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White Sea Expedition

We had a wonderful time during the White Sea Expedition. Traveling as far North as Franz Josef Land!

Classic photo of the residents trying to pull the ship through the ice.

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Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas. — _8005046

Inside the Church of Saint Nicholas. — _8005051

Malye Korely. — _8005119

Solovetsky Monastery — _8005159

Entrance Gate. — _8005166

Refectory — _8005194

Looking out to the entrance gate. — _8005213

Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral (1558-1566) filled with reproduced icons. — _8005229

Pryadil'naya or Spinning Tower — _8005295

Inside Church. — DSC_2162

Stone buildings. — _8005321

Labyrinth. — DSC_2179

Golgotha Cruxifition Skete. — _8005370

Holy Trinity Skete. — _8005424

Western point of the Anzersky Island. — _8005455

Chapoma River mouth. Beautiful day with a blitzering 4°C temperature. — Pyalitsa1

Pomor House. — _8005668

Caroline making friends with the locals. The locals were almost as interested in us as we were in them. — _8005639

Life in this remote village. — _8005626

Notice the firewood stacked for winter. — _8005653

Caroline was on a photographic walking tour and found this photogenic boat. — _8005701

Stephen hiked up Chapoma River along with the other long hikers. — P1050812

Pomor House — _8005787

The Final Sunset. As we head north we will nolonger see the sun set. — _8005857

Evidence of bear. Not Polar bear but Brown bear. — _8005913

Stephen on the Watch Tower. — DSC_2311

T-Shirt weather. — DSC_2330

Enjoying the icy cold weather as we head North. — _8006066

People on the forward deck looking for Polar Bear. — DSC_2422

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We spotted Walrus. — DSC_2496

And finally - Polar Bear. — DSC_2564

Two adults feeding. — DSC_2576

Russkaya Gavan an abandoned Soviet research station. — DSC_2613

We went for a hike. — DSC_2677

Back in the Ice. This time in search of glaciers. — _8006470

Glaciers found in Muck Bay. — _8006509

Welcome to Oranskie Island. — _8006615

Caroline enjoying the balmy weather. — _8006513

And all to see the birds. — _8006570

Time to head back to the ship. — _8006589

After a quick brandy (on ice). — _8006625

An ice-free Northbrook Island. — _8006685

Enjoying a short and cold stroll at Cape Flora. We are not the first to visit here. — _8006739

The World parked right at the fast ice's edge. — FJL2 (1)

Beautiful landscape over the frozen sea. — _8006879

Hard to believe it is 10pm in the evening. — _8006887

Classic photo of the residents trying to pull the ship through the ice. — _8007073

Stephen with Maria, one of our Russian guides. — _8007137

And very glad to be out of the water. — DSC_2847

Defender of the Soviet Arctic during the Second World War". Or more affectionally called Alyosha. — DSC_2958

Nuclear powered ice breaker. The Lenin. — _8007316

The reactor room of the Lenin. People are not real. — D7K_3061

The bridge of the Lenin. — D7K_3048

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