A good book always features a bad storm. For literature, it has become a recurring topic, a crucial symbol that allows the very story to be placed under the hardest conditions possible. Such a simple thing as weather may build the very epos of the story. Odysseus has to make a detour on his route because the Aeolus winds were opened by his allies, Hugo's Napoleon is defeated by a fog rather than Wellington or his army...

Recently, Russian officials and education representatives have expressed concern for 'technological sovereignty' in the Arctic. What are the key issues in the sphere of education for the northern region?