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- Diver makes ready for work in the freezing cold ice-covered water in the Beaufort Sea. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- Searching for the mooring on the surface of the sea-ice. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- Searching on the ice surface north in the Beaufort Sea for the mooring with the instrument with important climate data. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- Squadron superintendent Andreas Soløy makes ready for diving under the ice. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- The diver has a support team on the surface providing safety and handling. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- The mooring was found 20 meter from where the diver went into the water through the ice. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- Lieutenant Thomas Andersen cutting the ice where the mooring was found. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- Removing the ice to be able to lift the mooring out of the water. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- The buoy holding the mooring is visible after the ice is removed. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- Lifting the buoy onboard "KV Svalbard". Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- The buoy is safely onboard the deck. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- The mooring is lifted onboard "KV Svalbard" with instruments important to understand the temperature changes in the Arctic Ocean. Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
- Photo: Norwegian Coast Guard
PHOTO GALLERY: In October and November 2020, the Norwegian Coast Guard ship "KV Svalbard" sailed a high-latitude voyage from the Norwegian Arctic to the Beaufort Sea north of Alaske to assist climate scientists recover three moorings with instruments that for a year had collected important data about sea temperatures under the Arctic ice cover.
- Governor Andrey Chibis led the bikers' parade on Saturday. Photo: Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region
- Laying flowers at the eternal flame at Alosha memorializing losses during World War II. Only a few wear protective masks. Photo: Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region
- Governor Andrey Chibis and Head of city administration in Murmansk, Yevgeny Nikora. Nikora has previously been hospitalized with the coronavirus and has now recovered. Photo: Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region
- Bikers's selfie in times of coronavirus; mask, nose to the wind, and no mask. Photo: Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region
- Photo: Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region
- Photo: Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region
- Governor Andrey Chibis. Photo: Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region
- 2020 also marks the 75th anniversary of the Victory in World War II. Photo: Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region
- Most wearing mask on this photo shoot with Governor Andrey Chibis in the middle. Photo: Ministry of Information Policy of the Murmansk Region
- Click on the image to see more photos in the gallery. Photo courtesy of Region 51 / VK
- Photo courtesy of Region 51 / VK
- Photo courtesy of Region 51 / VK
- Photo courtesy of Region 51 / VK
- Photo courtesy of Region 51 / VK
- Click on the image to see more photos in the gallery. Photo: Nikolay Palchenko / mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko / mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko / mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko / mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko / mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko / mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko / mmk.news
- Click on the image to see more photos in the gallery. Photo: Nikolay Palchenko / mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko /mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko /mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko /mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko /mmk.news
- Photo: Nikolay Palchenko /mmk.news
- Northern Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev in front. Click on the image to see all photos in the gallery. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- The anti-submarine guided-missile destroyer "Severomorsk" of the Project 1155, NATO classification Udaloy. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- The small-range anti-submarine battleship "Sneznogorsk". The missile-cruiser "Marshal Ustinov" in the background. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- Delta-IV class ballistic missile submarine and the landing ship "Kondopoga" behind. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- Northern Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev (middle) and Murmansk Governor Andrey Chibis (right). Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- All crew members on the deck of the small-range anti-submarine battleship "Sneznogorsk" wear protective masks. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- The Nanuchka-class (Project 1234) corvette "Rassvet". Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- The rear of the Slava-class missile cruiser "Marshal Ustinov". Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- The crew on deck of a Kilo-class diesel-powered submarine. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- The Russian navy's newest ballistic missile submarine of the Borey-A class, the "Knyaz Vladimir", has just been with the Northern Fleet for a few weeks. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- The missile-cruiser "Marshal Ustinov". Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- Delta-IV class ballistic missile submarine and the landing ship "Kondopoga" behind. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- The crew lined up on top of the hatches for the ballistic nuclear missiles on a Delta-IV class submarine. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- One of the six Delta-IV class submarines of the Northern Fleet. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- Lonely crew member near the tail of a Delta-IV class submarinePhoto: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- "Pyotr Velikiy" is the head vessel of Russia's Northern Fleet. Photo: Press Service of the Northern Fleet
- Midnight sun over the enclosure where the reindeer are gathered as the work on marking the calves continues into the night. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Jukka Similä is a Law Research Professor with the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi. His research includes natural resources law, environmental protection and Arctic policy. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Pirita Näkkäläjärvi is Member of the Sámi Parliament and former editor of Yle’s Sámi-language news. Photo: Ville-Riiko Fofonoff / Sámi Parliament in Finland
- Frederic Hauge is founder of the Bellona Foundation. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Minna Näkkäläjärvi wants a future without mining inside the grazing land and migration routes of the reindeer in the Enontekiö municipality. She has stated a petition against the mining and collected thousands of signatures in just a few weeks. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Electric car charger at Hotel Hullu Poro (Crazy Reindeer) in Levi, northern Finland. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Boliden Kevitsa near Sodankylä in Lapland is located south of the core Sámi area. Behind this gate is one of the biggest open-pit mines in Finland. The main products are nickel and copper concentrate and in addition to this also significant amounts of platinum, palladium, gold and cobolt. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- The herders stay in these cabins on the banks of Lake Salvasjärvi in the Tarvantovaara wilderness area, some 230 km north of the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Reindeer in the Ergon/Erkuna siida in the Käsivarsi reindeer-herding cooperative are gathered in the enclosure when the calves are to be marked. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Cabins by Lake Salvasjärvi, some 230 km north of the Arctic Circle in Finland. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- The black dots in the skies are not the photographer's dirty lens. They are all hungry mosquitoes. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Minna Näkkäläjärvi and Tuomas Siilasjoki say mining could cause contamination to the waterways. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Cloudberry flowers. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- Norway-Finland border fence. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- View towards the Norwegian municipality of Kautokeino from the mountain plateau in the Tarvantovaara wilderness area on the Finnish side of the border. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
- UAV developed for Arctic military surveillance operations. Photo: Press service of Russian Ministry of Defense
- Photo: Press service of Russian Ministry of Defense
- Photo: Press service of Russian Ministry of Defense
- Photo: Press service of Russian Ministry of Defense
- Photo: Press service of Russian Ministry of Defense
- Photo: Press service of Russian Ministry of Defense
- Ornamental door, Kirkenes, Norway, with the inscription in Chinese: “The northernmost Chinatown in the world”. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Ulf Gøran Mathisen patrolling on the river, Norwegian side. Photo: Céline Clanet
- A Norwegian conscript takes a break while watching the Russian/Finnish/Norwegian border, at Treriksrøysa three-border zone. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Norwegian patrol near the Russian border, in the forest. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Ingar Solberg, policeman at the Nyrud border Station, Norway. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Russian watchtower over the River. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Telephone intended to connect the two Norwegian and Soviet border posts during the Cold War. Photo: Céline Clanet
- The city of Kirkenes and the Barents Sea in wintertime. Photo: Céline Clanet
- The reindeer herd of the Sami herder Egil Kalliainen, Norway. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Pasvik River in wintertime. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Aleksander Fedukhin showing bullets from WWII, found nearby the Pasvik River in the Nikel region, Russia, while looking for soldiers remains. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Vadim Neganov searching for remains of soldiers from the Second WorldWar, in the Nikel region, Russia. Photo: Céline CLanet
- In the old mine in Nikel, Russia, nearby the Pasvik River. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Alyona, inhabitant of Nikel, Russia, and her rabbits. Photo: Céline Clanet
- Aleksey fishing by the river, in Nikel, Russia. Céline Clanet