this is the wonderful oasis of chiunskaya bay, a bay on chukotka, belonging to the basin of the eastian sea. it is here that the northernmost port of russia, pevek, is located, where the world's first floating nuclear power plant operates. back in the eighties of the last century, scientists discovered in this area, the so-called refugium. a unique site inhabited atypical for the arctic animals and plants. chiunskaya bay in terms of species composition, as well as the physical and chemical characteristics of the water, are more similar to areas of the pacific ocean in the area of ​​the middle kuril islands or ... than now, but for a long time it remained a mystery how heat-loving species survived here after the little ice age, what answer scientists could not give ... with the help of a robotic complex, the entire water area of ​​the bay was found in its southwestern part , a zone with abnormally high temperatures, at a depth of 10-15 m there were hydrothermal sources. it turned out that they not only provide additional heat, but also supply additional biogenic elements to the water

chiunskaya bay, in terms of species composition, as well as the physical and chemical characteristicse water, are more similar to areas of the pacific ocean in the area of ​​the middle kuril islands or even more southern waters. an oasis of life arose during the last climatic optimum, approximately 5-9 years bc. then the climate of the northern hemisphere was much milder than now. but for a long time it remained a mystery how heat-loving species survived here after the little ice age. scientists in the eighties could not give such an answer , that is, they discovered these species, described them, that's all, such an unusual phenomenon, but why they live in this particular area, they did not find the answer, that's exactly our expedition, thanks to new methods, these are primarily flood methods, then they were not so widespread, and robotic devices that were created by our scientific group, we in a short time period of time, literally in a few days, we solved this problem, the researchers scanned the entire bay water area with a robotic complex and found a zone with abnormally high te

this is the wonderful oasis of chiunskaya bay, a bay on chukotka, related to the basin of the easternsea. it is here that the northernmost port of russia, pevek, is located, where the world's first floating nuclear power plant operates. back in the eighties of the last century, scientists discovered in this area the so-called refugium, a unique area inhabited by animals and plants that are not typical for the arctic. in terms of species composition, as well as the physical and chemical characteristics of the water, the chiunskaya bay is more similar to areas of the pacific ocean in the region of the middle kuril islands. or even more southern waters, an oasis arose life during the last climatic optimum, approximately 5-9 thousand years bc, then the climate of the northern hemisphere was much milder than now, but for a long time it remained a mystery how heat-loving species survived here after the little ice age, what answer could not be given by... scientists in the eighties, that is, they discovered these species, they described them, that's all, this is an unusual phenomenon, but wh

chiunskaya bay, according to the species composition, as well as the physical and chemical characteristicse water, are more similar to areas of the pacific ocean in the area of ​​the middle kuril islands, or even more southern waters. an oasis of life arose during the last... a mystery, how did heat-loving species survive here after the little ice age? what answer could not be given by scientists in the eighties, that is, they discovered these species, they described them, all this is an unusual phenomenon, but why do they live in this particular area, they did not find the answer, that is precisely our expedition thanks to new methods, this is in first of all, isotope methods, at that time they were not so widespread and robotic devices, which were created by our scientific group, we solved this problem in a short period of time, literally in a few days. the researchers scanned the entire water area of ​​the bay with the help of a robotic complex and found a zone with abnormally high temperature in its southwestern part at a depth of 10-15 m where hydrothermal springs were located, it tur