What is this shadow in the Arctic?

I tried to understand the significance of a shadow in the Russian Arctic. Subscribe to The Hustle. Join the 1.5m+ ambitious minds who kickstart each day with the business world's weirdest, wildest stories at https://clickhubspot.com/fcfae7. Join Newpress, our community-driven hub for creator journalism: https://newpress.com/begin A few weeks ago, a strange-looking shadow on Google Earth sent me down an unexpected rabbit hole. I set out to figure out what it was — and discovered a fascinating story happening in the background of the race for the Arctic. Check out the tools I used to calculate the object's length based on its shadow: https://shadowmap.org/ https://shademap.app/ https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/solcalc/ https://www.suncalc.org/ CORRECTION: 3:20 "Artur Chilingarov" was incorrectly spelled as "Arthur" Hello and welcome! Tunnel Vision is a new independent video news show that dives deep into mysteries from all corners of the internet. With a commitment to transparency, we pull back the curtain on the journalistic process, emphasizing the journey of discovery rather than simply presenting the final answer. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: @christophe Check out our other channels: Johnny Harris: / @johnnyharris Sam Ellis’s Search Party: / ‪@SearchParty‬ Max Fisher's The Bigger Picture: / @maxfisher All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel:    / @tomfoxcatalog   About: Christophe Haubursin is a journalist and video creator. Before launching Tunnel Vision he worked at Vox.com for 8 years, where he made videos for Vox’s YouTube channel, hosted the show Glad You Asked, and produced on the Netflix series Explained. He lives in Brooklyn. Got story ideas or tips? Reach out to the team at: Twitter: / haubursin