A large part of the land mass around the North Pole belongs to Russia. With increasing global warming and melting ice, the Northern Sea Route (blue) will become more important. The sea route through the Arctic is the shortest connection between Asia and Europe....
Representatives of circumpolar nations meet every two years for the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting. The last meeting was held in Reykjavik in May 2021, at which Russia took the chair for 2 years. (Photo: Arctic Council) On June 8, 2022, seven of the eight member...
Today’s creatures would hardly be protected from viruses that spread diseases and epidemics more than 30,000 years ago and are now hidden in the permafrost. Russia has proposed a project to combat viruses hidden under permafrost. This was reported by Nikolai...