Russia to increase Arctic geology research
Russia’s fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers will lead research vessels into the Arctic in a series of missions to detail geological analysis of the seabed.
The aim of the research is to support Russia’s claim to the energy-rich continental shelf beneath the Arctic Sea, Andrei Smirnov, deputy director of the icebreaker fleet told the Associated Press.
Over the next three years a detailed geological analysis of the seabed will be made. Next mission to include an nuclear powered icebreaker and a research vessel will be in June 2010.
