MAI Student Observations Helped Discover a New Island
The area of the new island is approximately 110 hectares, and its size is 1.9 kilometers long and one kilometer wide. After the geographical discovery is officially recognized by the hydrographic service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, a scientific expedition will go to the new island to conduct its topographic survey, describe in detail and photograph it.The result of a scientific discovery made under the direction of Artyom Makarenko will clarify the geographical maps in connection with the change in the territorial landscape.The new island is not the first discovery of a talented MAI student. Artyom’s scientific interests are closely linked to the popularization of geographical research in the Arctic zone of Russia among young people. As a schoolboy, Makarenko discovered two previously unknown islands in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Later they were officially recognized by the hydrographic service of the Navy under the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Russian Geographical Society.Photo Credit: RIA Novosti
