The Akademik Fyodorov research vessel and the Rossiya nuclear-powered ice-breaker met in the Laptev Sea on Thursday.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe Akademik Fyodorov research vessel and the Rossiya nuclear-powered ice-breaker met in the Laptev Sea on Thursday. Photo: Rossiya nuclear-powered ice-breaker.

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The Akademik Fyodorov research vessel and the Rossiya nuclear-powered ice-breaker met in the Laptev Sea on Thursday. Photo: Rossiya nuclear-powered ice-breaker.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyThe Akademik Fyodorov research vessel.

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The Akademik Fyodorov research vessel.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyArtur Chilingarov, head of Russian polar researchers delegation.

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Artur Chilingarov, head of Russian polar researchers delegation.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyVladimir Sokolov, Chilingarov's deputy head (deputy head the polar expedition).

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Vladimir Sokolov, Chilingarov's deputy head (deputy head the polar expedition).
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyFirst iceberg on the rout.

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First iceberg on the rout.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyAndrei Zenkov, head of the Fyodorov expedition.

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Andrei Zenkov, head of the Fyodorov expedition.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyPhoto: News conference, left to right, Vladimir Sokolov, Chilingarov's deputy head (deputy head the polar expedition).

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Photo: News conference, left to right, Vladimir Sokolov, Chilingarov's deputy head (deputy head the polar expedition).
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyAlexander Kostenich, deputy head of the Fyodorov expedition.

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Alexander Kostenich, deputy head of the Fyodorov expedition.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyPhoto: “Depth screen” the depth of the Laptev Sea at this spot – 2,433.1 meters; greenish color shows how deep the echo sounder can see – down to 70 meters of hard rock.

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Photo: “Depth screen” the depth of the Laptev Sea at this spot – 2,433.1 meters; greenish color shows how deep the echo sounder can see – down to 70 meters of hard rock.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyPhoto: Map of the area currently being studied by the multi-beam echo sounder in real time; time on the wall is Moscow time.

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Photo: Map of the area currently being studied by the multi-beam echo sounder in real time; time on the wall is Moscow time.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskiyA prayer room with icons on board the Akademik Fyodorov research vessel.

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A prayer room with icons on board the Akademik Fyodorov research vessel.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyPhoto: From the helicopter after a visit to the Akademik Fyodorov.

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Photo: From the helicopter after a visit to the Akademik Fyodorov.
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskiyA helicopter returns on the Rossiya icebreaker from the Akademik Fyodorov research vessel

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A helicopter returns on the Rossiya icebreaker from the Akademik Fyodorov research vessel
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskyTomash Petrovsky, head of the SP-38 (on board the Rossiya).

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Tomash Petrovsky, head of the SP-38 (on board the Rossiya).
© RIA Novosti . Alexander StelliferovskiyArtur Chilingarov with two dogs on the deck of the Rossiya icebreaker

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Artur Chilingarov with two dogs on the deck of the Rossiya icebreaker