The VIII International Scientific Conference "Russia in the Arctic" was held on board the Krasin Icebreaker

10/05/2023 11:00

On April 24, 2023, the VIII International Scientific Conference "Russia in the Arctic" was held on board the Krasin icebreaker as part of the XX International Festival of Marine and Adventure Films "The Sea Calls!".

Greetings to the conference participants were received from the Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly Andrey Belyaninov, the Chairman of the Arctic Council of the Eurasian Peoples' Assembly Marina Minina, the President of the Arctic Academy of Sciences Arseniy Mitko and the Director of the Krasin icebreaker Irina Stont.

The business program was based on topical, interdisciplinary reports by members of the Arctic Academy of Sciences, the founder of the conference, and the tradition of inviting schoolchildren from the city of Pushkino near Moscow, members of the Youth Educational and Research Club "Our Arctic", members of the club expeditions along the White sea and their leaders, teachers of this school. There was a speech delivered by guests from NArFU. M.V. Lomonosov with a story about the Marine Scientific and Educational Expedition "Arctic Floating University".

The closing of the conference was held to the sounds of khomus performed by a representative of a long-term partner and friend of the conference - the Folklore Theater-Studio "Northern Lights" of the Russian State Pedagogical University. A.I. Herzen.