We are now entering the Kara Strait: From the left: Gunn Sissel Jaklin with the Norwegian Polar Institute, Vladislav Goldin with the Northern Federal (Arctic) University, Johan Mathis Turi with the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry, Zoia Vylka Ravna with the University of Tromsø and Øyvind Nordsletten, Norway’s Consul General in Murmansk.
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We met many minke whales in the waters just south of Novaya Zemlya.
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Rune Rafaelsen on the top deck while “Professor Molchanov” sailed across the Kara strait from Novaya Zemlya to Vaigach.
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The old polar station at Cape Menshikova on the east coast of Novaya Zemlya.
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Sea bird.
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Sunny afternoon in the waters south of Vaigach. From the left: Gunn Sissel Jaklin with the Norwegian Polar Institute, Kari Aga Myklebost with the University of Tromsø, Asbjørn Bartnes with the University of Tromsø, Arild Moe with the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and Norway’s Consul General in Murmansk Øyvind Nordsletten.
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Olga Soboleva from the Northern Federal (Arctic) University in Arkhangelsk.
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A group of Nenets people were staying in this cabin on Vaigach, close to the shore at the Yugorski Strait that divides the island from the mainland.
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Navigation marks along the Yugorski Strait. This is the same route as Fridtjof Nansen sailed into the Kara Sea back in 1913.
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Bird
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The two diplomats Øyvind Nordsletten (left) and Anton Vasiliev both have a special interest in Arctic issues. Here from the top deck onboard “Professor Molchanov” at the entrance to the Yugoski Strait.
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The 2013 expedition follows the route of Nansen in 1913