Project manager Andrei Nagibin said that at present the readiness for the start of the third field season is 95%. According to him, the recruitment of volunteers in volunteer units continues.
The new field season will start in mid-May and last until the first hard frosts in October. By tradition, the first cleaning will take place in the Murmansk region.
As expected, in 2023, twice as many volunteers will take part in cleaning up the Arctic than a year earlier. In addition, it is planned to increase the volume of collected waste.
ALROSA presented the interim results of its corporate program "Territory of Well-Being"—a large-scale project that helps employees of Yakutia's diamond mining companies develop a mindful and healthy lifestyle.
Currently, the Russian icebreaking fleet has 43 icebreakers, including 8 nuclear-powered ships and by 2030 14 more icebreakers and 9 ice-class tankers will be built, said Deputy Minister of Transport Konstantin Pashkov.
Russia’s deputy prime minister Yuri Trutnev and governor of the Murmansk Region Andrey Chibis proposed declaring 2027 the Year of the Arctic in Russia.
The development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is impossible without the modernization of the main cities located in the Arctic, said Dmitry Pristanskov, State Secretary and Vice President of Norilsk Nickel.
The polar branch of Norilsk Nickel conducted comprehensive exercises to localize and eliminate the accident at the water transport operation site on the Norilsk River.
The Northern Sea Route (NSR) will host the first container transit voyage from a Chinese port to European ports, said Vladimir Panov, Deputy Chairman of the State Commission for Arctic Development.
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