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Europe » Russia » Northwest » Murmansk July 8th 2018

Yesterday we were in Hammerfest, Norway. Having been there before, we had decided not to get off the ship and instead to work on our MKSAP. This was a fortuitous choice. It was a miserable day. Cold and raining. The high only reached about 48 degrees but it felt colder because it was cloudy. The sun set at 3am and the sun rose at 3 am. I guess it is summer in the far north. Yesterday the engineers had to come and fix our heat. I finally got warm. We had dinner last night with the General Manager, Victor. He is Portuguese. We had a delightful time. Today we are in Murmansk. It is a beautiful day and warmer, about 60 degrees. After lunch we will go ashore and visit the monestary,Alyosha, and the light house. ... read more
TOWER FROM THE SUB "KURSK" WHICH SANK 50 KM FROM MURMANSK WITH ALL 121 ABOARD
HARBOR OF MURMANSK WITH ICE BREAKERS BEING BUILT
OLD ICE BREAKER BEING BROKEN UP FOR SCRAP METAL

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Murmansk December 2nd 2017

68 gradi di latitudine Nord, ben oltre il circolo polare artico: tutto qui dovrebbe essere ghiaccio, la vita fermarsi e la civilta' scomparire dai paraggi, invece.... Murmansk! Potenza della geografia, che fin dalle scuole medie ci ha raccontato di quella fantomatica ^ Corrente del Golfo ^ che attraversa tutto l'Oceano Atlantico per andare poi ad esaurirsi su a Nord, e per la precisione proprio da queste parti. E cosi' il suo mare mai completamente ghiacciato ha consentito lo sviluppo di quella che e' la piu' grande citta' a queste latitudini sub-artiche; mi aspettavo dunque temperature perlomeno di -30 gradi, invece raggiungono a malapena i -10 e la vita sembra trascorrere tranquilla come in tutto il resto del paese. Quello che di certo non manca e' il buio: proprio in questo periodo dell'anno il sole raggiunge a ... read more
Alyosha sorveglia i confini settentrionali
Una piccola stazione della Carelia
Sci di fondo su un lago ghiacciato

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Murmansk July 26th 2015

We arrived early as planned in Murmansk before they closed off the harbour area for their Naval parade as today is a special day for the Navy. Murmansk is a city and seaport in the extreme north west part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, 12 miles from the Barents Sea not far from the borders with Norway and Finland. The port remains free of ice all year round due to the warm North Atlantic Drift ocean current. It is the largest city north of the Arctic Circle and was the last town founded in the Russian Empire being founded October 4 1916. Once again there was no rush to be anywhere. We had lost an hour overnight as we had changed time zones. We were being pushed in position by tugs when I looked out ... read more
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The Russian and Murmansk flags.
Crazy paving




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