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At end-stops, batteries are charged via the plugin device on the roof. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
From the Umeå Airport you can drive by electric bus or take an electric taxi. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Electric airport express bus. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Umeå is by many called the "city of birches". Green city - clean buses. The batteries are charged with energy from renewable sources. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
In Umeå there are even articulated buses with batteries Photo: Thomas Nilsen
"KV Harstad" crew. Photo: Atle Staalesen
"KV Harstad" crew. Photo: Atle Staalesen
KA-27 in the Barents sky. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Il-38 in the sky over "Nikolay Chiker". Photo: Atle Staalesen
The "Striborg". Photo: Atle Staalesen
Training SAR with "KV Harstad". Photo: Atle Staalesen
The "Reidar von Koss" and the "Murmanryba". Photo: Atle Staalesen
Oil booms at "KV Harstad". Photo: Atle Staalesen
"KV Harstad" crew members. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Oil booms at "KV Harstad". Photo: Atle Staalesen
The "Nikolay Chiker". Photo: Atle Staalesen
The "KV Farm". Photo: Atle Staalesen
Justice Minister Per-Willy Amundsen and Police Officer Mathilde Torp inside the passport control zone at Storskog. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Undersized and cramped working conditions indoor at Storskog. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Minister Per-Willy Amundsen with the Norwegian (yellow) and Russian (red-green) border gates in the background. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Justice Minister Per-Willy Amundsen and Finnmark Chief of Police Ellen Katrine Hætta at the newly erected steel fence on the Norwegian side of the borderline. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Minister Amundsen sees the need for new facilities at the border checkpoint. Here together with Finnmark Chief of Police Ellen Katrine Hætta and the delegation from the ministry. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
During the refugee crisis in 2015, migrants had to line up outdoor in the cold before being registered by migration officials. Photo. Thomas Nilsen
Migrants had to wait in tents outdoor during the migrant flow in 2015 at Storskog. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
On Saturdays, many Russians enter Norway for shopping. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Reinertsen facilities with workshops and port is located on the west side of the Kola Bay in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Reinertsen port in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Reinertsen in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Reinertsen in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Workshop at Reinertsen Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Worker at Reinertsen in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Worker at Reinertsen in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Construction workshop at Reinertsen in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Workers at Reinertsen in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Workshop at Reinertsen in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
E105 connects Kirkenes and Murmansk, the only road between Norway and Russia. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Upgrade on the last few kilometers on E105 between Salmijervi and Borisoglebsk on the Russian side of the border was completed in the autumn 2016. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The new bridge in Pechenga opened in September 2013. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Asphalt paving on the road across the Kola Peninsula towards Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
E105 meets E6 at Hesseng on the Norwegian side of the border. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Storskog, the Norwegian border checkpoint. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Borisoglebsk, the Russian border checkpoint. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Lining up for family photo at Norway's border to Russia. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The Parliamentarians got a brief about the border crossing regime indoor at the Storskog checkpoint. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Here, but no longer. NATO Parliamentarians could walk all the way to the borderline between Norway and Russia, but not across. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Norwegian border pole and flag. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Roger Jakobsen is Norwegian Border Commissioner. Photo: Thomas Nilsen- Storskog border checkpoint. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Member of the Norwegian Storting, Sverre Myrli, is Vice-President of NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
NATO Parliamentary Assably visited Jarfjord Border Station which is operated by the Norwegian military border guards who patrols the border to Russia. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The skies are ready for the border guard soldiers who patrols Norway's border to Russia. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Snowmobiles are always on standby during winter, ready for the military guards for snap patrols in case of illegal border crossings. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Snowy weather when the NATO Parliamentary Assembly members meet the Mayor of Kirkenes, Rune Rafaelsen. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
A Russian border pole on display outside Pasvik border station. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Esrange is located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle and surrounded by a vast wilderness perfect for launching of rockets. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Esrange was built in 1964 by ESRO, the European Space Research Organisation, which later became European Space Agency. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The first rocket launch from Esrange occurred on 19 November 1966. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
ESRANGE is an abbreviation for ESRO Sounding Rocket Launching Range. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Both rockets and high altitude balloons are launched from Esrange. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Towards the launch platform. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Esrange rocket platform. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Control room for rocket launches. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Entrance to Esrange Space Centre in Northern Sweden. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Kiruna is the nearest town to the Easrange Space Centre. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Nagurskoye Military Complex on Franz Josef Land has its own Orthodox church; the world's northernmost. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense
Expedition cruise vessel "Island Sky" in the White Sea. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Walrus on an icefloe east of Spitsbergen. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Foreigners on board cruise vessels can now visit ports like here in Arkhangelsk for 72 hours without holding a Russian visa. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
There are close very few people living on the remote islands in the Russian Arctic. Here a small hut on the Vaygach Island. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Murmansk is Russia's largest Arctic city with a growing number of tourists. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Tourist guide Sergey Arzumanov in Murmansk is waiting for more foreign cruise vessels to make port call to the city's brand new pier. In the background, icebreaker "Lenin". Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Port of Kirkenes with "The World" and Hurtigruten's "Trollfjord". Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Commissioned in 1969, "Explorer" became the first purpose-built expedition vessel for icy waters. Here from the Magdalene fjord on Svalbard. In 2007, she hit an iceberg in Antarctic and sank. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Walrus on an ice floe in the Arctic. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Polar bear on the ice in the Hinlopen Strait. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Polar bear on the ice. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Longyearbyen on Svalbard is the turn-around port for many expedition cruises in the European part of the Arctic. Photo: Thomas Nilsen