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Alaska will purchase 1000 reindeer in Chukotka and Yakutia

The Indigenous Peoples Corporation of Barrow in Alaska will purchase up to 1,000 reindeer from the regions of Russia, which will allow the industry that is in decline in the American Arctic to grow and to increase the number of domestic animals. This was reported by the Executive Director of the secretariat of Northern Forum international organization Mikhail Pogodaev.
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October 18 marking 150 years since Alaska’s transfer to US jurisdiction

October 18, 2017, marks exactly 150 years since the cession of Russian possessions in North America to the U.S. in line with a treaty, which the two countries signed on March 30, 1867.
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Permafrost is permanent? How to preserve the North’s unique ecology systems

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TASS writes about who is more responsible for the permafrost's thawing and how the new federal law could protect the North's unique ecology systems
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The well of Yakut merchant Shergin becomes Cultural Heritage Site

The famous Shergin Mine, a generally recognized monument to permafrost, received the federal status of a cultural heritage site. Based on the study of the soil in the Shergin mine, the existence of permafrost and rocks throughout the whole territory of the northeast of the country was proved for the first time in the world, YSIA reports.
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Yakutia Airline launches direct flights to Japan and USA

Direct weekly flights to Tokyo and Anchorage from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky will be launched by Yakutia Airline from June 1, press service of the air carrier told TASS.
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Yakutia climbers conquer the highest mountain in North America

Mountaineers from South Yakutia, led by Roman Shchegelnyak, climbed Mount Denali in America, Alaska, the Yakut diocese reports.
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Yakutia's cryo deserts - a source of clean water and a place of extreme tourism

The landscapes of Yakutia are represented not only by tundra with permafrost, but also by real deserts
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Alaska

Alaska will purchase 1000 reindeer in Chukotka and Yakutia

October 18 marking 150 years since Alaska’s transfer to US jurisdiction

Permafrost is permanent? How to preserve the North’s unique ecology systems

The well of Yakut merchant Shergin becomes Cultural Heritage Site

Yakutia Airline launches direct flights to Japan and USA

Yakutia climbers conquer the highest mountain in North America

Yakutia's cryo deserts - a source of clean water and a place of extreme tourism