Joint project of Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (NArFu) and Federal State Budgetary Institution “Northern Department of Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Agency” known as "Arctic Floating University" will be dedicated to observation of changes in ecosystems of the water areas and maritime territories of archipelagoes and islands in the western part of Russia’s Arctic area, says press center of NArFU.
AFU – 2016 expedition “Solving Novaya Zemlya Misteries” will last from June 7 till June 27.
The expedition route: Arkhangelsk – Kolguev Island – Matveev Island – Dolgy Island – Belyi Nos Meteostation – Varnek Settlement (Vaygach Island) – Meteostation named after Fedorov (Vaygach Island) – Malye Karmakuly Settlement (Novaya Zemlya) – Russkaya Gavan’ Bay (Novaya Zemlya) – Mac Bay (Novaya Zemlya) – Inostrantsev Bay (Novaya Zemlya) – the Zhelaniya Cape (Novaya Zemlya) – Arkhangelsk.
The project participants will number 58 people (students, post-graduate students, research fellows of both Russian and foreign scientific and academic institutions).
Northern (Arctic) Federal University is a brand new ambitious university of distinctiveness and innovations designed to meet the needs of the Russian North and the Arctic.
The educational program of the expedition is aimed to develop interdisciplinary knowledge of the Arctic region among both Russian and foreign students by means of acquaintance with Russian Arctic ecosystems and historical and cultural heritage.