MEMORIAL TO THE DEFENDERS OF KOLA LAND, A.K.A. ALYOSHA

CRUISE TO THE WHITE SEA ON THE NAUTICA

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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 ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Murmansk

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more