Students propose Svalbard road and sign ideas

Students at a youth project laboratory in Moscow proposed ways to build roads on permafrost, solutions for navigation signs and a single guide to historical sites on Svalbard, Trust Arktikugol said.

The company was industrial partner at BRICS Project Lab Arctic 3.0. Its deputy director general for work with scientific organisations, Yuriy Sychev, gave participants three Svalbard tasks: repairing the roads, renewing the signs for navigation and starting international educational programmes.

The road proposals also took account of local environmental law, the company said.

The results will be discussed at the company's head office in Moscow and in Barentsburg, on the archipelago.

Coverage: Trust Arktikugol