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Arctic expedition heads back to Murmansk

THe icebreaker Rossia at the Russian research station NP-37.

The members of Russia’s High-Latitude Arctic expedition closed the drifting station this weekend.

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The scientists and other members of the drifting Arctic Station are now on their way back to Murmansk onboard the Russian nuclear powered icebreaker Rossia, reports Itar-Tass.

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The research station has over the last nine months been drifting with the ice in the high Arctic with 15 scientists.