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The main task of the new vessel is to maintain shipping during the winter and ensure the passability of large vessels in the Yamal Peninsula.

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The tourist and recreational cluster "Arctic" with an investment of 10 billion rubles is planned to be created in the Krasnoyarsk Krai.

Northern lights fest

Artists from Russia, the UK, Germany and the USA have performed during the festival.

Arctic open film

The annual Arctic film festival "Arctic open" this time will be held in the Arkhangelsk oblast. It will be held on December 4-8. At 23 venues, more than 60 feature and documentary films will be shown to participants. The festival is organized in order to unite the cultures of the Arctic countries. Meanwhile, during the "Arctic open", viewers will be able to attend an educational program dedicated to the creation of cinema.

Russia Free Economic Zone

In Russia, a law is being prepared on a special economic regime in the Arctic zone. According to the deputy minister for the development of the Far East and the Arctic of the Russian Federation, Alexander Krutikov, such project will be submitted to the State Duma this year.

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On October 29, at 18:00 local time, in Anadyr, a meeting of the discussion club of the Arctic Development Project Office (PORA) “Strategic Session - Arctic 2035” will be held, jointly with the Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic of the Russian Federation. It concludes a series of discussions on the Arctic Development Strategy until 2035 in the regions of the Russian Arctic. The event will be held in the conference hall of the government of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (Bering St., 20).

YEF participants Gorny

Students of the A. Osipov Berdigestyakh school of Gorny Ulus, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Amina Tyrylgina and Yaroslav Antonov on the TV program Saҥa Kүn (New Day) talked about their participation in the Youth Eco-Forum 2019 (YEF), which was held in Akureyri (Iceland) from October 7 to 10.

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From October 23 to 26, the Siberian Historical Forum takes place in Krasnoyarsk, in the congress hall of the Siberian Federal University. This year's theme: "Yenisei Siberia in the History of Russia" (This year's Forum is dedicated to the 400th anniversary of Yeniseisk).

Yamal contest

In Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a competition for the development of the design and composition of environmentally friendly cookware and packaging that will be used on board of the aircraft has been announced.

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A unique UK library collection on the polar regions can now be accessed through the University of Cambridge’s central online catalogue, iDiscover. People across the world can now search the collection with ease, releasing its potential to drive forward crucial research into the polar regions.

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Youth Eco-Forum 2019 was held in Akureyri, Iceland from October 7 to 10. In total, 40 children from Northern Forum member-regions took part in it: from Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Yakutia, Japan and Iceland.

Arctic circle session

During the International Arctic Circle Assembly 2019 in Reykjavik (Iceland), the Northern Forum held a session “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Arctic: Regional Cooperation”.