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The night to Wednesday, this adult polar bear came visiting outskirts of Longyearbyen on Svalbard. First through Hiorthamn on the other side of Adventfjorden towards the delta in the Adventsdalen. Photo: Bjørn Frantzen
Slowly walking towards Longyearbyen, the bear listened curiously to the sounds from the dog kennels outside the town, crossed the river-delta and continued towards the settlement. Photo: Bjørn Frantzen
The Governor on Svalbard, acting as the local police, arrived with a few cars to observe the situation. Although the bear seemed curious to what nightlife could offer in the world’s northernmost town, such visit is not much appreciated or welcomed. So, the governor’s officers briefly turned on both blue lights and sirens. Photo: Bjørn Frantzen
The polar bear turned around, crossed the road and headed towards Isdammen, the local reservoar for drinking water. Photo: Bjørn Frantzen
At Isdammen, the bear washed off some dirt and ambled further into the Adventdalen and disappeared into the Arctic wilderness. Quit and beautiful. Photo: Bjørn Frantzen
With view to Teriberka. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Teriberka municipal administration building. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Kiting in Teriberka. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Snowmobile town Teriberka. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Walking in Teriberka. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Heading out for cross-country skiing. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Welcome to Teriberka. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Views to Teriberka. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Local life in Teriberka. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Speeding with home-made snowmobile. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Walking with the dog. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Northern Fleet Head Commander Nikolay Yevmenov. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Military parade in Murmansk. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Nuclear powered submarine for seismic surveys under the ice. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
Nuclear powered submarine for seismic surveys under the ice. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
Nuclear powered submarine with drilling equipment for seafloor operations. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
Twin mini-submarine powered with reactors for work on sub-sea installations under the ice. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
«Arktika» is the first of the new class of powerful nuclear icebreakers to be commissioned within the next few years. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
Lider is a planned, but not yet approved, new super-powerful nuclear powered icebreaker to sail for Rosatomflot. Photo: Oleg Kuleshov / kuleshovoleg.ru
«Pyotr Veliky» in the dock at shipyard No. 82 in Roslyakovo north of Murmansk. The battle cruiser is powered by two nuclear reactors. Her sister vessel, the «Admiral Nakhimov» is currently undergoing upgrades in Severodvinsk and will be re-commissioned to the navy. Photo Thomas Nilsen
Planned Lider-class nuclear-powered destroyer. Photo: Wikipedia / Artem Tkachenko
Planned aircraft-carrier Shtorm. Photo: Wikipedia / Artem Tkachenko
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Some 450 people took part in the support rally for Frode Berg on the central square in Kirkenes. Click on photo to see more. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
"Help Frode home!" reads the slogans. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The support rally made a short stop outside Russia's Consulate General in Kirkenes with the slogan "Help Frode home!" Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Rally in support of Frode Berg. The poster reads "Help Frode Home! Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Rune Rafaelsen is Mayor of Kirkenes. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Some 450 people participated in the rally. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
A Norwegian and a Russian border pole side-by-side in the pedestrian street in Kirkenes. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
"Help Frode Home! Support the people-to-people cooperation," reads the poster. Russia's Consulate General in the background. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Bust of Lenin in the military ghost town of Korzunova on the Kola Peninsula. Click on the image for more photos. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
This newly white painted bust of Lenin is placed near the smelter in Nikel on the Kola Peninsula.
Maybe this Lenin statue in Arkhangelsk is the largest in the Barents Region? You find it on the central square with the city administration in the back and the regional parliament across the street. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
In Salekhard, the capital of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Lenin monument stands in front of the administration building. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Lenin in front of the Regional Duma in Arkhangelsk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
1st of May rally in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Lenin in front of the Cultural Palace in Nikel on the Kola Peninsula. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The world's first civilian nuclear powered vessel is named after Lenin and is today moored alongside the pier in the central harbor of Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Lenin in Norilsk on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Lenin in Petrozavodsk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Lenin monument in the capital of Karelia, Petrozavodsk.
Lenin monument alongside the Lenin Prospekt in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Lenin monument on the square in Kargopol, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Photo: Bjørn Frantzen
Lenin on the wall on board the Soviet Union's very first nuclear powered icebreaker named after the man himself "Lenin". Photo: Atle Staalesen
Lenin bust in Barentsburg, the Russian settlement on Svalbard. Photo: Nicole Merten
Lenin(s) on the bookshelf in Nesseby, Norway. Photo: Thorbjørn Bjørkli
Lenin(s) on the wallshelf in Nesseby, Norway. Photo: Thorbjørn Bjørkli
Bøkfjordbrua by night. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Bøkfjord Bridge and Trifon tunnel. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Member of Norwegian Parliament, Jan-Henrik Fredriksen, says the signs for both the new bridge and tunnel should have been in both Norwegian and Russian languages. "This is a cross-border project," he argues. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
New road, but lack of safety says the locals living next door to E105. "We must get a safe way for the children to cross the road and speed limits should be reduced," says from left Elisabeth, Charlotte, Guro, Børge and Bjørnar. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Ketil Solvik-Olsen is Norway's Minister of Transport and Communication. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Building bridges between countries are projects for generations. These children are waiting for the bridge opening ceremony to start. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The new and the old bridge on the road between Kirkenes and the border to Russia. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Metropolitan Simon of Murmansk and Monchegorsk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Bøkfjordbroen - The Bøkfjord Bridge. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The Andreeva Bay. Photo: Gov-murman.ru
The "Rossita" on its way to Murmansk. Photo: Gov-murman.ru
Marina Kovtun and Børge Brende in Andreeva Bay. Photo: Gov-murman.ru
Storage facility in Andreeva Bay. Photo: Gov-murman.ru
Photo: Gov-murman.ru
On board the "Rossita". Photo: Gov-murman.ru
Likhachov, Kovtun and Brende. Photo: Gov-murman.ru
Waving goodby to spent nuclear fuel. Photo: Gov-murman.ru
The "Rossita". Photo: Gov-murman.ru
Photo: Gov-murman.ru