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The Arctic, the land that attracts explorers

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The Arctic is the northern polar part of the Earth that includes the Arctic Ocean and its seas, the northern parts of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, numerous islands and archipelagos and also the northern coastal areas of Eurasia and North America.

The Arctic is the northern polar part of the Earth that includes the Arctic Ocean and its seas, the northern parts of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, numerous islands and archipelagos and also the northern coastal areas of Eurasia and North America. 

© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Baranov / Go to the mediabankThe Arctic is the northern polar part of the Earth that includes the Arctic Ocean and its seas, the northern parts of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, numerous islands and archipelagos and also the northern coastal areas of Eurasia and North America.
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The Arctic is the northern polar part of the Earth that includes the Arctic Ocean and its seas, the northern parts of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, numerous islands and archipelagos and also the northern coastal areas of Eurasia and North America.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir BaranovThe word Arctic comes from Greece and means “the country of big bear,” referring to the constellation of the Great Bear. Photo: white bear on the Franz Josef Land archipelago.
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The word Arctic comes from Greece and means “the country of big bear,” referring to the constellation of the Great Bear. Photo: white bear on the Franz Josef Land archipelago.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Baranov / Go to the mediabankDuring the whole year the major part of the ocean is covered with ice (3 meters thick on average) and is unnavigable. Around 4 million people live on this giant territory.
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During the whole year the major part of the ocean is covered with ice (3 meters thick on average) and is unnavigable. Around 4 million people live on this giant territory.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankThe North Pole has attracted both travelers and explorers. They came from various parts of the world: Americans John Franklin and Robert Peary, Dutch Willem Barentsz, Norwegians Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, Italian Umberto Nobile and others, who will remain for ages in the geographical names of islands, mountains, glaciers and seas. Photo: Fridtjof Nansen (center) at Finland Station.
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The North Pole has attracted both travelers and explorers. They came from various parts of the world: Americans John Franklin and Robert Peary, Dutch Willem Barentsz, Norwegians Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, Italian Umberto Nobile and others, who will remain for ages in the geographical names of islands, mountains, glaciers and seas. Photo: Fridtjof Nansen (center) at Finland Station.
© RIA NovostiHydrograph and polar researcher Georgiy Sedov suggested in 1912 a sleigh expedition for reaching the North Pole. On August 14 (27), 1912 Sedov's ship Saint Foka left Arkhangelsk and had to stay near Novaya Zemlya for the winter because of impassable ice.
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Hydrograph and polar researcher Georgiy Sedov suggested in 1912 a sleigh expedition for reaching the North Pole. On August 14 (27), 1912 Sedov's ship Saint Foka left Arkhangelsk and had to stay near Novaya Zemlya for the winter because of impassable ice.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankThe expedition approached the Franz Josef Land only by August 1913 but had to stay for another winter. On February 2 (15), 1914 Sedov came to the North Pole with draft dogs. Photo: Georgiy Sedov in a polar suit in Archangelsk in 1912
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The expedition approached the Franz Josef Land only by August 1913 but had to stay for another winter. On February 2 (15), 1914 Sedov came to the North Pole with draft dogs. Photo: Georgiy Sedov in a polar suit in Archangelsk in 1912
© RIA Novosti . Vladimirov / Go to the mediabankBefore reaching the Rudolf Island, Sedov died and was buried at Cape Auk on this island. Two gulfs and a peak on Novaya Zemlya, a glacier and a cape on Franz Josef Land, an island in the Barents Sea, and a cape in Antarctica were named after Sedov. Photo: a cross on the burial place of Russian polar researcher Georgiy Sedov on Tikhaya Bay on the Franz Josef Land.
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Before reaching the Rudolf Island, Sedov died and was buried at Cape Auk on this island. Two gulfs and a peak on Novaya Zemlya, a glacier and a cape on Franz Josef Land, an island in the Barents Sea, and a cape in Antarctica were named after Sedov. Photo: a cross on the burial place of Russian polar researcher Georgiy Sedov on Tikhaya Bay on the Franz Josef Land.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankThe period of 1930-1940s plays a special role in the history of the Soviet research in the Arctic. At that time expeditions on ice-breakers Sedov, Krasin, Sibiryakov, Litke were held. Photo: the Krasin ice-breaker in the ice of the Arctic.
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The period of 1930-1940s plays a special role in the history of the Soviet research in the Arctic. At that time expeditions on ice-breakers Sedov, Krasin, Sibiryakov, Litke were held. Photo: the Krasin ice-breaker in the ice of the Arctic.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankThese years for the first time a line of the Northern Sea route was crossed during a single navigation and heroic flights were made across the North Pole. Photo: the flagman plane of the Soviet Arctic expedition ANT – 6 lands on the North Pole.
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These years for the first time a line of the Northern Sea route was crossed during a single navigation and heroic flights were made across the North Pole. Photo: the flagman plane of the Soviet Arctic expedition ANT – 6 lands on the North Pole.
© RIA Novosti . Tomin / Go to the mediabankParticipants of the world’s first drifting expedition (from left to right): Peter Shirshov , Ernest Krenkel , Ivan Papanin, Eugeny Fedorov were taken to the North Pole by a plane flown by Soviet Hero Mikhail Vodopyanov on May 21, 1937. The Soviet Union’s flag was hoisted above the North Pole on June 6.
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Participants of the world’s first drifting expedition (from left to right): Peter Shirshov , Ernest Krenkel , Ivan Papanin, Eugeny Fedorov were taken to the North Pole by a plane flown by Soviet Hero Mikhail Vodopyanov on May 21, 1937. The Soviet Union’s flag was hoisted above the North Pole on June 6.
© RIA Novosti . Dmitry Shparo / Go to the mediabankThe participants of the Arctic expedition by Komsomolskaya Pravda, which made a transition from a drifting station North Pole-26 to North Pole-27 in 1986, study the condition, thickness and content on the Arctic Sea ice.
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The participants of the Arctic expedition by Komsomolskaya Pravda, which made a transition from a drifting station North Pole-26 to North Pole-27 in 1986, study the condition, thickness and content on the Arctic Sea ice.
© RIA Novosti . Aleksei Boitsov / Go to the mediabankThe participants and organizers of the expedition to the North Pole in 1991 during a unique parachuting operation, involving 13 representatives of the U.S., Japan and the Soviet Union.
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The participants and organizers of the expedition to the North Pole in 1991 during a unique parachuting operation, involving 13 representatives of the U.S., Japan and the Soviet Union.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankIn 2004, an expedition to the North Pole for tourists was held.
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In 2004, an expedition to the North Pole for tourists was held.
© RIA Novosti . Sergei EshenkoNow more than a dozen of international expeditions with Russia’s participation are working in the Arctic. The expedition North Pole-37, which started on September 7, 2009, ended in June 2010. Photo: the Rossiya nuclear powered ice-breaker with polar researchers, taken off a drifting station the North Pole-37, returns to Murmansk.
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Now more than a dozen of international expeditions with Russia’s participation are working in the Arctic. The expedition North Pole-37, which started on September 7, 2009, ended in June 2010. Photo: the Rossiya nuclear powered ice-breaker with polar researchers, taken off a drifting station the North Pole-37, returns to Murmansk.
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