Rosneft and the Russian Arctic National Park have summed up the results of the comprehensive Clean Arctic project to study the impact of Soviet-era economic activities on Arctic ecosystems, polit.ru
writes. Comprehensive program for studying the external impact on the Arctic
ecosystem in Russia is being implemented for the first time. One of the key
tasks of scientists from leading scientific institutes was to assess the scale
and analysis of pollution of the territory of the protected archipelago during
the USSR.Pockets of soil and soil contamination remained at the storage sites
of fuels and lubricants, which were imported to the region in large volumes to
ensure the operation of scientific, meteorological bases and military
facilities.For three years, employees of the Russian Arctic National Park and
the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences have been taking
soil samples on the islands of the Franz Josef Land archipelago, and shooting
contaminated sites from drones. During the tests, microorganisms were found
capable of decomposing petroleum products at low temperature, which can be used
in the creation of biological products for complex soil purification in the
Arctic.Based on the results of the work carried out, the spatial and temporal
dynamics of pollution were identified, the mechanisms of pollution migration were
determined. Scientists have come to the conclusion about the low rate of
natural self-purification of soils as a result of washing them with meltwater
due to small slopes of the surface of the coastal zone and low filtration
properties of soils. Natural leaching of the soil leads to the redistribution
of petroleum products within the coastal zone.During the project, scientists
managed to determine the environmentally optimal method of eliminating the
consequences of oil pollution in the Arctic deserts.
Authorities in Norway's northernmost county, Finnmark, have put forward an unusual proposal. They have asked the European Commission to create a separate time zone that would add two hours to the day in the region
Applications for participation in the second All–Russian competition for the best trip "Far East - Land of Adventures" will begin in May, Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev told reporters
Specialists will conduct comprehensive glaciological, hydrological, paleographic, medical, permafrost, ecological and hydrochemical studies on Bolshevik Island of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago
The first ever jump from the stratosphere to the North Pole was carried out by a group of Russian parachutists. Cosmonaut, Hero of Russia Mikhail Kornienko, instructor pilot Alexander Lynnik and space technology engineer Denis Efremov landed from a height of more than 10 km and landed near the Russian polar station "Barneo" at the North Pole of the Earth
