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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
Center representative Natalia Polikarpova. Photo: Atle Staalesen
The Center. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Vladimir Chizhov and Vladimir Potanin. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Vladimir Chizhov shows around. Photo: Atle Staalesen
The town of Nikel. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Pasvik Nature Reserve visualized. Photo: Atle Staalesen
The partners. Photo: Atle Staalesen
View of the river from the bird-watch tower in the Pasvik zapovednik. Norway on the left side of the river. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Map of Pasvik Nature Reserve, Øvre Pasvik National Park and Vätisari Wilderness Area in the Russian, Norwegian, Finnish borderland. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Vladimir Chizov is Director of Pasvik Zapovednik. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Pasvik zapovednik. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Pasvik zapovednik. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Russian border pole in Pasvik zapovednik. The yellow Norwegian border pole can be spotted on the other side of the river. The old bombed German WWII bridge in the middle. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The Pasvik River and an old bridge built by the Germans during Second World War. Norway on the left bank of the river. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Pasvik zapovednik environmental centre in the village of Rayakoski. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Pasvik zapovednik. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Norwegian border pole seen from the Russian side of the Pasvik River. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Russian border pole. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Pasvik zapovednik. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Водопад Гудльфосс. Начиная с 2009 года рост числа туристов, посещающих Исландию, доходил до 40 процентов в год. Фото: Томас Нильсен
В 2016 году Исландию посетило более 330 тысяч американских туристов – больше, чем население Исландии. Фото: Томас Нильсен
2016 поставит очередной рекорд – ожидается, что Исландию посетит 1,8 миллиона туристов. Фото: Томас Нильсен
В обязательную программу входит селфи на фоне водопада Гюдльфосс. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Азиатские туристы в Рейкьявике. Фото: Томас Нильсен
В ожидании выброса воды и пара из гейзера. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Для защиты хрупкого растительного покрова построены пешеходные дорожки. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Столица Исландии Рейкьявик (в переводе «дымящаяся бухта»). Фото: Томас Нильсен
В Рейкьявике наблюдается значительный рост стоимости жилья. Нужны новые жилые дома. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Президент Исландии Гудни Торласиус Йоханнессон в своей резиденции Бессастадир недалеко от Рейкьявика. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Туристы у водопада Гюдльфосс. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Конфликт интересов? Судно для наблюдения за китами и китобойное судно по разные стороны причала в порту Рейкьявика. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Линия горизонта в Рейкьявике усеяна строительными кранами. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Строительство огромной роскошной гостиницы по соседству с концертным залом и конференц-центром «Харпа» в Рейкьявике. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Водопад Гюдльфосс. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Водопад Гюдльфосс. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Гудмунда Палмадоттир (слева) и Петра Фриманндоттир считают, что жилье в Рейкьявике слишком дорого для молодых исландцев. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Сигрун Стефансдоттир учится на гида. Фото: Томас Нильсен
В долину гейзеров один за одним прибывают туристические автобусы, чтобы посмотреть на выбросы воды и пара из гейзеров. Мало где в мире можно увидеть такую красоту. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Стейнунн Храфнсдоттир. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Предупреждающий знак на водопаде Гюдльфосс. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Толпы народа в Национальном парке Тингведлир, одной из самых популярных точек так называемого «Золотого кольца», объединяющего туристические достопримечательности недалеко от Рейкьявика. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Резиденция президента Исландии Бессастадир. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Предупреждение о возможном выходе кипятка на поверхность, которое эта группа туристов игнорирует. Фото: Томас Нильсен
Селфи на водопаде Гюдльфосс. Фото: Томас Нильсен
The Bely Island. Photo: Yamal-Nenets government
The Bely Island. Photo: Yamal-Nenets government
The Bely Island. Photo: Yamal-Nenets government
Dmitry Kobylkin, Head of Yamal-Nenets government. Photo: Yamal Nenets Government
Dmitry Kobylkin, Head of Yamal-Nenets government. Photo: Yamal Nenets Government
The Bely Island. Photo: Yamal-Nenets government
Volunteers at Bely Island. Photo: Yamal-Nenets government
Tight security: Storskog border checkpoint was closed for other travelers the few minutes it took for the FSB delegation to cross the border. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Delegation members enter the cars at Storskog. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
General Vladimir Kulishov and Police Commissioner Odd Reidar Humlegård at Storskog. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Motorcade with the Russian FSB delegation drove out from Storskog border checkpoint a few minutes before 9 am Thursday morning. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
First Deputy Head of FSB and Head of FSB Borger Guard Service, General Vladimir Kulishov and Norway’s National Police Commissioner Odd Reidar Humlegård coulld be seen in the back seat of this civilian police cars as the motorcade drove out from Storskog checkpoint. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Tight security around Storskog border checkpoint and Sollia Guest House Thursday morning. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Photo: Atle Staalesen
Motorcade with five cars exiting Storskog customs area. Photo: Atle Staalesen
First Deputy Head of FSB and Head of FSB Borger Guard Service, General Vladimir Kulishov and Norway’s National Police Commissioner Odd Reidar Humlegård on their way out of the Storskog border crossing point. Photo: Atle Staalesen
A delegation of Norwegian and Russian top security officials on their way out of Storskog border crossing point. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Tight security at Sollia Guest Hourse, the meeting venue. Photo: Atle Staalesen