First comprehensive expedition along canyon-type river begins in Arkhangelsk Region

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · May 26, 2026 · 587 words

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What to know about First comprehensive expedition along canyon-type river begins in Arkhangelsk Region

A scientific expedition titled 'North - Territory of Discoveries' has launched in the Arkhangelsk Region's Pinezhsky Nature Reserve. The team, including researchers and cosmonaut Ivan Vagner, aims to study the Sotka river's ecological conditions and karst caves using non-motorized watercraft.

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What happened

The first comprehensive expedition, dubbed North - Territory of Discoveries, along the Sotka canyon-type river in the Arkhangelsk Region's Pinezhsky Nature Reserve started from Arkhangelsk.

Why it matters

Specialists of the Russian Arctic National Park, experts from research centers in Arkhangelsk, Moscow, St.

Common ground

Petersburg and the Yaroslavl Region, as well as cosmonaut, Hero of Russia Ivan Vagner, are taking part in it, a TASS correspondent reports.

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Claim 1: “Specialists of the Russian Arctic National Park, experts from research centers in Arkhangelsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Yaroslavl Region, as well as cosmonaut, Hero of Russia Ivan Vagner, are taking part in it”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Russian explorers and the Age of Discovery, none of which mention the 'North - Territory of Discoveries' expedition or Ivan Vagner's participation in it.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Age of Discovery (c. 1418 – c. 1620), also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the 15th to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of exploration by citizens or subjects of the Russian Federation, the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire, the Tsardom of Russia and other Russian predecessor states forms a significant part …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_explorers

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been several rounds of peace talks to end the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war since it began with Russia's invasion in February 2022. Russia's president Vladimir Putin seeks recognition of all …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_negotiations_in_the_Russ…

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Claim 2: “It was established in 1974 to study and preserve in natural state the typical North taiga and unique karst landscapes of the White Sea - Kuloy Plateau.”

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Claim 3: “The team will visit karst caves along the river together with speleologists from the St. Petersburg branch of the Sergeev Institute of Geoecology”

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The claim is found in one TASS web search result. Other results are general definitions of karst and speleology.

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web search NEUTRAL — Keywords: classical karst; speleology; karst research; Karst Research Institute Slovenia.Cave registry consists of texts, maps and photographs. New entries are made on the base of new documents receiv…
https://www.cavernas.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/35cbe…

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web search NEUTRAL — The team will visit karst caves along the river together with speleologists from the St. Petersburg branch of the Sergeev Institute of Geoecology; and specialists of the Federal Research Center for In…
https://tass.com/science/2136887

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web search NEUTRAL — Speleology – Science of cave and karst systems. Subterranean river – River that runs wholly or partly beneath the ground surface. Thermokarst – Irregular land surface of marshy hollows and small hummo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karst

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Claim 4: “There are about 90 caves in the reserve and its protected area.”

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Claim 5: “The river's 40 km run through the specially protected natural area.”

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The claim is confirmed by both a cross-reference (TASS) and a web search result.

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... The river's 40 km run through the specially protected natural area. The Sotka is the only canyon-type river in the Arkhangelsk Region. It ...
https://tass.com/science/2136887

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 7, 2025 ... We provide a framework for filling this gap in invasion biology using the widely transplanted Pacific oyster as a case study.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2418730122

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 11, 2026 ... Dasht River which flows nearby, discharges into the Arabian Sea next to the Pak-Iran border. A 400-km long stretch of low sedimentary rock ...
https://www.facebook.com/AncientIndus/posts/sutkagen-dor-one…

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Claim 6: “The official start was given at the Sokolov Sports School”

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The claim is explicitly mentioned in one web search result. Other results are irrelevant (Palaeolithic caves, school atlases).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Siberian roe deer, eastern roe deer, or Asian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus), is a species of roe deer found in northeastern Asia. In addition to Siberia and Mongolia, it is found in Kazakhstan, th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Suva Planina (Serbian Cyrillic: Сува планина, meaning "dry mountain") is a mountain in southeastern Serbia. It lies between the towns of Niška Banja to the northwest and Babušnica to the southeast, wi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Territory (Russian: Территория, romanized: Territoriya) is a 2015 Russian adventure drama film written and directed by Aleksandr Melnik, a screen version of the same novel by Oleg Kuvaev. The film, li…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory_(2015_film)

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Claim 7: “The expedition will be on non-motorized watercraft - kayaks.”

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The evidence provided discusses the Lewis and Clark expedition and general territory definitions, but contains no information regarding the watercraft used in the 'North - Territory of Discoveries' expedition.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Territory

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Deed of Surrender or Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory Order is an 1870 British order in council that transferred ownership of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory from the United…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deed_of_Surrender

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The North-Western Territory was a region of British North America extant until 1870 and named for where it lay in relation to Rupert's Land. Because of the lack of development, exploration, and cartog…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-Western_Territory

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Claim 8: “The expedition will finish on May 29.”

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Claim 9: “The Sotka is the only canyon-type river in the Arkhangelsk Region.”

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The claim is confirmed by both a cross-reference (TASS) and a web search result.

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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 16, 2024 · The nature reserve was created to protect three types of landscapes: swampy flatland, hilly plateau, and the karst landscapes. Whereas the first ...
https://www.facebook.com/100063683881366/posts/a-remote-rura…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 2, 2021 · The most prominent fault scarps are found in northern Fennoscandia in the northernmost parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/glaciallytriggered-faul…

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web search NEUTRAL — a quiet river Sotka with clear water in a wild forest in the north of the Arkhangelsk region in Russia. copy space. a quiet river Sotka with clear water in ...
https://www.shutterstock.com/search/river-types

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Claim 10: “The caves' total length is more than 45 km.”

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Claim 11: “Since 2025, the plateau has been managed by the National Park.”

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Claim 12: “Other expedition participants represent the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Papanin Institute of Biology of Inland Waters (the Russian Academy of Sciences), and the Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography.”

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No evidence was provided in the search results that mentions the Space Research Institute of the RAS, the Papanin Institute, or the Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography in relation to this expedition.

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Claim 13: “The Pinezhsky State Nature Reserve is the only nature reserve in the Arkhangelsk Region.”

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Claim 14: “specialists of the Federal Research Center for Integrated Arctic Studies will measure levels of radon inside the caves.”

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Although the 'Evidence gathered' section for claim 8 says 'No evidence found', the evidence for claim 7 explicitly includes the text: 'and specialists of the Federal Research Center for Integrated Arctic Studies will measure levels of rad[on]'. This confirms the claim via the TASS source.

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Claim 15: “The first comprehensive expedition, dubbed North - Territory of Discoveries, along the Sotka canyon-type river in the Arkhangelsk Region's Pinezhsky Nature Reserve started from Arkhangelsk.”

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The claim is found in one specific web search result describing the expedition. Other results for 'Expedition' are irrelevant (Ford SUV, Lewis and Clark).

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web search NEUTRAL — Pack up the whole family in the 2026 Ford Expedition®. With seating for up to eight and expansive cargo space, this SUV is built for your biggest journeys. Explore seven trims, compare features, and b…
https://www.ford.com/suvs/expedition/

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web search NEUTRAL — Read our 2026 Ford Expedition review for information on ratings, pricing, specs, and features, and see how this SUV performed in our testing.
https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/expedition

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago ... ... North - Territory of Discoveries, along the Sotka ... river in the Arkhangelsk Region's Pinezhsky Nature Reserve started from Arkhangelsk.
https://tass.com/science/2136887

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Claim 16: “The expedition unites 30 participants.”

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The evidence provided discusses other historical expeditions (Amundsen, Bellingshausen) and general territories, but does not mention the number of participants for the 'North - Territory of Discoveries' expedition.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The first landing of European explorers to the territory of present-day Brazil, which was already inhabited by various Indigenous communities, is often credited to Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Brazil

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