The festival «The Arctic Days» will take place in Moscow

The festival «The Arctic Days» will take place in Moscow from the 20th to the 22nd of November. The Ministry for natural resources of Russia is its organizer. The minister for natural resources and ecology of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy, the first vice-president of the Russian Geographical Society Artur Chilingarov and heads of arctic regions will become honorary guests.

The program of the festival includes three events: the international festival of nonfiction films, the international scientific conference and the photo exhibition. The participants of the film festival will present documentary and animation films on the arctic themes for the contest, will visit round tables and master classes. On the conference employees of leading Russian scientific and research institutes will speak on reports about prospects of geological study and development of the arctic zone, rational nature management and sustainable development of the region.
As it is informed on the official website of «The Arctic Days», the photo exhibition will acquaint its visitors with modern life and nature of the polar zone of Russia. Authors of the presented works are winners of the contest Global Arctic Awards.