Rosatom's expedition to the North Pole starts with a young Hungarian participant.
With the support of Roszatom, an expedition to the North Pole will start on August 13, with the participation of foreign young people, including a Hungarian student, for the first time. In addition to the young people of the host Russia, representatives of many countries, including Hungary, are participating in the project called The Icebreaker of Knowledge. Many of the foreigners are the first from their country to reach the North Pole.
The Tudás icebreaker is the flagship of the nuclear icebreaker fleet operated by Rosatom, the vehicle called 50 Let Pobedi (50th Anniversary of Victory), on board which students and young professionals from 14 countries are going to the North Pole.
The goal of the Icebreaker of Knowledge project is to popularize natural sciences and technologies related to nuclear energy, to find and support talented children, to develop their abilities and to guide them in their careers.
The Tudás icebreaker arctic expedition became international this year on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the existence of the Russian nuclear icebreaker fleet.
Many interesting programs await the young participants of the expedition along the way, in addition to scientific lectures, experiments, and master classes, they can get to know the specific flora and fauna of the Arctic, as well as the developments on the North Sea shipping route. The participants of the expedition hoist the flag of their country upon reaching the corner.
The nuclear icebreaker is led by Captain Ruslan Sasov on the route Murmansk - Ferenc József Land, North Pole. The ship is expected to reach the North Pole on August 17 and return to the port of Murmansk on August 22.
In addition to the Russian students, young people from Bangladesh, South Africa, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, Cameroon, China, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, Mongolia, Armenia, Tunisia and Uzbekistan are participating.
Hungary is represented by Levente Varga, a student of the Budapest high school named after the great Hungarian traveler and explorer Sándor Csoma Kőrösi, whose reports can be followed on social media before and during the trip, as long as the field strength allows near the coast.
Russia is the only country in the world that has a fleet of nuclear icebreakers. The infrastructure of the North Sea shipping route has been operated and developed by Rosatom since 2018, which is one of the company's priority areas of activity. In 2019, the Government of the Russian Federation approved the infrastructure development plan for the North Sea shipping route until 2035, developed by Rosatom.
Cover image: There will also be Hungarian students on the Rosatom ship
Source: vg.hu
