Rosmorport, Russia’s state-owned port development company, is expected to use dredging vessels to remove 80 million tonnes of seabed from the Gulf of Ob over the next few years. (Photo: Rosmorport) Never before has the Arctic experienced an industrial expansion...
Never before has the Northeast Passage been ice-free as early as this year. As early as the beginning of July 2020, the passage was possible without major problems. As early as mid-July, the Northern Sea Route was almost ice-free, and on July 20 there was completely...
Scientists carried out an initial examination of the remains of a mammoth found a few days ago in Lake Pechevalavato, 25 kilometres from the village of Seyakha in the Yamal region. (Photo: Artem Cheremisov) Russian scientists are working to retrieve the well-preserved...
“Yamal” – The keel was laid in 1986 at the Baltic shipyard in Leningrad, today’s Saint Petersburg. The “Yamal” was not completed until 1992 as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union. With a maximum output of 75,000 hp, the...
Sabetta International Airport was temporarily closed after several COVID-19 cases. (Photo: Olesya Astakhova) Regional health authorities have closed the airport in Sabetta, a major hub in the Russian Arctic and the main lifeline of natural gas company Novatek for its...