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Arctic potential: Meat, herbs and potatoes

by Yury Golubchikov

The climate in the north is more predictable than in the south, which makes growing herbs and livestock there more promising than in Russia's climatically unstable central and southern regions, Moscow State University geography department senior researcher Yury Golubchikov, said.

Scientists should come to the Arctic before businesses encroach

by Arkady Tishkov

Scientific stations should come to the Arctic before businesses begin encroaching; they must have enough time to protect polar areas from human influence, RAS Institute of Geography Deputy Director Arkady Tishkov told RIA Novosti.

Russia’s North faces danger from the Arctic ozone hole

by Konstantin Bogdanov

Russia’s subpolar regions may find themselves affected by a newly discovered hole in the ozone layer above the Arctic, according to the British science weekly Nature. Ozone layer this year is the most serious on record and that the hole is likely to expand even further.

Competition and Cooperation in the Arctic

by Mead Treadwell

Lieutenant Governor of Alaska: "While the Russians are awake to the opportunities of the Arctic, we’re still trying to wake up Washington."

Prospects for peace and cooperation in the Arctic

by Tor Bukkvoll

Headlines predicting a conflict in the Arctic have become a common sight in the international news media over the past five to ten years.

The issues and prospects of an expanded arctic transportation network

by Alexei Konovalov

Interest in the Arctic region has recently increased among Arctic states and worldwide. The significance of the Arctic Ocean has increased dramatically owing to the depletion of this planet’s continental natural resources.

Russia can move quickly forming partnerships in the Arctic

by Piotr Dutkiewicz

Expanding to new territories, capturing new sources of wealth and influence always was at the center of aspirations of people, states, and capital. The Arctic is probably the last frontier.

Russia’s Antarctic strategy envisages a Russian presence in the region

by Alexander Frolov

Russia’s Antarctic strategy envisages a Russian presence in the region based on geopolitical considerations as well as concrete research and practical objectives that cannot be met without improving existing infrastructure.

New comprehensive atlas of the Arctic will be produced

by Sergei Shoigu

The Russian Geographic Society (RGS), in conjunction with the Moscow State University School of Geography, will produce a new comprehensive atlas of the Arctic.

Timano-Pechyorsky oil and gas province

by Yuri Golubchikov

Oil reserves in the North Sea are running out and European countries will soon have to increase their energy imports.

Icing or a Gigantic Tsunami?

by Yuri Golubchikov

While studying satellite images of the parallel moraine arcs in the Russian and Western Siberian Plains, Mikhail Grosswald determined, by the direction of their radiuses, the places from which these grandiose movements began.

Russia in the World Market of Environmental Quotas and Ecosystem Services

by Andrei Neuronov and Yuri Golubchikov

Russia’s image in the emerging world market of environmental quotas and ecosystem services tends to be negative rather than positive.

BP would not be able to do business in the Arctic without the state-run Rosneft

by Leonid Grigoryev

The Arctic, along with the Antarctic, is the last region in the world that has remained untouched and intact. The Russian companies are entering international markets, but they need to be prudent when it comes to environmental issues in the Arctic