News & Views on the Russian presence within the Arctic Circle
6 May 2010
Last December the scientists on polar station 37 spoke of having passed through the longest polar night. From итар-тасс came comment from the scientists on board polar drift station 37: they have passed the winter equinox, though in the darkness of the polar night they did not notice. It is reported that they are now looking foward to the onset of spring - ’ Однако... Read More...
23 March 2010
From these reports we learn that the ship Akademic Federov is being ‘patched’ at a cost of 190 million roubles. Then from this report, from the official website of the United Russia party about the research station Borneo, which is very close to the North Pole, we learn that the research ship is actually being used to determine the boundaries of the Russian continental shelf... Read More...
30 September 2009
Мурманский вестник reports on the drift data – nine miles a day apparently. Drift data was once described as ‘бесценный” – i.e., priceless. It is possible that the ‘price’of drift data is a function of its ability to assist ice-breakers manage the northern sea route, alongside satellite data. The activities of polar... Read More...
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