Results of all-Russian contest "Discover the Arctic-2016"
The final stage of the youth project contest "Discover the Arctic" was held at Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Russia) in the framework of the all-Russian conference "The Arctic as a national megaproject: personnel and research support"
The project contest, organized by NArFU with the support of Russian Security Council, company "NOVATEK" and Government of the Arkhangelsk region, was held for the third time. Participants presented their works in following areas: comfort and safety of human life in the Arctic; Arctic technologies (mining, bio-resources, recycling, transport and logistics); environmental protection and preservation of rare species; Arctic historical and cultural heritage.
Organizers received 93 projects from students of 35 scientific and educational institutions of 20 regions in Russia. Contest jury chose 12 finalists.
In the final stage the University of the Arctic was represented by Northern (Arctic) Federal University; Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Petrozavodsk State University, Industrial University of Tyumen.
The full Article is available here in Russian.