U.S. Soldiers assigned to “Viper Company”, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) brought military terrain vehicles to the exercise Ryske 2022. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Finnish soldiers from the Jaeger Brigade in Sodankylä. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Conscript Adrian Isaksen and Lt. Anders Smith with the Porsanger battalion were in charge of radio communication during the exercise. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Some 150 soldiers from the Porsanger battalion participated in exercise Ryske 22. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Three countries, three commanders, discussing the progress of exercise Ryske at the Rovajärvi artillery training ground in northern Finland. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Finland's SISU armoured vehicles are used for transporting troops in the terrain. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The Rovajärvi military training ground between Kemijärvi, Sodankylä and Rovaniemi in northern Finland is the largest for artillery exercises in Western Europe. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Commander Szorady led the U.S. Army airborne troopers participating in exercise Ryske 22. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Company commander, Capt. Petter Nybøle Lie, with the Porsanger battalion. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Norwegian soldiers smiling after beating the U.S. troopers in one of the battles of exercise Ryske. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
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SISU XA (Patria Pasi) armoured personnel vehicle made in Finland. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Two U.S. Army soldiers studying the map of the exercise area west of Kemijärvi. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Belokamenka is currently the largest construction site in the circumpolar north. Photo: Novatek
Construction of the first gravity-based structure for the liquefaction facility for Train 1 at Arctic LNG 2 has already started. Photo: Novatek
The total length of the waterfront in Belokamenka is 2,7 kilometers. Photo: Novatek
Belokamenka seen from the east side of the Kola Bay. Photo: mmk.news
A cruise vessel serves as accommodation for staff working at Belokamenka. Photo: mmk.news
The town of Roslyakovo, serving the navy ships of the Northern Fleet, can be seen across the Kola Bay from Belokamenka. Photo: mmk.news
This ship hall is the tallest building in the Murmansk region, 88 meters high. That is 16 meters taller than the 19-floors Hotel Arktika in Murmansk. Photo: mmk.news
the 19-floors, 72 meters tall, Hotel Arktika in Murmansk. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Buildings in Belokamenka is painted like the Russian tricolour flag. Photo: mmk.news
Giant halls for construction of the high-tech fabrication facilities for Arctic LNG 2. Photo: mmk.news
Rosatomflot's base for the fleet of civilian nuclear-powered icebreakers can be seen on the horizon to the left. Belokamenka is 7 km north of Murmansk. Photo: mmk.news
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Thousands of workers are living at the construction site in Belokamenka.
The motorised rifle brigade in Pechenga is exercising with multiple-launch rocket system Grad and self-propelled guns Akatsia only few kilometres from the two Nordic countries.