- In earlier years the passenger mostly came from Europe and USA, but now more and more tourists from Thailand, China, India and Korea take the trip to the North Pole, says Natalya Chesnokova from Atomflot, the operator of the nuclear icebreaker fleet to RIA Novosti.
The trip from Murmansk to the North Pole and back will take 12 days. The route depends on the ice conditions in the area, says Chesnokova. A trip to the North Pole with a Russian nuclear powered icebreaker costs almost 20 000 USD.
“50 years of Victory” will be taking one more trip to the North Pole this summer, starting from Murmansk on August 5.
Also the Norwegian company Hurtigruten have more and more Asian, and first of all Chinese, customers. On a recent exclusive, climate-focused trip to the Svalbard Archipelago, more than half of the tickets – at a price of 16 000 USD each – were sold to Chinese, NRK reports.
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