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Clean Arctic

“Clean Arctic” is a large-scale project to clean up the Arctic territory of Russia from waste and garbage accumulated since Soviet times. The idea belongs to Dmitry Lobusov, captain of the “50 Years of Victory” nuclear icebreaker, and Gennady Antokhin, Soviet and Russian icebreaker captain, Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation. “Clean Arctic” has become a platform that brings together public and volunteer organizations, scientists, heads of Russian regions and businesses. The project partners are MMC Norilsk Nickel, PhosAgro and Russian Railways. The “Clean Arctic” Column is dedicated to the environmental initiatives of all countries in the region. Map of project Clean Arctic-2023

International cooperation in the Arctic discussed in Moscow

12-05-2022

The current state of interaction between states in the Arctic and the prospects for international organizations in this region became the topic of the session, which took place as part of the analytical project Think Arctic - Think Global

Rapidly warming Arctic causing greater snowfall further south

12-03-2022

The world’s unevenly warming climate is causing unforeseen changes to weather patterns across swathes of the planet, with new research indicating a warming Arctic Ocean can result in heavier snowfall further south

Atlantic Ocean water began warming the Arctic as early as 1907

12-01-2022

Salty Atlantic waters may have been seeping into the Arctic since the early 20th century

The Federation Council hosts a photo exhibition of the Clean Arctic project

11-30-2022

The Clean Arctic project is getting bigger and more effective every year, attracting more and more people who are not indifferent to the problem of pollution of the Arctic territories, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Galina Karelova said at the opening of the exposition

Orphans from among the indigenous peoples of Taimyr were presented with apartments

11-28-2022

Nikolai Utkin, Senior Vice President of Norilsk Nickel, Head of the Norilsk Division, handed over the keys to two apartments and certificates for the purchase of household appliances to orphans from among the indigenous peoples of Taimyr.

Walrus Day celebrated by Arctic national parks in Russia

11-25-2022

The themed holiday takes place annually on November 24 and is established to raise awareness of the environmental issues causing the decline of this species

Norilsk Nickel and the SB RAS presented the results of the Large Scientific Expedition in Transbaikalia

11-24-2022

Norilsk Nickel together with the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences presented the results of a large scientific expedition conducted in Transbaikalia

Troopers of the "Clean Arctic" will land on Svalbard for the first time

11-21-2022

Andrey Nagibin, head of the Clean Arctic project office, said that Svalbard will become the tenth territory on the Arctic coast where volunteers work

The Clean Arctic project to be extended to Svalbard

11-15-2022

The Clean Arctic project, aimed at cleaning the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation from waste accumulated since Soviet times, is planned to be extended to Svalbard

The law on the treatment of MSW requires a special section on the Arctic

11-14-2022

In the Arctic, where extreme climatic conditions, sparsely populated and low transport connectivity, the implementation of the law "On Production and Consumption Waste" is difficult and ineffective


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