On May 7, a memorandum was signed in Barentsburg between the “Arktikugol” trust as the logistics operator of the International Scientific and Educational Center (ISEC) in Spitsbergen, Murmansk Arctic University (MAU) and Qingdao University (China). The memorandum was signed as part of a plan to create and fill the infrastructure of the ISEC in Spitsbergen.