Nuclear Ninety North
Eclipse of the Midnight Sun
August 1st, 2008
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Nuclear Ninety NorthEclipse of the Midnight SunAugust 1st, 2008 |
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| 2008-07-21 08:48 UTC | Click images for reduced size. | 72°9.25'N 36°52.54'E |
The morning after our departure from Murmansk, our ship encountered and made a close photo pass around another Russian icebreaker chartered by Quark Expeditions, the diesel-electric Капитан Хлэбников (Kapitan Khlebnikov), returning to Murmansk from a voyage through the Northeast Passage.
| 2008-07-21 08:53 UTC | 72°8.96'N 36°51.66'E |
Based in Vladivostok, the Khlebnikov is also used in the southern summer for expeditions to Antarctica.
| 2008-07-21 09:06 UTC | 72°8.95'N 36°51.98'E |
After the photo opportunity, the two ships resumed their respective courses, North and South.
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by John Walker August 20th, 2008 |
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