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Nuclear Ninety North
Eclipse of the Midnight Sun
August 1st, 2008 |
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Ships that Pass in the Polar Day
2008-07-21 08:48 UTC |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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