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Rogozin held the opening ceremony of the Arctic station “North Pole-2015″ – a REGNUM

19.04.2015 10:21

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In the beginning of the Arctic the work of the Russian drifting station “North Pole-2015» .

Officially opened station Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, the ceremony was also attended by Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev and Natural Resources Minister Sergei Don, according to “News».

It is planned that the drifting station will run for several months, it marks the opening of the revival program of polar stations, suspended in the summer of 2013 after the evacuation of the “North Pole-40».

Recall, on Saturday, April 18, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin arrived at the Svalbard archipelago, where an expedition to the North Pole to hold the opening ceremony of the Arctic drifting station “North Pole-2015».

Rogozin also visited the town of Barentsburg, where he inspected the airport, coal mine and museum. The main problem, according to Rogozin, to obtain information that is necessary for the development of the Arctic, especially from a technological point of view. What kind of features in shipbuilding, special aviation, ground transportation, clothing and other things require the Arctic climate. Deputy Prime Minister sees a particular challenge in the development of the Northern Sea Route and the development of offshore fields.

As previously reported IA REGNUM , according to expert estimates, in the depths of the Arctic zone of Russia is more than 70% of oil and over 80% of all Russian gas reserves offshore waters. Promising areas include the production shelf of the East Siberian, Chukchi Sea and the Laptev Sea. In the future, the Arctic shelf can be a major source of oil and gas in Russia and the world market as a whole.

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