Recently, there has been an increase in the development of the Russian Arctic: critical infrastructure facilities are being built, oil and gas terminals, production platforms, and settlements are being developed. The role of the Northern Sea Route is being strengthened. As the climate warms, which is most pronounced in the Arctic region, and the ice cover decreases, this trend will only intensify. At the same time, in order to prevent possible man-made disasters associated with the operation of critical structures, it is necessary to carefully assess seismic and other geological hazards during design. This is especially true in such an ecologically vulnerable region as the Arctic.

The purpose of this project is to develop a geoinformation database of endogenous geological hazards in the Arctic seas of Russia, which includes data on known earthquakes, tectonic faults, landslides, mud volcanoes, hydrothermal springs, gas seeps. At the same time, both information from available literary sources and databases is analyzed, as well as own data obtained by the scientific team of the project during sea expeditions in the Arctic seas.

The development of such a geoinformation database is very relevant in view of the need for progress in solving the problem of zoning seismic and other geological hazards of the Arctic shelf.