Vostok station will not be fully operational until 2025, but the buildings will already be home to the first overwinterers in the coming austral winter. (Photo: Alexander Kozlov) The new wintering complex at Vostok Station in Antarctica was put into operation on...
Specialists of the Russian Antarctic Expedition presented a 1-million-year-old ice core at Vostok Station on January 31, 2023. The presentations of the latest success stories in front of the drilling rig in Vostok are already legendary. (Photo: AARI) In Antarctica,...
The plan was to prepare the new “Vostok” station for occupancy in about three years and to offer researchers the best opportunities for their work. With the failure of the icebreaker “Sevmorput”, it is likely to be a year later. (Photo:...
After major damage on the way to Antarctica, the transport icebreaker “Sevmorput” will return to St. Petersburg. (Foto: Kommersant) The nuclear-powered freighter “Sevmorput”, which has been lying off Angola for several weeks, will not be able...
UPDATE: As we learned from our guest author Dmitry Kiselev, damage to one of the four propeller blades occurred and forced the ship to stop involuntarily. Meanwhile, divers from Russia have removed the damaged blade and another one. This means that the ship will now...