December 6, 2018
Working meeting of the coordinators of the Russian-Norwegian ASTRA project – “The Arctic Space Training”

On December 4, 2018, a working meeting of ASTRA project coordinators from Norway and Russia was held at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Discussed on this meeting were the main issues relating to the organization and holding of the winter school for undergraduate and graduate students. This winter school will be held at the Polar Geophysical Institute in March 2019. The PGI Director B.V. Kozelov and Deputy Director for International Cooperation E.I. Sciotis took part in the meeting.

The main objective of the ASTRA project is to unite scientific groups from Norway and Russia for jointly study the manifestations of space weather at the high latitudes, as well as to prepare a new generation of qualified young researchers.

This project is designed for 3 years and is fully funded by the Norwegian side.