Second Forum-Festival “The Arctic. The Ice Has Broken” to be held in Murmansk on 22–25 June
Creation of a comfortable urban
environment, development of Arctic tourism, use of modern technology in the
Arctic and other topics are to be discussed at the second forum-festival “The
Arctic. The Ice Has Broken” in Murmansk on 22–25 June as part of Russia’s Chairmanship
of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023. The operator of the Chairmanship events is
the Roscongress Foundation.
The business programme also includes
discussions on development of the Northern Sea Route and the environmental
monitoring system in its waters, the functioning of specially protected natural
areas and the “general clean-up” of the Arctic. The programme also features
volunteer brainstorming sessions, followed by presentations for experts and
heads of sectoral agencies.
As part of the Forum-Festival
programme, volunteers will take part in an Arctic night clean-up in the polar
village of Abram-Mys and in raising a sunken vessel. The participants will also
attend master classes by the Russian Emergency Ministry on mountaineering, accident
first aid and open water assistance, as well as diving and survival in the
natural environment. In addition, volunteers will be able to test their skills
in a popular team sports game, the Clear Arctic Heroes Race.
The cultural part of the Forum-Festival
programme includes visits to the Victory Train, the Lenin nuclear icebreaker
exhibition centre, screening of the film “Nuremberg” and a creative meeting
with the film’s makers, plus technical tours of Arctic enterprises: Atomflot, Port
Lavna, which is set to become one of the key transport hubs on the Northern Sea
Route, and SUEK.
The event will be attended by
volunteers from the Clean Arctic public project, with speakers including
representatives from federal and regional authorities, legislative bodies,
heads of constituent entities of the Russian Arctic and experts from environmental
and conservation organizations.
The organizer of the second Forum-Festival
“The Arctic. The Ice Has Broken” is the Russian Ministry for Development of the
Far East and the Arctic, with the support of the NPO Clean Arctic.
The first All-Russia Volunteer
Forum-Festival “The Arctic. The Ice Has Broken” was held on 16–18 August 2022
in Usinsk (Komi Republic), with volunteers from all regions of the Russian
Federation taking part.
Reference
information:
Official accounts of the Russian Chairmanship of the
Arctic Council:
VKontakte: vk.com/arctic_on
Telegram: t.me/arcticonofficial