How do walruses converse?They bang, grunt,whistle,and even make tambourine-like beating sounds,as scientists from the Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and specialists from the Nenets Reserve found out during an expedition to Matveev Island.

Participants in the International Forum ‘Public-Private Partnership for the Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples’ discussed measures to support the Indigenous Peoples of the North.

The ‘Universe of the Polar Bear’ International Research and Training Conference will be held in the Chukotka city of Anadyr on 18–21 October as part of the plan of events of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023.

St. Petersburg will host the International Scientific and Training Conference ‘Safety Services in Russia: Experience, Problems, and Prospects. The Arctic – A Region of Strategic Interests: Legal Policy and Modern Safety Technologies in the Arctic Region’ on 27 October.

The Arctic continues to have great investment potential. From June to September 2022, the number of residents in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) increased from 435 to 500.

This year Russia is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Northern Sea Route, the shortest route between the European part of Russia and the Far East. We’ll tell you how Otto Schmidt was able to overcome the Northern instagram.com/p/CkN2WkZsFO5/

The 5 th ‘Universe of the Polar Bear’ International Research and Training Conference took place in Anadyr as part of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023.

The Arctic Indigenous People’s Summit will take place on 2 November in Moscow as part of the 3 rd Peoples of Russia National Forum.

A huge natural refrigerator – the permafrost of Taimyr – has kept Moscow sweets intact. Kis-Kis toffee and Slava and Babayevsky chocolates spent 12 to 42 years in the cold.

The Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group is actively studying northern ethnic cuisines as part of the project ‘EALLU: Indigenous Youth, Food Knowledge, and Change in the Arctic’.A book with the same name has collected culinary recipes from 16 different peoples.

The results of the Clean Arctic project were presented to Russian senators in the format of the photo exhibition ‘The Arctic: For People with Character’.

St. Petersburg hosted the International Scientific and Training Conference ‘Safety Services in Russia: Experience, Problems, and Prospects. The Arctic – A Region of Strategic Interests: Legal Policy and Modern Safety Technologies in the Arctic Region’.

Students from Russian universities will take part in the International Youth Model of the Arctic Council (MAC). The meeting will take place in Arkhangelsk on 14–18 November as part of the plan of events of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

More than 1,200 athletes from 11 Arctic regions of Russia got together in Vorkuta in late October to determine who was the best at the 22nd Polar Games of the Peoples of the Russian North.

Participants in the conference ‘National Megaproject in the Arctic: Staffing and Scientific Support’ are discussing how to get to the digital future quickly and efficiently. The event is being held on 10–11 November at Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk.

The Yukaghirs are an Indigenous people of the North.There aren’t many of them–around 1,600 people. The origin of this people is still a controversial issue. More: facebook.com/arcticonoffici…

The conference ‘National Megaproject in the Arctic: Staffing and Scientific Support’ has concluded in Arkhangelsk. The conference was part of the plan of events of Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023.

As part of the ‘Social and Cultural Initiatives and Best Non-Profit Projects in Creative Entrepreneurship’ track, Russia’s chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023 held a number of discussions.

‘Soul of Russia. The North’ project at the ‘Civil Initiatives of the 60th Parallel Regions’ Forum presented the full scope of the original view of the people living under special climatic conditions and having interesting, unusual creative ideas.

Be the first person on the planet to greet the dawn, see a rocket launch, meet seal hunters, ride a standup paddleboard among whales – these are all things you can do in Russia, according to Far East and Arctic Ambassador Bogdan Bulychev.