The 2013 Nansen Memorial Expedition Route from Arkhangelsk in the White Sea to Dudinka by the Yenisei River.
Map: Jonas Karlsbakk / BarentsObserver
Thomas Nilsen (left), Editor of BarentsObserver and Rune Rafaelsen, Head of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat onboard the Russian research vessel "Professor Molchanov" at port in Arkhangelsk.
Photo: Gunnar Sætra
The Russian research vessel "Professor Molchanov" at port outside Arkhangelsk.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Arkhangelsk is the oldest port city in Russia and the largest city in the Barents Region.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Food supply for weeks at sea in the Arctic is loaded onboard.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Rune Rafaelsen, Head of the Norwegian Barents Secretatiat, onboard "Professor Molchano" for the Nansen Memorial Expedition.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen / BarentsObserver
Øyvind Nordsletten (left), Rune Rafaelsen, Felix Tschudi and Arild Moe.
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The participants on the 1913 Siberian expedition onboard «Correct». From the left: Frdtjof Nansen, Stephan Vasilievitsj Vostrotin, owner of a gold mine and member of the governor council (Duma) from Yeniseisk, Johan Samuelsen, captain onboard «Correct». In the back from the left: Jonas Lied, Director of the Siberian company and leader of the expedition; Josef Gregorievitsj Loris-Melikov, secretary with the Russian delegation to Kristiania (Oslo).
Photo: Norwegian National Library
"Professor Molchano" at port in Arkhangelsk with the icebreaker "Dikson" in the background. The Russian Arctic village Dikson is on of the destinations on the Nansen Memorial Voyage.