Nansen Expedition Day VIII - Dikson
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The kids in Dikson takes very well care of the dogs, including this little poppy. The dogs scare away polar bears. -
Head of the Norwegian Polar Institute, Jan-Gunnar Winther and Russia’s Arctic Ambassador, Anton Vasiliev, in Dikson. -
The sailing route for the Nansen Memorial Expedition. -
Welcome to Dikson. -
Luba with her daughter Anja find Dikson better than Norilsk where she lived before moving north in 2000. -
Dikson has its own brand of vodka. -
Some 100 of the around 500 inhabitants in Dikson are children. Here from the main street. -
Myself in front of an abounded house I believe is a genuine illustration of today’s Russia: The door is closed off to the building with the late-USSR slogan “Democracy and glasnost – law perestroika.” -
Igor Safronov says we should have been here in the 80ties and taken photos. Then Dikson had its days-of-glory. -
Playground for children in the town center. Dikson town administration to the left and the world’s northernmost Orthodox Church in the background. -
Tundra bikers. The slogan on the wall reads “Taimyr for peace.” -
Monument of a Soviet hero that once explored the tundra on the Taimyr Peninsula. In recent years, the church has been built at a prominent location in central town. It is the northernmost Orthodox Church in the world. -
Glory car from glory days. -
We meet friendly people all around the town of Dikson. -
Dikson was once a town with 5,000 inhabitants. Today, there are 500 left. -
Arctic flowers at 73 degrees north. The summer is short with temperatures from zero to 5-6 degrees in August. Today, it was 9 degrees. -
Norwegian reporter for Dagens Næringsliv, Eskil Engdal, became good friend with this Siberia dog. -
The dog followed into the waters as we departed with our zodiac. -
One polish and one finnish sailboat at pier in Dikson waiting for the sea-ice outside the north-tip of the Taimyr Peninsula -
An in-town datcha. -
Motorbike is a common mean of transport within the town during the short summer period. -
Memorial grave for Petter Tessem, one of the crew members onboard Roald Amundsen’s Maud-expedition to this area back in 1920. Tessem and another Norwegian, Knutsen, likely both died just outside Dikson. -
Head of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat, Rune Rafaelsen, participates in the Nansen Memorial Expedition. -
Tundra monster-truck. -
Tug boat ready to assist in case vessels on voyage towards the port of Dudinka or along the Kara Sea part of the Northern Sea Route should need assistance. An Arctic search- and rescue station will be established in Dikson. -
Huge oil tanks secure the winter energy needs for Dudinka. -
Sunset over the eastern Kara Sea. No ice anywhere. -
The light-green house of the port administration in Dikson has seen more glorious days. Back in time, it was likely the coolest architectural building in town. Now it is abounded and the windows broken. -
“Professor Molchanov” in the sea outside the port of Dikson. -
Sunny summer day in the streets of Dikson. -
Yevgeny Sergeev was born and has lived all his life here in Dikson. A bike like this costs some 30,000 rubles he tells. -
“Professor Molchanov” again set sails out in the Kara Sea. Tonight heading south towards the Yenisei River.
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