A new mountain on Novaya Zemlya was discovered at the beginning of the XIX century and named after the first Russian navigator who circumnavigated our planet on a ship, Ivan Kruzenshtern. However, there is no Mount Kruzenshtern on modern maps. The scientific director of the Complex Expedition of the Northern Fleet and the RGS, Colonel Sergei Churkin, proposed to return the the highest point of Novaya Zemlya its name. The set of documents was approved by the Arkhangelsk Regional Assembly of Deputies and sent to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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15 февраля 2022
You're welcome to take part in the contest until April 30
15 февраля 2022
The location of these and other vessels was confirmed and specified during the Complex Expedition of the Russian Geographical Society and the Northern Fleet "Remember the War"
14 февраля 2022
A delegation headed by the Naval Attache of the French Embassy in Russia paid a friendly visit to the Naval Museum of the Northern Fleet. During the meeting, the participants discussed the issues of cooperation between the Murmansk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society and the Embassy of France in Russia in preserving the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War, paying special attention to the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Murmansk Arctic convoys
05 февраля 2022
Vitaly Novikov has been capturing the beauty of the Russian North for about 30 years
04 февраля 2022
The research was carried out in the waters of the Barents and Kara Seas. 12 ships and vessels of the Northern Fleet were involved in the project
31 января 2022
One of the oldest and honored scientists of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Oceanography and Radioecology Vladimir Vasilyevich Denisov, has passed away.
20 января 2022
On January 19, representatives of the Murmansk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society gave a lecture on history of Arctic research, significance of the Kola Arctic for Russia and the prospects of working there at the Kola Secondary School No. 2.
19 января 2022
Participants are invited to name the items found by the participants of the 1985 expedition to Franz Josef Land. The Murmansk Regional Branch will present copies of the book about the expedition signed by the authors to the most active participants.
10 января 2022
The Russian Geographical Society has announced the winners of the All-Russian contest "The Best Guide of Russia". Roman Egorov, a member of the RGS from the Murmansk region, got the second place in the nomination ”Ecotourism".