Salekhard – Promoting Urban Sustainability in the Arctic

Contributing to Urban Sustainability in Russia’s Arctic Cities

March 6, 2018 Uncategorized No Comments

By Marya Rozanova Social scientists Marya Rozanova and Andrey Gretsov, representing a collaboration between the GW Arctic team and the Russian State Hydrometeorological University, visited three Russian Arctic cities – Naryan-Mar, Salekhard, and Novy Urengoy from January 25 to February 24, 2018. The purpose of the trip was to meet…

Student Perspectives on Fieldwork in Siberia

September 8, 2017 Uncategorized No Comments

During the Summer of 2017, the PIRE team made a research trip to the Russian cities of Salekhard and Vorkuta. Here we present some of the student descriptions of the trip. July 9: Anna Zhu Of the 11 glaciers that previously existed in the region, only 2.5 remain. Today, we…

Report on International Field Course on Permafrost and Urban Sustainability: Salekhard and Vorkuta

September 8, 2017 Uncategorized No Comments

During the summer of 2017, the PIRE team made a field trip to Salekhard and Vorkuta in Russia. Here we present a report on the trip from GW Grad Student Luis Suter. This research trip represented an evolution of a 10-year annual field course, started by the GW-based Arctic CALM project. The…