited the Barents sea, the Putorana plateau, Krasnaya Polyana, the Volga delta, the Crimea, the Baikal lake, the Japan sea, Kamchatka. The ...
Yenisey’s fish fauna replenished
About 73 thousand individuals of the Siberian sturgeon fry from the Red Book were released into the Yenisey. The fry was raised at the Norilsk hatchery. “One million fry idividuals per year is the capacity of the plant. 250 000 individuals of whitefish and char were ...
Aurora season in Taimyr
Norilsk and Taimyr residents have already seen first flashes of the northern lights this autumn. The citizens post the photos of a magical natural phenomenon in social networks. “It's the beginning of autumn on the calendar, and our subscribers catch the natural phenomen in their lenses”, writes ...
Polar bears rescue center to be organized
With the support of Rosneft, Royev Ruchey has special modular boxes for rescuing and transporting orphaned bears whose lives are under threat in their natural habitat. The boxes are made of aluminum, their dimensions let them to be transported in any transport, including helicopters and ...
Fish breeding in Taimyr
The cultivation of valuable northern fish species in factories is preferable to its release into water bodies, which, due to their natural characteristics, are not able to feed a large number of biological resources, Mikhail Gladyshev, head of the Biophysics Institute’s experimental hydroecology laboratory (Siberian ...
16 sturgeons rescued
The tackle was found by a mobile group while patrolling the Yenisey 98 kilometers from Dudinka. The police noticed buoys on the water. The Red Book fish turned out to be alive, and it was released into the river. Thus, about 2.6 million rubles damage ...
Clean Air project’s results in Norilsk
In August, the regional department of the Russian Agency for Health and Consumer Rights (Rospotrebnadzor) continued work on the Clean Air project in Norilsk. This federal project includes monitoring the air quality in the northern city for 14 pollutants. In August, the specialists from the Center ...
Royev Ruchey to spend 30 million on polar bears
The Roev Ruchey flora and fauna park is looking for a contractor to decorate the polar bears’ enclosures. The information appeared on the public procurement website. The maximum contract price is not more than 29.73 million rubles. For this money, it is necessary to equip three ...