The Springer publishing house published the monograph "The Ioffe Drift". The authors are employees of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences: I.O. Murdmaa, E.V. Ivanova, D.G. Borisov, N.A. Shulga, O.V. Levchenko, D.I. Frey, O.B. Dmitrenko, E.V. Dorohova, O.M. Dara, N.V. Libina.

The North-Western Branch of the IO RAS received a grant from the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic "PORA" for the project "Peculiarities of the mesotidal mouths of the Russian Arctic rivers in the conditions of summer low water (on the example of the Indiga River in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug)".

The purpose of the project is to identify the features of hydrological, hydrochemical and hydrobiological characteristics in the mesotidal estuary during the summer low water period (during the period of the greatest vulnerability of water and biological resources to anthropogenic impact).

Polar Explorer's Day is a professional holiday established by decree of the President of the Russian Federation in 2013 in recognition of the merits of polar explorers. It is celebrated on May 21st. The date for this professional holiday was not chosen by chance - on May 21, 1937, the first scientific research expedition of the polar drifting station "North Pole-1" ("SP-1") began its work.

Every year on February 19, the world celebrates International Marine Mammal Protection Day, or World Whale Day, reminding us that even the largest and smartest animals on the planet need protection.

The holiday has been celebrated since 1986, when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned whale fishing.

February 22, 2022 - April 17, 2022. State Darwin Museum. The exposition includes about 40 photographs of famous polar travelers, members of the Russian Geographical Society. The authors - oceanologist Mikhail Flint, director Leonid Kruglov, photographer Sergey Gorshkov - brought these shots from their numerous Arctic expeditions.

On February 14, 2022, the opening of the three-day scientific school "Floating University 2022" took place at 6 sites in 5 cities of Russia: Moscow, Astrakhan, Kaliningrad, Vladivostok, Sevastopol. More than 1,000 applications from over 140 organizations have been submitted to the school this year.

Dmitry Kulagin

Senior Researcher, 
PhD (Biological Sciences)

Laboratory of Plankton Communities Structure and Dynamics
Marine Ecology

Vera Krasnova

Researcher
PhD (Biological Sciences)

Marine Mammals Laboratory
Marine Ecology

Sergey Galkin

Chief Researcher
DSc (Biological Sciences)

Laboratory of Ocean Benthic Fauna
Marine Ecology

Andrey Vedenin

Researcher
PhD (Biological Sciences)

Laboratory of Plankton Communities Structure and Dynamics
Marine Ecology