1st Major Russian Arctic Science Expedition In Decades Heading To Tamyr Peninsula

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian scientists are organising their first major expedition to the Arctic in decades to study climate change, mining company Norilsk Nickel said on Thursday, weeks after a giant fuel leak at one of its power plants in Siberia.

Arctic environment security has been in the spotlight since 21,000 tonnes of diesel leaked from a tank at the power plant near the city of Norilsk on May 29. “Such expeditions and in-depth studies beyond the Arctic Circle have not been carried out in several decades,” Valentin Parmon, the expedition’s scientific director, said in a statement. The statement did not mention the spill or the source of the funding.

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“For the implementation of large-scale plans for the Arctic’s development, it is important to know what geological and biochemical processes were the result of both natural and anthropogenic changes,” Vladimir Potanin, Nornickel chief executive and the largest shareholder, said in the statement.

“Nornickel, as the region’s leading industrial developer, is aware of its responsibilities and intends to revise its approach to industrial ecology based on the results of the ... expedition.”

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-pollution/russian-scientists-plan-major-arctic-expedition-after-fuel-spill-idUSKCN24H2I6

[soothsayer]

1. Russia has had ten spills since May 30

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[hatrack]

2. That's what happens to shitty infrastructure when things get melty . .

Throw in governments and companies that don't give a shit, and you end up with a big vodka-spiked petroleum slushie.

[soothsayer]

3. Now I kind of want a vodka spike petroleum slushie

Had a cocktail the other night made with olive oil. Petroleum might make it unctuous in the same way.