Atomflot, a Russian company that maintains nuclear-powered icebreakers, informed that an icebreaker of the company will conduct five cruises to the North Pole the coming summer. The cruise will start on late June and will last until the beginning of August. During one of the icebreaker's voyage the ship will transport 120 tourists to the North Pole.
Read moreThe Russian Minister of Natural Resources Sergei Donskoy told that Russia is planning to build an ice-resistant self-propelled platform called "North Pole". The platform will be operating in the Arctic all year-round. The development phase of the project will being before July 2018, and the construction will begin in 2019.
Read moreThe '50 Let Pobedy' icebreaker has set a speed record in the northern route, covering the distance from Murmansk to the North Pole in 79 hours, on August 17, 2017. Forty years ago, the first Arktika, reached the North Pole in 176 hours; therefore, this new limit has set a remarkable speed record in the northern route.
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