A competition "Ticket to the Arctic" has started in Russia, in which students from all over the country can participate. The winners will be able to go on a scientific expedition to the Kola Peninsula in October to put the Kola ultra-deep well in order, said Andrey Nagibin, head of the project office of the autonomous non-profit organization Clean Arctic.
The competition was organized by the ANO "Clean Arctic" within the framework of the federal project "Popularization of Science and Technology" in order to develop young people's interest in the achievements of Russian scientists in the field of Arctic exploration and conservation. Grant support for the competition is provided by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia.
"We will be ready to receive the guys, not only to show the beauty of the Arctic, but they will also clean up the garbage in the Arctic themselves. Today we are starting to put the Kola ultra–deep well in order - it has a depth of 12,262 meters. In the 90s, it was frozen, and the workshops turned into just trash. I think that the guys who will win a Ticket to the Arctic will come here and help bring this holy place to mind for every Russian, because this is the deepest well in the world," Nagibin said.
The contest will be held in a game format in the VKontakte mini-application "Ticket to the Arctic". Students over the age of 16 can participate in it, sgnorilsk.ru reports.
All participants will have to complete certain tasks, and ten winners will go to the Kola Peninsula. There they will visit not only the Kola ultra-deep well, but also the Kola nuclear power plant, a nuclear icebreaker, industrial enterprises in Apatity and Monchegorsk, and also go to Teriberka to meet with whales. At the same time, the program will take into account the scientific interests of the participants.
"Those students who will go on a scientific expedition will get acquainted with the potential of the Kola Peninsula in terms of scientific and technical achievements. Our plans for the next decade are to attract up to ten thousand people to Rosatom's Arctic projects," said Andrey Timonov, Acting Director of the Communications Department of Rosatom State Corporation.
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