Pavel Shelkov, Chief Geologist of the Almazy Zapolyarya (Polar Diamonds) group of companies, is engaged in prospecting and evaluation work on developing new diamond deposits in Russia with a wide geographical coverage, from Karelia to Yakutia.
Several weeks after the Christmas Arctic blast, much of the US and Europe have enjoyed record warmth. Recall on Dec. 27, we noted the cold air mass from Siberia that spread across the continental US would dissipate into the new year. So far, this.
Extremely frigid weather with temperatures at about minus 50 degrees Celsius has set in in Batagai, Verkhoyansk, Zhigansk, Kyusyur, Oymyakon, Polyarny, Ust-Nera and Ytyk-Kyuel