The polar regions are an important area for China’s rise to global power. Indeed, it has has long-term strategic and economic interests in the Arctic. These are some of the reasons for its activities there. (Photo: CHINARE) The Arctic Ocean has long been at the...
Japan’s new icebreaker has a length of 128 meters and a width of 23 meters. The vessel is registered as ice class PC 4 (year-round operation in thick one-year ice with older inclusions). At a speed of 3 knots, the vessel will break up one-year ice with a...
The most prominent feature of the Bowhead whale is its large skull, which accounts for up to 40 percent of its total body length. Adult bulls can grow up to 16 meters long and reach a weight of 50 to 70 tons. Cows reach a length of up to 18 meters and a weight of up...
The submerged energy module is designed to supply energy to places where the construction of more conventional power plants is not possible. (Photo: Malakhit) Design Bureau “Malakhit” develops a project for an Arctic submersible energy module (SEM) with a...
Expedition vessel “Mikhail Somov” has been in operation since 1975 and is capable of breaking ice up to 70 centimeters. (Photo: Yuri Dvornikov) Reports emerged on July 25 that the research vessel “Mikhail Somov” ran aground near the Franz Josef...