Containers are piling up in the port of Vladivostok. Ships can therefore no longer be unloaded and cargo is delayed in reaching its destination. (Photo: FESCO) A difficult situation has developed in the delivery of goods to Chukotka. From July to September, three...
The Kanchalan solar plant was built within a year and has now gone into operation. (Photo: Hevel) The Russian company Hevel Energo Servis, which is responsible for the energy services business of the Hevel Group, has completed the construction of an off-grid...
Map of Eastern Siberia, Uelen is shown at the Northeast tip. Detail of an engraved walrus tusk, Uelen, 1998 L48cm by Natalja Gonom. At the most easterly point of Siberia, just across the Bering Strait from Alaska, lies the village of Uelen in the Chukotka Autonomous...
Collapsed house in the Russian settlement of Chersky. When the permafrost soil thaws, buildings become unstable and collapse. (Photo: Vladimir Romanovsky) Global warming is showing its dramatic effects, especially in the Arctic. According to the latest calculations,...
A cable car is to reliably connect Anadyr and the airport on the other side of the estuary. (Photo: ruscable.ru) The capital of Chukotka, Anadyr and the village of Ugolnyje Kopi, where the airport is located, are separated by an estuary. A stable all-year connection...